Evening star., 1921-07-03
BY HENRY w. BUNN.
Copyright. 1921. BY The Washington star.)


~ HE following is a brief summary of the
most important of the world for
the seven days ending July .
UPPER SILESIA-A' dispatch of
June 25 stated that Gen. Hoefer had subscribed
to the program Of the nterallied commission for
evacuation of Upper Silesa by German and
Polish irreguiars. 1t then expected that the
operation would be completed within ten days
The Poles were to fall back half the distance to
the Polish border. next the Germans were to
withdraw beyond the German border. then the
Poles should retire across the Polish border
This done. Hoefer would disband his self-defense
force. l have seen no definite statement to that
effect. but 1 infer ut must. Of course. be SOY
that korfantys men are required to surrender
their before crossing the Polish border
Under the disarmament provisions of the Ver-
sailles treaty and the London program Hoefer's
would have to give up their arms after
entering Germany. The dispatches report prog
ress but apparently it is slow. One report con-
veys the curious information that Kattowitz Is
still closely beleaguered by the Poles. Ffench
garrison keeping them out. the German inhab-
itants being reduced to rat diet, dozen or
other German towns being In the same pre-
posterous situation. On the other hand, Hoefer
In earnest Of good faith. has evacuated his key
position of Annaberg. Hoefer says that the
Poles conceang their arms and melting into
the landscape: that If the Upper Silesan decision
goes against them they will resume their arms
and make another attempt, with no armed Ger
mans oppose them The British and Italians
think Hoefer honest and that his apprehensions
are justified: therefore. when the country has
been cleared of irregulars under arms, 1t will
be combed for hidden arms. But this Is looking
too far ahead-the country has not been SO
cleared, not by any means.
GERMANY for one am likely tc forget
the Upper Silesian situation just now. l am
absorbed in expectation of the official allied re-
port German disarmament. If it should ap-
pear that June 80 Germany was in serious de-
fault respecting disarmament. our eyes will turn
westward from the basin of the Oder to the basin
of the Ruhr. OF course If Germany consults her
material interests rather than her PRIDE she will
welcome disarmament Relief from the cost OF
.rmaments should so far to offset directly loss
by reparation payments and the indirect effects.
and. it is plausiby argued. Germany will at the
end of forty years appear a gamer by the great
So truly comic is the human comedy. All
reports agree that German industry and COM
merce are picking up mag1cally II published
statistics accurate the numbers OF those un-
employed and part time are much less than
half the corresponding numbers in Britain and
steadily falling off.
X X X X
GREAT BRITAIE-The coal strike is ended.
The miners return to work Monday. The signed
agreement September 80. 1922. Reports
of details of the agreement are vague. My un-
derstanding is that the pre-war wage schedules
in the several districts are raised 20 per cent.
whence the standard wage it is loosely
called. The standard wages and other costs
of the industry having been paid, the owners are
to take from what is left Eli for every
f100 paid in standard wages" II any
sovereigns still remain. they are to be divided
in the proportion of II to the owners to 100 for
the miners. This looks rather good for the
he
recovers it's markets. there will be nothing left
after wages and other costs have been paid In
deed. these cannot be covered The ad-
verse balance for the month Of February was