The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-11
What the Treaty Says.

but It seems To me that I'm this as
Americans should avoid being de-
cciycd by tho propaganda of either
eide. The British standpoint Is
obviously To keep tho COW alive and
milk It, because thisis the method
which best serves British economic
Interests. The French would rather
take the steak and abolish the horns.
Poles and the Germans and rests up
on the Interpretation of the treaty of
Versailles. II this treaty Is to I've
interpreted as II was written. then
tho Poles must have the indust rial
ycd area. their claim l. beyond de-
bate IN an impartial court OF law.
Unfortunately there If no such
court. on the contrary In the coun-
ell Of the league of nations as in tho
supreme council there are repre-
sentatives of several nations each of
which has an interest of it's own.
Britain wants an economically
strong Germany. So does Italy.
japan wants British support In the
forthcoming Washington conference
and is ready to pay for it by giving,
all OF Poland to the Germans If the
British so desirc. France is the only
nation backing the Poles but tho
French interest is only incidentally
Polish.
hn 10 hA Ia n
question: Is It better to sacrifice
Poland or Germany, obviously II
Poland gains the contested area she
will become in consequence potcn-
TALLY one Of the great industrialzcd
nations Of Europe. But the Ger
mans argue and the British echo
that the Poles lack tho necessary
genius for organizing and conducting
so vast an enterprise and. as n con-
sequence production will fall off and
the world will suffer, To which the
Poles have many appropriate an
swers, but tho real answer is found
In the fact that under the treaty of
Versailles they are entitled 70 the
territory in question.
Britain Ignores the Treaty.
The argument that the French
are seeking TO destroy Germany
and their Upper Silcsian policy Is
one more example If this purpose
falls tn the ground because their
stand Is soiidiy grounded upon the
language and purpose of tie treaty
Of Versailles. The British no long
or recognize this document, they
never attached TO II the same
value as the French. They are
steadily seeking tO obtain mo,ii-
fications In practice, because they
have found that, as II was written
tie treaty was on the the economic
side little less than disaster for
Themselves. They are willing to
sacrifice Polish rights, they are
ready Ia lay aside nj, memories Of
! the war and forward German cto-
nomc recovery, because this
means n reduction of British un-
! employment and n return of Brit
! ish prosperity
But why should the Poles be sac
( rlficod? This * tho real question
British desire 10 plaCatc Germany
/ has already deprived the Poles Of AL
hut "A mOCkcry ~ n widow on the
sea AZ Danzig British political con-
siderations led LLOYD George, wher
/ the bulshCviSts we're approaching
warsaw, 10 propose a settlement
which would have deprived POLAND
I ~ almost n third of the territory
which now constitutes her own un
/ questioned fathorland, by virtue o'
the treaty of Riga,
After all, what one sees Is th'
conflict between tho economic and
moral right here AZ in 50 man,
{ other places. ConCcivably, let III
oven say probably, the German'
would make better u% Of the rppel
| Silosian industrial area than th'
I Poles, and the uSc they made of 4
/ would enable them to contribute
: more TO the sum Of British pros
pcrity since their purchasing powel
, would be far gseatcr. But no on'
denies that majority of the In
habitants are Polish or that "A ma
iority Of the inhabitants voted fol
union with Poland. No ono denie
that tho majority Of the population
has been SlRvonic since the dawT
Of history, although the TERRITORY
was taken from Poland nearly 100
years ago ana subsequently stoler
from Maria Theresa by Fredericl
tho Great
British policy here is precsel.
what 1t was in the Balkans wher
after Russia had defeated Turke!
and drawn u new map Aberatini