SILESIAN OUTBREAK.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16423, 11 May 1921, Page 5

SILESIAN OUTBREAK.

SITUATION BECOMING WORSE. j?*!agraph—-Preu Association—Copyright. • “ Th« Times " Service. LOXDON, May 9. The situation in Silesia is hourly becoming worse and only a miracle ran save the country from a bloody civil war, with the probable added horror of unarchv among the insurgents, owing to the appearance of n number of rivals to Korfantz. Meanwhile the rebel dictator, accompanied by his faithful henchman, troop commander Doliva. formerly a German cavalry officer, has his headquarters at a small inn in a village near the Polish frontier. In a mood of restless satisfaction he boasted to an interviewer that he would soon bring Poland to heel. The Silesian railways have resumed running and the mines will start tomorrow. Korfantz seems unaware that he is sitting on a powder mine with a time fuse ablaze. ALLIED PRESSURE ON POLAND. Reuter'* Telesrrams. LONDON, May 9. # In the House of Commons, Mr Cecil Harmsworth, Under-seeretnr.y for Foreign Affairs, stated that the Polish insurgents had overrun the whole of the plebiscite area to the river Oder. The Allies were considering proposals for settlement, and steps were bring taken to strengthen the police. The Polish Government had been requested to close the frontier and prohibit assistance or encouragement of the insurgents. Mr Lloyd George said it was unfortunate that the incident should have arisen when the German Government was making up its mind on the disRrm ament question. Britain was doing :s utmost to bring pressure to bear on the Polish Government. GERMAN CIVILIANS ARMING. A COUNTER-INSURRECTION. LONDON, May 10. The * e Daily Express” correspondent at Oppeln states that armed German civilians number eighteen thousand, nnd are increasing every hour. Something like a counter-insurrection by the whole German population is beginning. Fighting is taking place eight miles away. The French are apparently unwilling to take efficient measures io restore order.