Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-22
POLAND MAY
APPEAL TO
:. THE LEAGUE
Paderewski Denounces Re.
ports Of Such for Germans
as Propaganda.

Washington, March 21.--polish Of
hcials hero expressed the opinion to-
day that 'P.ohnd might appeal to the
council OF amba ssadors and to the
League OF Nations from the result Of
the Upper Silesian plehiscite SHOULD
y Official be conrrmatory Of
German victory. unofficially re-
ported today. They are 80 far with
out any news of the official decision.
. Should an appeal be made to. the
League OF Nations. 1t was said that an
impartial tribunal might b nskedVto
review the pIebiscitc: In such aacase,,
It was. suggested that representa-.
tive Of the united1states Knight be
asked to serve, as WAS done by the
1t became kHown today hat last
November request was made OF the
state department by the Polish gov
nrnnhcnt for the appointment by the.
United States of an American repre-
sentative to observe the alleged Illegal
methods which. it was charged. Ger
many was resorting to in order to
further her Designs on the territory.
L. S. Interest Important
Yin a note to the state department
Of November s. 1920, the attention Of
the American government was called
by the Polish government to the
powerful means cf resistance and de-
Tense to defeat the purpose of the
plebiscite.' Germany was %organizing.
1T is IF the tn,o value" it was
States should realize how important
looms before the. world at present the
question whether Upper Silesia. will
he allowed 10 remain attached to.
Germany or will be allotted to Poland.
"On that question hinges entirely
The future Of German nil;tarism. for
without Stlesis Germany is sure never
TO- be able to undertake her revenge.
F'ututek fl Stake
The Foolish government considers
it netcssarN to represent this condi-
ton to bring TO the attention Of tho
United States that the peace Of Europe
will sreatly depend on the iss,lrs
which the present developments are
allowed to take by those who are
called upon to insure to the world a
those principles which America was
hrst to lay down in obtaining peace
FOR the world
IN a secon note. in December.
the Polish government furnished the
state depa rtrnent\ with documentary
evidence Of the alleged abuses which.
it was claimed. Germany was prac-
.icing in the effort to bring ahou, u
vote favorable to Germany IN tho
p1ebiscite.
The Return Of the Motives.
Among the alleged abuses there
we're recalled today the return 10
Upper Silesia Of Germans from Amer
lea for the purposes ri voting IS rc-
ported In press dispatches, despite tic
refusal ct the state department. to
the Informal request Of the Ger
A a government that natives OF Ep.
pcr Silesia residing in America should
be permitted to leave the. United
States for this purpose. ~
Says.
Chicago, Mach e1.-Reports FROM
Berlin telling .of as.German4 victery.in
the Upper Silesia plebiscite were Dc.
nounccd a. propaganda by 1gnace Jar
PaderAwski. former premier Of Pol.
And..- who stopped in Chicago toda,
while on bis way to California, where
ne will spend several months resting
Padcrewski declared" that the bal |.
lots cast in Sundays election were
To- being transported to centra'
places where the final tally of votes
would be made. and expressed douhl
as to whether any formal announce.
mont of the result would be possible
for several days.
Declaring that German propaganda
was still IA mpant. hr said that in thu
Silesian cast the peace treaty which
provided for 4 plehiscitt also SGT fortl
that the result Of tho yote should pnl,
het"for the information of tho com.
mission In Paris and that the aclua
The Of division Of Silesia between
Germans and Poles will he dro y,
later in Paris by Allied authorities
who have tho power to ignore the vote
if they SO desire"
Motive OF Germany "a go
Thus. one can see the German mo.
tive" he continued. German propa,
ganda from now on will he directed
to influencing not only the Allied rep
resentatires in Paris, but the people
in the several countries which the,
represent. If the impression can b.
spread abroad assuming the Polsl
win. that 1heepiebiscite was an ~
fair ms and that riots and disturb,
Anees marked the function. the Ger,
mans will consider their situation sc
much the better and that is, why
feel the intensity Of the propaganda
barrage will increase from now on
German Majoritics In Cities.
London. March :1.~-The official re
turns Of the plebiscite in Upper Silesi:
as given by DR.. Simons, the German
foreign seo0etary, in a telegram t.
London. are:
Germany. 71S.70o: Poland. 460,70'
in the whole pie biscite area, or sp
p~roximately 81 per cent in favor Of re
mainink German territory, and ap
proximately 80 per cent for incorpora
.tion in Poland.
Giving details Of the polling. Dr.
Simons says:
"All the towns. especially the indus
trial centers. show an overwhelmin.
German vote. They are only Polisl
majorities in the country. especially i,
those parts to which. contrary to tn,
urEen\desire Of the German govern
ment. troops were not sen in time 70
the protection Of the German popula
ton, sorely tried by the Polish terror.
Official France Disappointed.
Paris, March 21.-.IBy the Asfo
circles. keen disappointment was ex
pressed over reports received toda,
from Upper Silesta saying thai Ger
many will retain the district as a re
suit Of Sundays %plehiscite, but tn
officials do not yet admit the area i
lost to Poland. They pointed out tina
the reports OF the plebiscite we're un
Official and came mostly from Berlin
It was said that in the event Of TIL
majority Of tho vote being German
the territory will probably be divided
leaving to Poland those places whicl
voted Polish.
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.
Cob!enz, March 2c-Influcnza il
epidemic form has broken u her,
among soldiers belonging to the Unit
| I'd States Inclination army The soo