The Washington herald., 1921-05-27

Turkey. So far as the Poles are concerned, they
but pawns just have been all the rest-used to
protect the king-row.
The present Silesan situation is not a sudden
creation. The egg laid at Paris in the peace
conference, along with like batch. The Poles
had nothing to say there; they had to take what
others, regarding only themselves, agreed to give
them. As Poles. they had fought we'll in what
ever army they happened to be- There were some
Of them in all the armies Only the Czecho- Sovaks
refused TO fight where they were put
So while Polish independence was early recog-
nized sequence of the war, when it came, it
was prescribed territorally as others thought
would be to their advantage. The dispute over
Poland between the French and British started in
the conference. But for Great Britain, or rather
Lloyd George, she would have had both entire
control of Danzig and all of Silesia. Plebiscites
were not exactly "the refuge of scoundrels" but
they the pocket in which were hidden future
Intentions perhaps sidesteps to dodge disclosing
intentions
To prevent Poland getting Silesia, Lloyd George
moved out plebscite. To make assurance doubly
sure, the actual voting delayed and every
German who had ever worked lived there, was
given the right to vote. There nothing omitted
which certain to irritate and inhame the
Poles. Yet the two reasons which seem to have
guided this feature of British diplomacy, which is
usually clumsy, were lack of confidence in the
Poles for which there was much excuse, and a
sincere belief that Polish Silesia would prove
another Alsace-Lorraine, dragging Europe some
day into another to uphold the peace treaty
all were pledged to enforce.
From these and other like factors has come
the present near-stalemate between France and
Great Britain France wants Germany that
again can make With Polish Silesa and
herself in control of the Ruhr she believes this
would be accomplished She would collect her own
reparatons, or if she got nothing, Germany would
have still less. She remembers always that Ger
many deliberately undertook to annhilate her
industries she could She would
return this in kind, not for revenge, but for the
assurance of her own safety
Great Britain has quite opposite viewpoint
The German navy, all she had to fear, is wiped
out The German marine, her only rival on the
of commerce, is also gone. She is physically
secure and would keep Germany as a trade mart
absorber of materials, with only penalties
enough to the menace of acute trade
rivalry. Trade and India control her diplomacy
now, always She wants neither too strong
Germany too strong France. She does not
want hrebrand in the Baltic, nor one in the
Balkans
British diplomacy is always PRACTICAL it is
usually opportunist But less fault can be found
with its common sense than with its clumsy
methods. 1t is intolerant, but the whole fair
and holds to all the rules Of honor which proverb-
tally exists among those who willing to divide
with the gang what belongs to other people. The
differences to Silesia between France and
Great Britain rather than between Germany and
Poland, who have equally little to say as to the
result The United States will sit as adviser and
the French and British will not to blows.