Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-21
SILENCE AT S|[ESIA
DURING VOTING
Result of Plebiscite I'm
known Due to Allied
Censorship
EXPECT 2,5Oo,OoO VOTES
Germans Said to Have Protest Ready
If Poles Win Election Berl.n
Denies Report

Berlin, March 21.-All communica
t;on between the plebiscite zone II
Upper. Siiasia and the outside worlt
was cut off last midnight by order o.
the Allied PlebSicite Commission. N;
n telephone or telegraph dispatches car
come out until Monday noon.
Advices sent over the border late
last night by German correspondents
assert that automobiles carrying for
eign newspaper men were fired or
! and stoned yesterday in villages II
1 the southern part of the province
Representations were made to the
Commission regarding law
less conditions and the need OF troops
there to maintain order, but Genera:
Leroud refused to distribute h1s
troops. These were being held in re-
serve in concentration camps, mo d.
&lized for immediate dispatch by au-
to trucks to seats of unrest.
The German, correspondents report
hat Polish peasants have been using
torce to prevent the nonresident Ger
man voters from finding living ac-
Communications in the province. Several
schools in which it had been inteHded
TO lodge the nonresident voters have
been demolished. Inns have been 0urn-
I ed in several places
\ The nen-residents, organizing 10:
their cwn defense, decide dto march
to the polling places in groups escort
ed by military guards. The influx OF
nonresident voters is regarded hete
as giving Germany an advantage IN
the voting. In the cities the Germans
are believed TO control between 10 and
so per cent of the votes. In the coun-
try districts, which are peopled al
most entirely ny Poles, the German
prospects are bad.
Tarnow!tz, Upper Silesia, March q
The plebiscite today throughout
Upper Silesia will determine whether
the region, rich in coal, iron, zinc and
lead, and comprising approximately
Is, 900 square miles, hencefor:h sha:i
be under the sovereignty of Germany
Or Poland. From distant parts of the
|world Germans and Poles, former
Presidents of Silesia and entitled to
cast their ballots, had tourneyed IN
the hope of aiding their respective
countries to win the region.
The final results Of the oalloting
were expected to be delayed somewhat
owing to the order of the lnterallied
p!ebiscite commission suspending te@e-
phonic and telegraphic communica-
ton with the outside world.
Approximately 2.5O0,000 German
and Poles were expected to cast bal
lots, and the propaganda agencies OF
both countries have worked to the ut
most to secure votes.
According to information in tnt
q hands of the Interallied Pleoisclte
Commission; the Germans already are
4 prepared to protest to the Council o1
Ambassadors in the event that tbs
plebiscite results unfarorably to Ger
many, and ask partition of Silesia
suggesting that Poland be given the
eastern section, where a heavy Pol
ish majority is expected.
The resignation Of a numoer 0
German election judges in district:
where the Poles predominate harS
been received, and no successors t
them have been appointed, or if ap
pointed, have refused to serve, th'
intention being to assert later tina
without German representation thert
was no guarantee of fair play.
While q German victory in Tarno
witz has been conceded, the outlying
villages in the mining districts arc 5,
pro-Poiish that the Germans see n,
use of contesting at the polls, it wa
said here today, and this influence
them il their decision lotto ,paytic
pate as Judges.
Paris. March 21.--The German Coz
ernmeat, replying today TO the rece,
mote Of the Council of -Anloassado
wacning i that Germany would
held responsible for disorders in Il
Upper S;lesian plehsicite area ar;
ing freq the entry of German trooI
declared without foundation tepot