The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-03-23
POLAND MAY WIN
SLESlAN MINES
Triangle Of Industry Claimed
in the Southeastern
Region.
NINE DISTRICTS CARRIED
High Commissioner Says Cities
Were Packed With 10000
NONRESIDENT Germans.
NINE DISTRICTS CARRIED

Special cable 70 TIE NEW YoKK HR.uLD.
Copyright. 1921, bY THE Nrw YoEK HEs.LD.
BEUTHEN. Upper Silesia. March e.
Il am not altogether pleased with the
result Of the pleblscite," Michael Kor-
fanty. Polish High Commissioner for
Upper Silesia, told THE NEW YoaK
HERALD correspondent here to-day. Il
am disappointed that 10000 non.
resident German voters packed the
cities. The results, however, show an
undoubted Polish majority In seven
districts east Of the Oder embracing
the whole southeastern region. includ-
Ing Beuthen, Gleiwitz and Kattowitz
which is the triangle of Sileslan in
dustry. Poland wants these seven dis
tricts."
. 1.-THE Poles contend that under the
Treaty OF Versailles. which provided Tor
the plebiscite, the Supreme Allied Council
must take into consideration the vote
BY districts in defining the Silesian from
tier between Germany and Poland, and
that the rich coal and iron regions IN
the south and east Of Upper Sllesia
should come to Poland.l
OF the sixteen districts in Upper
Silesia the Poles are claiming on lat
est returns nine. comprising the entire
industrial and mining areas.
The Poles are secretly pleased with
having cast So per cent. of the total
ballots in the plebiscite because II rep
resents a majority for them in most Of
The valuable mining and factory dis
tricts
decision by the Allies IN con
nection with tho plebIscite now Will
be more difficult than ever because
the ballots in the Industrial regions
are TOO divided for IN undisputed
award.
In the most contested Industrial towns
THz New YORK HERALD correspondent
passed a part OF the time with the Ger
man Piebiscite Commission IN Beuthen,
where Dr. Hauptmann head Of q Ger
man commission. has his headquarters !;
a part Of the time with the French and
the night Of the plebiscite with the Pol
lsh sokol the so-Galled Stossrupp. or
special guard. in the notorious gun run
ming border village Of Deutsch Peikar
He visited six towns with the German
Commissioner In German automobile.
and despite the crowds of Polish SYM
pathizers at all the street corners the
party was not molcsted.
Herr Hauptmann and the representa-
tive OF a Berlin newspaper promised to
show proof Of Polish atrocities tn a Ger
man school that had been bombed and IN
German homes that had been burned
However, they showed none. On the
other hand. the German election dele
gates admitted that the election was car
ricd out With entire order. A. a village
where there we're Polish Stosstrupps
THE New YoRR HERALD correspondent
asked them where We're their arms.
'In my pocket there Is a pistol" a
soldier replied.
The German Plebiscito Commissloner
apparently had a case or nerves Both
the Poles and the Germans here saw
double and unscrupulous propaganda
bureaus dlstort facts beyond all sem-
biance OF truth.
During the afternoon of tho plebiscite
British machine gun company dctaoh-
ment answered an appeal from Ger
man minority who declared Polish
Sokoi was collecting outside the town
They found two rival football teams
Reports show that on both sides 95
per cent of the voters cast ballots.
Some used s,rctchors. ambuisnces i
any other means At their disposal 10 get
to the polls. Aged and decrepit voter.
were taken 70 aud from the polls II this