The New York herald., 1921-06-07
Won HOFER REJECTS
ALLIED ULTIMATUM
Says He Has Neither Power
Nor Will to Call Force
From Silesia.
STAYS FOR PROTECTION
Threat to Withdraw En-
tente Troops Declared
Breach of Treaty.
DIR. STHAMER PROTESTS
Asserts This Would Place Ger
man Inhabitants at Mercy
of Poles.
STAYS FOR PROTECTION
DIR. sTHAMER PROTESTS

BERLIN, June e.-Gen. Won Hoefer,
head of the German defence forces in
Upper Silesia, says the Vossische
Zeitun9's Breslau correspondent to-
day. has replied to the allied ulti-
matum demanding that he withdraw
the German forces that he has
neither the power nor the will to re-
call the self-defence forces from the
places whose protection they have
taken over
The despatch adds that Gen. Won
Hoefer declares that previous expert
ences of Germans in Upper Silesia do
not warrant their lives and property
being left unprotected, and withdrawal.
therefore, would be impossible. The
German leader further appeals ito the
soldierly feelings of the representa-
tives Of the interallied Powers" de-
claring that the demand made by the
ultimatum is violation both of right
and Of the peace treaty.
Gen. Won Hoefer is quoted as saying
that enforcement Of the allied demand
for withdrawal of his forces would
make 1t impossible for me to continue
to exercise upon the defence force that
influence for self-restraint and order
which l hitherto have succeeded in
making effective"
LONDON. June 6.--Dr. Sthamer, Ger
man Ambassador to Great Britain, to-
day delivered a note to the British
Foreign Minister, Marquis Curzon,
complaining that the threat of the
interallied commission to withdraw the
allied troops from the towns in the In
dustrial region of Upper Silesia unless
Withdrawal of the German defence
force begins forthwith is a grave
breach of the peace treaty
The note declared the threat OF the
interallied commission was tantamount
to placing the German population of
Upper Sllesia at the mercy of the
Polish insurgents and made the unloos-
ing of civil war inevitable, because it
was impossible for the German Gov
ernment to bring pressure to bear on
the defence forces to expose the Ger
rpan population defenceless to the in
surgcnts.
According 10 the Ambassadors note.
lis reference was to the interallied
ultimatum delivered on June expir-
ing in twelve hours. and il declared
that the interallied commission had
prohibited the Polish insurgents from
reoccupying the places they had evacu-
ated since the evening OF June 3.
The Sthamer note says that IL the In
dustrial region is evacuated. inasnueh
as there are no allied troops available
to prevent the Poles from following up
the retiring defence force. the population
would be exposed to the most brutal
Polish terror, and the situation would be
intolerable not only for the inhabitants
Of Upper Sllesia, but for the whole Ger
man people.
An Oppeln despatch of June 5 stated
that an ultimatum had been issued by
the French to Gen. Won Hoefer saying
that unless within twenty-four hours he
withdrew the German forces which al
vanced several kilometers on the Anna
berg sector in Upper Sllesia following
the insurgent attacks OF Friday and
Saturday, French troops In the industrial
section would be withdrawn The ulti-
matum, which was delivered by q Brit
ish liaison officer. was merely acknowl-
edged by Won Hoefer. the despatch
added