New-York tribune., 1921-03-22
German Jubilation Is Suc-
ceeded by Depression
as Sweeping Triumph
They Anticipated Fails
Main Coal Fields
Lost to TeutOns
South and East Declare
for Warsaw; Towns Go
Largely to Opponents
By Wireless to The Tribune


Copyright, 1921, New York Tribune Inc
BERLIN, March 21.-The plebis-
cite Sunday in Upper Silesia-by
which the inhabitants were to ex-
press whether they wished to live
under Polish or German domination
Lresulted in large popular ma
jority for the Germans, according to
reports given out by the Berlin For
eign Office.
Final fixation of a German Polish
frontier in the Upper Silesian re-
gion now rests in the hands of the
Allied Supreme Council in Paris.
The function of the plebiscite was
to indicate to the Allies the senti-
ment Of the inhabitants of the vari-
GUS communes, on which they could
base the establishment of the new
frontier. o
Figures Said To Be Official
The reports here, which are said
to embody official returns from the
province, show that between so and
IS per cent Of the population ex-
pressed preference for German rule.
The Allied plebiscite commissions
figures are being tabulated for
transmission to Paris.
Even towns that were regarded as
likely to have Polish majority
went strongly German, the Foreign
Office reports said. Thus K0nig-
schiitte, where the population consists
chiefly of miners and steel workers
of the Polish race, was reported to
have gone two-thirds German.
Myslowitz, only few rods from the
Polish frontier, was said to have
given a German majority of 700.
Contrary to predictions, no serious
acts Of lawlessness have been reported
In the southern district, where the So
called Polish terror was worst. the
Germans reported tha. Italian troops
seized the ballot boxes in some vii
lagos because the villages prevented
the distribution of German ballots
Otherwise little is reported of the
polish terror"
Fighting at kattowitx
According to one report, some fighting
between the English and French oc-
crrrod II, eo,,ocal ,,,.l- 50 ry.xA-4
ostensibly because the French lacked
energy in repressing Polish efforts to
create disturbances.
= LONDON, March 81 by Tho Asso-
ciated Press). That section of Siiesia
north and west of the line running
from Rosenberg to Krappitz and fol
lowing the Oder River as far as Oder
berg, voted for adhesion to Germany
in Sundays plebiscite, according to
Reuter- advices from 0ppeln, while to
the east and south of this line the ma
jority of votes were in favor of join
ing Poland, including the manuaactur-
towns where German inhabitants pre-
dominate.
In the South, where there are nc
large towns, the majority was over
whelmingly for Poland.
These reports show that, while Upper
Silesia generally is in favor of Ger
many. the manufacturing districts are
for Poland.
The line defined in this dispatch
indicates that fully two-thirds of the
area of Upper Silesia went for Po-
!. land. In this district are the coal
emines, which were the principal psake
in the plebiscite.l
The official returns of the plebi-
seite, as given by DR.. Simons, the
German Foreign Secretary. in a tele-
gram to London, are: Germany. 713.-
700; Poland. 46o,7oo. in the whole
piebiscite area, or approximately 81
per cent, for remaining German ter
ritory, and approximately SO per cent
for incorporation in Poland.
BERLIN, March 81 (By The Asse-
ciated Press).-Incomplete returns re-
cceiyed here up to 1o:3o a. m. were as
follows: