Evening star., 1921-05-29
ny MAMMALIAN HARDEN.
Germany'x Foremost Publicist.

Ey Radio to The Star.
BERLIN, May 2S.-In the conSidera-
ton of the Silesian problem the al
lied supreme council should not only
he attended by American Ambassador
Harvey. but should have his help in
reaching a decision. 1t is not enough
that Col. Harvey merely should at
tend. 1t is recalled that he was ap-
pointed ito participate in the pro-
ceedings," and it is to be hoped his
participation in this instance will be
a lively one.
The problem is whether or not the
former Prussian province of Upper
Silesia shall be parceled out or re-
main undivided. whether it shall re-
main Germain sister state or become
Polish province. Does this prob
lem affect the United States?
Thinking only of coal. iron, zinc
and lead. one may say: This question
does not interest us Americans. The
Germans have been promised. at any
rate, that they shall receive coal un-
der the same conditions as the Poles,
and. if their industry in the future is
slightly more limited, then they will
not make the same futile attempts as
before the war to offer their goods in
all markets. This attempt would be
troublesome to the United States. to
which. in the future. the expectation
of manufactured goods will be much
more important than the mere ship
ping out of raw materials Therefore,
do with Upper Silesia whatever you
like. and don't bore us further with
this purely European question.
But this is not only question OF
products. but one of peoples 1t IS not
only 2 question of economics, but also
of political morale.
Prussian Success in Silesin.
What Prussia made of Silesia.
which, when conquered by Frederick
the Great. had been an Austrian pro-
vince. thinly populated and entirely
uncultivated. one must consider. with
out exaggeration. one OF the worlds
best coloniZing accomplishments.
The Upper Sflesian mining district
came to the point where it could
compete with the Rhineland. and
through continual technical improve
ments. the extensive development OF
the schools and the means of trans
portation. the province became rich.
All of this. however. was OF very
little advantage to the people born
there. This mixed Slavic people or
"Polacks" did not. as Lloyd George
believes, immi CRATE for the purpose
of working the industries. No. Up
per Silesia, that seven hundred years
ago was severed from Poland, is the
home of the "Polacks." 1t was the
Germans who immigrated. And De
cause they knew more and could 90
more. they created They were more
industrious and clever. Consequently
they became overpowerfui. ruling
caste came into existence. il must be
frankly admitted. and almost always
prevented even the more industrious
and intelligent natives" from rising
III ioh Snh
But the Upper Silesian was not an
i!i-treated slave. as Paderewskls
fortissimo and other Polish rhapsodles
tell US, but a second-class citizen and
a medium for the purpose of indus
trializing the province. The mine
owners, directors and merchants were
German. They needed the hands" of
the Upper Silesians and didn't bother
much about the souls or the human
side of the proletarian population.
Prussia, after Sparta and Rome,
probably the greatest master in ma
tionalizaing a people. never learned
the humanizing state.
1t is only owing. to these circum-
stances that Poland. under whose
short rule the formerly fiourishing
have been thrown back half CEN
tury. was able to receive 40 per cent
of the votes in the plebiscite.
Hatred Of Everything German.
In the broad masses of the country
and town. working class mistrust
and hatred of everything German pre-
walls. The national contrast is in
creased by a social one, and in the
upper classes the argument as TO
whether one intends to become Ger
man or Polish has caused disunion in
the hearts of families Many
pIowboy miner says: We know it
will be worse under Polish manage
ment. but we do not wish to be
treated as half-mortals any longer"
Korfanty. the miners son. whose
rebellion was to save the country for
Poland is worshiped in one place as
a savior. and in another is cursed
into the depths of hell.
Do the people mean anything to the
great powers who are wrangling over
Upper Silesia?
France whose politics are deter
mined by the craze to be able to rivet
forever an iron girdle about highly