Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-22
German Victory in Plebis.
cite is Keen Disap-
pointnient
VOTE is ANNOUNCED
Perfect Order Marks Election to De-
Z eide Future Of Province--Pclish
Terrorism Denied

Paris, March 22,-In French officia
c;rc.es keen disappointment was eX
pressed over reports received YES
|terday afternoon from Upper S:lesia
ksaying that Germany VIII retain tn
Rdistrict as result of yesterday
plebiscite, out the officials do not ye
admid the area is lost to Poland The
pointed out that the reports Of tn
plebiscite were unofficial and cam
mostly from Berlin.
! It was said that in the event of th'
majority of the vote being German
khe territory probably would be di
|@ided, leaving to Poland those place:
which voted Polish.
Stress was placed oy French oth
ciais on the agricultural vote, which
Nit is hoped, will prove to be largely
Polish, but it. was conceded the town;
lad voted German.
London, March 22.-The official re-
urns of the plebiscite in Upper Sill
sia as given by Dr.. Simons, the Ger
han Foreign Secretary, in telegram
10 London, are:
Germany, 7l3,7OO; Poland, 46o,7Oo,
: In the whole ple5iscite area, or ap-
broximately 81 per cent. in favor OF
Remaining German territory, and ap-
!proximately 80 per cent. for ipcorpo>
PATTON in Poland. L. -.
Giving details Of the polling, DR..
S:mons says:
"All the towns, especially the in
dustrial centcrs, show an overwhelm-
ing German vote. There are only Po-
lish majorlties in the country, es-
pecially in those parts to which, con-
trary to the urgent desire of the
German Government, troops were noa
scntxin> time. for. the protection of the
German population, sorely tried by
the Polish terror.
The Lokal Anzeiger, Vorwaerts, Vos
sische Zeirung and Tageblatt point out
that under the treaty the Entente has
power which it probably viii exercise,
10 revise the Upper Silesian frontiers,
.3aking into consideration the voting
1v the comnunes and the economic
relations.
Kartowi.z, Upper Silesia, March y
The results of the voting in the Up
per Siles;a plebiscite shows an over
whelming majority for Germany. 10
test the truth Of the cries OF a FOL
ish terrorization, of which the Ger
man papers are full, | travelled yes
terday through those parts OF Upper
Silesia which are predominantly Pol
ish 70 see whether the German voters
were intimidated, Myslowitz, Neu ana
Alt Berun, Anhalt, the former Granc
Duchy, Of Pless and Nikdlas Were
covered. bu. no signs of Polish ter
rorism were observed.
found the local Polish guards
throughout the region wearing PoIls!
white eagles, but they were not inter
fering with the voters. The Inter
(alliei Commission, by energetic last
hour actions, put the whole country
under restraint. SO that the Poles II
the country. like the Germans in TIT
towns. were unable to put through an!
terrorist measures they may hav
planned.
The voting was perfectly fair. th'
voters We're protected in all cases b.
the police which was half German an:
half Polish. The roads were filled witt
German automobiles carrying return
ed native voters, who were unmolest
ed. Most Of them had left Upper Sill
lesia years ago, but were a,ole to es
tabliSh their identity and were pei
mitted to cast their ballots. The locs
Polish voters, however. were file
with resentment against the German
being allowed to bring back the n;
/ tives, as most of: the Poles who le:
these parts Went to America, whent
they were unable to return.
Paris, March 22.-Six reasons i
f,uenced the Upper S:lesia vote in IA
or of Germany, according 10, an e
pert American observer, a memb
of Herbert Hoover;s staff III Centr
Europe. His reasons follow:
i. Military service is no longer GO
pulsory IN Germany. while every p