Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-05-19
FRONTIER LINE
ISSUE STANDS
France Insists Upon Execu.
ton of Versailles Treaty IN
Drawing Line.
STATEMENT MADE TODAY
Invasion of Si|esia by Ger
many Will Not be tolerated.
by France, BRAND Declares
STATEMENT MADE TO-DAY
IBy The Asse .iated Press. j


PARIS. May 19.-t'rance insists
upon the execution Of the Versailles
treaty in drawing the frontier line
between Germany and Poland. in
Upper Silesia. Premier BRAND, de-
clared on receiving newspaper cor-
respondents today.
He reiterated statements he made
to the newspaper men last Satur-
day when answering the address Of
Prime Minister Lloyd George, he de-
clared that invasion of Silesia by
Germans would not be tolerated by
France.
Mr.. BRAND added that he did not
see the desirability of meeting
Prime Minister Lloyd George before
all the documents relating to the
Silesian plepiscite had been received
from the allied commission at Op-S
peIn. The premier whose statement
was considered as trend his in-
pending address would take, said:
Il have nothing to say except to
maintain strictly my viewpoint that
France in all this controversy places
herself on the solid ground OF the
Versailles treaty. There is no other
basis of discussion possible. On the
other hand France ana England can
converse only as equals and Mr.
Lloyd George himself will agree to-
this when the misunderstanding is
dispelled.
Il. too, want to see the treaty
carried out" said the premier to
the correspondent of the London
Daily Mall. but there is nothing In
the treaty that stipulates that all
the rich mining area must be given
to the Germans, while the Poles =
what is left. l do not wish to~..tN
George" s61n,
When the chamber Of deput{esS
convened today the Briand cabinet
was expected to be the center to
the conservatives. Friends OF the
ministry asserted it would receive 4
great majority when question OF
a vote of confidence was put but ops
ponents declared there would be no
such majority as 424 to 20, which
was given to Premier BRAND before
he wen. to London to particulars
in the meeting of supreme allied
council on the reparations ultima
tuIn to the German government.
No Order Under French Action
BERLIN. May 19:-"Order cam
not be restored in Upper Silesia
while General Lerond or any other
Frenchman commands the interals<
lied forces to whom is entrusted the9
execution of the Versailles treaty, n
said Countess Scherr-Thoff. who ar.
rived here with other refugees who
had escaped from the area affected
by the Polish insurrection.
The countess is a daughter of
Henry White, member of the Ameri.
can delegation at the Versailles con.
ference.
When an Englishman or Italiar
Is given command Germans will.
have confidence and it will be pos
sible to restore order and disband
the forces organized to protect the
rights granted by the Versailles
treaty" the countess declared.
Great Britain Suggests Early Meeting
tBv The Associated Press.l
PARIS. May 19.-Great Britain
through her charge d'affaires here
formally proposed to the FreS
government yesterday an carr
meeting of the allied supreme cour
ell to which an American represen b.
tative would be invited, it was an A
nounced today.
Premier BRAND said he favored
such a meeting but would reserve
a definite reply until the conclusion
of the chamber of deputies discus
sion of the foreign situation.
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