UPPER SILESIA
TRANSFER TO GERMANY CRITICAL SITUATION REPORTED GffiRMAN POLICE HEADQUARTERS, mnm-ntm Muoavitmu—cernsnr.j (AO6TBAMAN-NBW ZEALAND CABLE ASSbCIATIOH.) (Received July 5, 11 a.m.) LONDON, 4th July,, News from Breslau reports the continuance of frontier fighting m .Upper Silesia between Germans and Poles. Fighting at Gleiwitz, between Germans and French, is proceeding intermittently in spite of the introduction of a special court-martial. The Allied troops left Upper Silesia yesterday, when the Government changed hands. The German National Defence Force nwill enter Gleiwitz to-day.- ■ '' Reports from .Upper Silesia to Paris state that a critical situation is developing over the part of Silesia handed over to Germany. The German police are overpowered, and cannot cope with the terrorism of the so-called self-protection organisation. The police force has placed itself under the control of General Lerond, but fears what will happen when the French troops are withdrawn. The French Ambassador in Berlin has threatened reprisals should the French troops be attacked.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 4, 5 July 1922, Page 5
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156UPPER SILESIA Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 4, 5 July 1922, Page 5
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