UPPER SILESIA

Otago Witness, Issue 3513, 12 July 1921, Page 18

UPPER SILESIA

ALLIES’ DEMANDS COMPLIED WITH. PARIS, July 4. The Havas Agency’s Oppeln correspondent reports that “thfe Poles have retired in, conformity with the decision of the Inter-Allied Commission, and evacuated Eybnik before the appointed time, lhe German troops aie now bound to retreat. RIOT IN BEUTHEN. BERLIN, July 2. The Allgem erne Zeitung reports that Allied troops—mostly British—yesterday marched into Beuthen and were acclaimed by the populace, but when people began to sing patriotic songs the French Guard attacked them with rifle butts', and some shots were fired afterwards by the French. The Mayor was killed and several French soldiers were wounded. The French then got out of control and attacked the crowd. Several women and children are reported to have been killed. Twenty citizens, including the first and second Burgomasters, were arrested as hostages. PARIS, July 5. Another report of the , Beuthen incident says that while French troops were enterthe town the German inhabitants made a demonstration, in the course of which a French major was fatally shot with a revolver. The murderer escaped. Two French sergeants were slightly wounded. Anglo-French troops dispersed the demonstrators, two of whom were killed and several injured.