El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-15

this new situation. II the inhabitants
Of Upper Silesia. as seems sure, vote
10 become Poles, deprivlng the Ger
mans OF one OF the most valuable
mineral districts in Europe or the
Polish Program AssaiIed.
Perceiving this fact. the liberal ele-
ments in Great Britain early assailed
the Polish program OF the Paris con-
ference It had been agreed that Po-
land should have Danzig and a wide
corridor on either bank OF Nistula
including the Danzig- Warsaw rail-
way. The thing was almost signed
sealed and delivered when British
protest produced a sudden reversal by
Lloyd George the corridor was mar
roWed, Danzig was assigned 10 the
league OF nations, while even after
the treaty had been drafted and
served upon Germany. its terms re-
Earding Upper Silesia were modified
The reason was simple. Every SEN
sible Englishman knew that Germa ny
would never consent TO a condition
which cut her country in half. drove
q wedge between East Prussia and
the main bulk OF German lands. put
some hundreds Of thousands OF Ger
mans. a minority be 10 understood
under Polish rule and undid the worz
Of Frederick the Great and his sue
cessors in the east And every sen
sible Englishman also understood
that II this arrangement were i'm
posed upon Germany. Il would re-
ruire British as we'll as French
troops to maintain Il and would
abolish all hope OF any permanent re-
turn 10 International amity.
BY contrast. the Polish arrange
ment was not only an act Of justice
but ErudginE and incomplete act
Poland did not receive all the lands
stolen from her by Prussia In the
several nnwHHHHmmU She did
ceive Danzig, 20 which her claim was
1ar stronger than the Jugo-Slav claim
to Fiume, which has upset the whole
equilibrium OF the world II some
thousands OF Germans were placed
under her rule, not less than $780,
600 were given TO Czecho-Slo val-ia
without any debate. Moreover. the
Germans in many instances were the
descendants Of colonists sent into
Polish lands by the Prussian con-
querors. To protest at giving the
Saar basin 10 France and at the same
time argue against giving Posen OF
west Prussia 20 Poland Is TO fly IN
the face Of ali logic and all consist
Yet the truth was not less plain. was
openly expressed by Americans IN
Paris, finds its echo in many Ameri-
can journals now, that Il was unwise
10 return Polish lands 70 Poland be-
cause IL insured future war. per-
manent German hostility But on the
same basis any return Of stolen prop
erty can be criticised and all appliaa-
ton Of the right OF self determi1a-
ton becomes dangerous and even in
advisable To do Justice 20 Poland
was TO create permanent source Of
German resentment, but was Il. there
Iore' wrong 70 DO lusticet IT Is IN
the Polish detail that the socaled
liberal argument. criticism, limps
most awkWardly-
British Inspires z. g. Liberalism.
The reason is patent American
Liberalism derives its inspiration and
more OF its ideas from British liberal
ism But British liberalism is far
more practical To commit Britain
to a policy Of maintaining the integ-
rity OF Poland against permanent
German menace seemed q wholly IN
desirable venture in many Quarters.
some OF which had openly advocated
British neutrality when Belgium was
invaded and the destruction Of
France threatened. As a matter OF
policy the criticism is Incompetent
sible. as a matter OF ethics, 90 IS
hardly defensible-
Yet everything which has hap
peucd in recent months indicates
that Germany. bowling to the
western decisions, holds herself
riEidly AGAINST the eastern terms.
She f. FolnE everything TO make
the plehiscate in Upper sfIesin a
farces she e. holding on In Dan
zig and even in the Baltic prov
inees. Every expression which
comes from Germany indicates
that the common Thought OF all