POLES AT WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 May 1921, Page 5

POLES AT WAR.

HEAVY FIGHTING OCCURS. NEARLY TWO MILLION TROOPS. MANY GERMANS ENGAGED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright Received May 12, 10.15 p.m. London, May 12. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Express estimates there are 1,700,000 men under arms in Upper Silesia, of whom sixty per cent, are Germans. The heaviest fighting yet reported occurred yesterday at Kosel, where Italians, assisted by Germans, drove back several thousand Poles, whose losses in killed and wounded are estimated at five hundred. The Poles are attempting to occupy the German bank of the river Oder, between Kosel and Ratibor, and are bombarding Kosel. Special trains are bringing refugees to Berlin. There is the greatest excitement throughout Germanv and thousands are volunteering daily for service in Silesia. ! Aur.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ALLIES WILL ACT. London, May 11. Mr. Chamberlain, in the House of Commons, said the insurgents occupied the greater part of Upper Silesia. Their action was regarded by the Allies as a deliberate attempt to frustrate the Versailles Treaty. The Government had no intention of permitting this. It was in close consultation with the Al- , lies with regard to the best means of dealing with the situation. NEGOTIATIONS SUSPEND HOSTILITIES. Warsaw, May 11. The negotiations of the Inter-Allied Commission with Korfantz resulted in a suspension of hostilities. The insurgents will remain behind an agreed demarcation line pending a final settlement in Upper Silesia.