Evening star., 1921-06-05
BY HENRYW. BUNN.
Copyright, 1921. by The Washington star.)

bY HENkf w. bUNN.
= Copyright. 1921. BY The Washington star)
T HE following is brief summary of the
news news, Of 1,,.s the world for the seven days
UPPER sILEsIA. ETC.-M. BRAND
and Mr.. Lloyd George exchanging notes.
Mr.. Lloyd George Is very. very eager to meet
NJ. BRAND at once. M. Briani Is not at all
eager to meet Mr.. Lloyd George.
Why7 Tis said that M. BRAND is holding
out for an agreement in advance Of their meet
ing. that the decision by the supreme council
upon the Upper Silesian boundary must be
unanimous.
Tho treaty clauses concerning Upper silesa
very stupidly create a doubt on this head 1t is
apparent how NJ BRAND might get better terms
for the Poles through the requirement of
unanimity.
That may be reason for delay. 1t is
certain that NJ. BRAND will AK things we'll
he can for the Poles before he meets his
astute friends. Then. NJ Erland says. the first
thing to do Is to restore order and firm allied
control in Upper Si!esia.
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Until such time a decision would be iouted
Meanwhile let allied commission CT civilian
experts (better qualified than military men.
for the problem is economic and TaciaD, in
tensively study the situation and report the
supreme council The commission should be
ready to report by md-June. and perhaps by
that time order and allied control will be
I.
replied that the idea Of the commission is first
class. but still he must NJ. BRAND at once
There are other things beside Upper Silesia to
talk over There are. Indeed. And 1t has been
suggested that NJ. BRAND hesitates to meet Mr.
Lloyd George more account of Of these
other things than on account of Upper Sjesia
Mr.. Lloyd George would like to lift the penalties
imposed in March. To wit. occupation of Duis-
burg, Ruhrort and Dusseldorf, and the Gus
toms barrier. NJ. BRAND thinks these penalties
should remain in force at least until disarma-
ment requirements have been fully complied
with. AS the two gentlemen have decided
views on tnfs matter. and the entente has had
some bad shocks lately. NJ. BRAND 1t seems
would like to postpone the meeting for this in
addition to other reasons. AS though to justify
N. BRAND. 1t partly falls out that the Bavarian
government has notified Berlin that it cannot
Uhough it would) disarm the Bavarian ein-
wohnerwehr. The leaders fatty refuse
This is very serious matter. since. If the
Einwohnerwehr. are not disarmed by June 30
French occupation Of the Ruhr basin goes auto
matically into effect. The trouble in Upper
Silesia. which a week ago seemed to have SIM
mered down to a semblance of peace. has boiled
up again hoty. On May % the Poles and Ger
mans agreed to an armistice but it was almost
Immediately broken. By whom first does not
certainly appear. Since then the fighting has
been much more serious than ever before. BY
this time the British forces (said to number 000)
should all have arrived: as also new British
commissioner. The British have their work cut
out for them. What will they do? And what
thereupon will the Poles and Germans do? 1t has
repeatedly been intimated that the British and
Italians (of whom there 10000. would es-
tablsh neutral zone and then disarm both
Poles and Germans. Is there to be unity, of
allied command. (Which would be dangerous
and ineffably stupid) the British with the
Italians). and the French to act independently?
1t Is an interesting fact that the new British
commander. Gen. Henneker. outranks the French
commander. Gen. Lerond The situation. viewed
from whatever angle. is dubious enough.
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GREAT BRITArN-On Friday week the
executive committees of miners and mine
owners met again Mr. Lloyd George presided
over the negotiations; in fact there was moth
ing to it, but MIR. Lloyd George. If the parties
to the dispute would make an agreement for at
least year, with the requirement of three