New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-26
France Qualities Consent
Special Cable to The Tribune

Copyright, 1921, New York Tribune Inc
PARIS, July 25.-The French GOV
eminent yielded to-day to the British
demand that the Supreme Allied
Council be convened Immediately to
settle the controversy over Upper
Silesia. In note dispatched to Lon
don tonight, France agrees to a meet
ing of the council between August 4
and August 6, provided England will
support the French demand that Ger
many permit the transportation across
her territory of reinforcement be-
ing sent to the nlebiscite zone. France
also asks that Premier Lloyd George
agree to the meeting in Paris Thurs
day of a commission of technical ex-
perts to consider the Silesian settle
ment.
The French note leaves the choice of
the Council meeting place to Lloyd
George, but suggests that Boulogne,
Paris or some city near Paris would
be most convenient for the French gov
eminent. Premier BRAND makes the
stipulation in the note that if Lloyd
George cannot come in person to the
meeting he send some one with pleni-
potentiary powers who can render a
decision on the spot.
British to Yield on Experts
1t is understood in official circles
that Great Britain will accept the pro-
vision for a meeting of a commission
of experts, but that Lloyd Georges at
titude on the other points cannot be
ascertained before Tomorrow when his
reply is expected. The British Charge
dAffaires here had virtually been in
structed before the dispatch of the
French note to yield on the point of a
meeting of the experts.
Premier BRAND remains in the coun-
try and is inaccessible. The attitude Of
the Paris Foreign Office is firm that the
on their way to Silesia by the time the
Supreme Council meets. The French
hope that as BRAND has yielded to
Lloyd Georges request for meeting of
the Supreme Council, the British Pre-
mier should be willing to concede sup
port to the French plan for sending ST.
lesian reinforcement troops across Ger
many. Article 375, of the Treaty of Yer
sailles, gives Germany the technical
grounds on which she objects to the
movement of French troops unless all
the Allies approve. The French are con-
WINGED that Italy will fall in line with
anything that Great Britain and France
agree to.
The British concession to meeting
of experts is regarded here as a dis
tinct victory for Brands contention
that otherwise the Supreme Council
would meet with empty dossiers and
get nowhere. Even with the concise
data that the experts will be able to
furnish it is believed that the pre-
miers will meet with widely separated
opinions. although both of them are
DESTROYS of disposing definitely of this
most troublesome problem that is con-
stantly menacing peaceful reconstruct
ton in Europe.
Inc Tribune correspondent learns
that Premier BRAND is so DESTROYS of
reaching final settlement at the forth
coming meeting that in the event an
impasse is reached he will be willing
to discuss the apportoning of some Of
the disputed area to Poland and some
to Germany and keeping the remainder
under Allied control for g. long period
of years.
Intervening Area for TROOPS
The French and Italian high COM
mlssloners at Oppeln are now agreed
that Rybnlk and Pless should 20 to
Poland, and Oppeln Rosenberg, Kreuz-
burg and Lipschuetz to Germany. and
that Allied troops should be concen-
trated in the intervening area.
The days Developments in Paris and
London, however, provide the hopeful
prospect of a settlement within a few
weeks. Premier Brands request for
British support of his Berlin demand
gives Downing Street a chance to re-
flute the limitations that England is
playing with Germany against France
and already had made embarrassing
promises to Germany with reference to
her Upper Silesian claims.