Anti-Stinnes

M. Korfanty, Silesian member of the Polish Government and possible Minister of Commerce, in a speech at Warsaw, admitted that Herr Hugo Stinnes, master of coke, had secured a foothold in Polish industry, but he declared him persona non grata.

M. Korfanty's speech reads, in part: :

" From the first moment Stinnes appeared in Upper Silesia I used all available measures to restrict him. He secured large blocks of shares in the Kattawitz Metallurgical Trust, which possessed mines and iron factories, and an interest in the Bismarck mines, and one of the finest steel fabricating plants in Europe. . . .

" At the Autumn meeting of the Polish Parliament I intend to go further and press the bill which the Ministry already has approved providing that every corporation in Polish Silesia must have its headquarters in Poland and hold annual meetings there. . . . Poland needs foreign money and needs aid, but we have no desire to exchange our rights to the free political direction of our own house for Stinnes' money."