IN UPPER SILESIA
TROUBLE IN PORTION HANDED TQ GERMANY. POLICE HEADQUARTERS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, Jnly 4. News from, Breslau reports the continuance of frontier fighting in 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 tlio Government changed hands. The German National Defence Force will 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. Tlio German police aro overpowered, and cannot cope with tho terrorism of the so-called self-protection organisation. The police force has placed'itself under the control of General Lerond, hut fears what will happen when tho French troops are withdrawn. The French Ambassador in Berlin has threatened reprisals should the French troops be attacked.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11255, 6 July 1922, Page 8
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