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SILES|AN PROBLEM
GOES TO LEAGUE
THREATENED BREAK IN AL
LIED COUNCIL AT PARIS.
5. NATIONS WILL KEEP TROOPS
ON FRONTIERS TO MAINTAIN
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Paris, Aug. 12.-France and Great
Britian have decided TO refer the Up
per Silesian quetsion to the League
of nations, it was announced here to-
day. This question which involves
drawing frontier between Poland
and Germany in Upper Silesia threat
ened yesterday to bring about a
break in the meeting of the supreme
allied council.
The decision to refer the whole
Silesian problem to the league Of ma
tions was unanimously. approved at
a later meeting Of the council.
MIR. Lloyd George left Paris on the
regular noon train. He was accom-
panied by Sir Maurice Hankey and
fifteen members of his staff. =
The suggestion that the matter be-
referred to the: league was made by
Mr.. Lloyd George, and NJ. BRAND
concurred Immediately.
M BRAND wore satisfied air up
on leaving the hotel Grillon and
confirmed reports that a settlement
had been reached.
It was learned that Premier BRAND
proposed to Mr.. Lloyd George this
morning that the United States be
asked to arbitEate the Silesian con-
troversy but this proposal was aban-
doned in favor of the British pre-
mier's suggestion that the matter be
left to the league. =, -
Il .Did Ambassador Harvey vote?"
inquired a correspondent. Of Mr..
Lloyd George. -. ,
81 said," replied the prime minis
ter. stthat our decision was unani-
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: 1t was understood the supreme
council would continue it's agenda es-
pecially the discussion Of relief to
Russia, during the absence Of Mr..
Lloyd George. y -
Ambassador Harvey told the coun-
Gil this morning. that the United
States government had thought from
the beginning that the Upper sile-
sian question was purely European
one, and as It now was to be refer
red to the league Of nations on
which the United States was not
represented, he thought he would be
interpreting the view of his govern
ment by not participating in the de-
cision to refer the question to the
league. ~ 81.
On the question Of additional al
lied troops for Upper Silesia, the
supreme council adopted in princi-
pie . plan for sending reinforce
ments after the league Of nations
has handed down its decision on the
Silesian question: Great Britain,
Italy and France each to send its
share. Meanwhile the supreme coun-
Gil is sending warning to the German
and Polish governments that, order
must be 1naintained in the disputed
territory. - s.l...
in turning over the entire ques-
ton to the league, the supreme coun-
Gil has requested the leagues council
Ito consider the matter as Of the ut
most urgency and to make its report
Pat the earliest timssp possible. =; =, :. < (
S Just iss@e pyd Georgs:s:ett
EtheaxsansiE lssenerals pollock
and seDmnaand Taicottt the British
delegates to the trials or persons &C
cused Of war crimes, were tried by
the German court at Liepsic which
stated it was considered Justice had
been done ali the Leipsic trials as re-
garded the English cases with the ex-
ception that the sentences were too
lenient in one or two instances, but
that justice had not been done N
the French and Belgian cases.
The action taken by the couAcil
after hearing the reports was to re-
quest the allied representatives who
had attended the Leipsic trials to
make reports to their governments
concerning what attitude they judg-
ed the Allied countries should adopt