Evening star., 1921-07-03
.SILESIA AGREEMENT
AIDS WELFAPE OF ALL
British Ingenuity Responsible for Ending
Warfare and Removing Potential Men,
ace to Whole Continent.

I journed during the remainder Of the
summer in order that the Wirth
regime may continue until greater
progress has been made in carrying
out the reparations agreement. but,
of course. this is conjectural
With to Fight Uphenvals.
At any rate. it may be expected that
| Wirth and his Berlin government will
! not countenance upheavals OF So
; called defense organizations in Sile.
! own tenure and bring on further oc-
. cupation of the Ruhr such as the
,, French would insist upon. The allies
/ are more and more convinced the chan
cellor meant just what he said when he
declared that there need be no fears
as to the future Germany and strict
compliance with allied dictates. Nat
urally. untoward Silesian outbursts
may be expected to he resisted by the
! Germans themselves.
Though the French reports may be
alarmist. it is more to be believed that
inasmuch as the British have taken a
leading part in placatinG the bellig-
erentS in SileSia, England will con-
tinue in this role and will to prevent
threatened general confiagration. dis
patch even more troops to strictly
enforce any dictates and DEGREES ar
rived at in the settlement Of the
i boundary. if need be.
COnstnntine Saving Face.
To save his face with his people for
the moment. Constantine of Greece
has dont the unexpected He has re-
! fused the allies offer of mediation in
the near eastern imbroglio, and has
stated that Greece'S future course
must be guided by the military situa-
tiOn in the near east. where great
Grecian forces are being assembled
for united onslaught against the
armies of Mustapha kemal. Constan-
tine is very careful. however. to make
it plain he always will be ready to
receive allied suggestion.
This action of Constantine in flout-
ing again the allies leaves him in the
position of an international outcast.
for it is extremely unlikely that
either of the allied governments will
lend him any assistance in his ad-
venture. There is one contingency,
however. which might alter the situa-
tion, and that is the possible loss Of
Constantinople. Should the kemal-
lists defeat the Greeks and threaten
the straits and Constantinople. then
the powers are likely to step in and
take a hand, not at all because they
love Constantine. but to preserve the
straits and COnStantinople as world
commercial highway, crying need
for centuries.
There is more reason to believe that
Constantine will fail in his little war
in the near east. Notwithstanding the
her men in order to put an army of
100000 on the near eastern front
1t must be remembered the Turks are
fighting upon their own soil and in
addition to this. undoubtedly are re-
Geiving a need of assistance from
the bolsheviks of Russia.
Far-Reuchins Turk-Red Plot.
Latest advices indicate far-reach-
ing Turco-bolshevist plot in Constan-
tinople, with expeditions allied aC-
ton to Illustrate such plans as may
have been laid to endanger allied in
terests in southeastern Europe and
Asia. There can be no question that
success of the Turks means the fur
therance of the bolshevist cause. but
there is every reason to believe that
no matter how the tides turn allied
precautions will be taken to stem the
tide of the red influence in every d!-
rection. Success in this alone will
prevent developments of far-reaching
and serious character in the near
east
In view Of everything that Consan-
tine has said and done there is
little yet to indicate that he will
not eventually capitulateNQ the allies
wishes and hasten settlement of
the near eastern problem. for only
in eventual capitulation can he hope
to adjust Greece'S economic and hnan-
cial conditions. factors extremely
vital to the very existence OF Greece
at the present moment.