Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-06-03
conciIiatory Course of BRAND
and Dr.. Wirth'S Promises
Avert War Peril.
FRANCE NOT TO ACT ALONE
Allies May Make Upper SiIesia an
Autonomous State-Sinn Fem
Raiders Burn Dublin Custom
House-Senate Adopts b.
'rah Naval Disarmament
Amendment.
BY EDWARD w. PIckARD.

Clouds that had been hanging heavy
over central Europe began to break
away last week. Premier BRAND, ex-
pressing his confidence In the good in
tentions of the German ministry, re-
fused to let France violate the Yer
sailles treaty by taking Independent
action in occupying the Ruhr. Prime
Minister Lloyd George quit talking
and dispatched British troops to help
in restoring and maintaining order in
Upper Silesia. Chancellor Wirth as
sured the entente allies Germany
would not send regular troops into
Upper Silesia and would do its best to
stop the movement of arms and am
munition and to keep the German-Si-
lesian border closed. Korfanty's Po-
lish insurgents and the German resi-
dents of Upper Silesia continued their
struggle, but perhaps with less en-
thusiaSm.
Brands attitude and actions were
openly conciliatory and he successful
ly resisted the attacks of his political
opponents who sought to force him to
adopt measures which might rupture
the entente and probably would lead
to his downfall. He did not, however,
relax In his flrmness toward Germany,
for he sent to Berlin an ultimatum
giving Wirth "a hours to reply salts
factorily to his former note in which
the chancellor was warned that the
sending of German troops or munitions
into Upper Silesia would be consid-
cred a warlike act. Next day BRAND
told the chamber of deputies the Ger
man ambassador had assured him the
German Upper Silesian frontier would
be closed and the reichswehr troops
would be ordered to disarm and dis
band irregulars seeking to enter the
plebiscite zone to fight the Polish in
surgents.
The premier promised the chamber
that Poland's interests would be safe
guarded and the result of the plebis-
cite figures, in which the Poles OBJ
tanned a majority of the rich indus
trial regions, would be the base for
tracing the boundary.
Concluding his long address, BRAND
said: "Since Doctor Wirth has been
at the head of affairs the German gov
eminent has shown frankness and 10y
atty. He has fulfilled all promises,
held to all engagements. and put them
into execution.
IF at any time, on a question vital
to France, the problem of adopting
another policy should arise, / would
not hesitate.
Germany is satisfied with the de-
mands for reparations. 1 maintained
the accord between the allies at Lon
don and even with the Upper Silesian
problem disturbing US the accord will
be maintained more completely than
ever owing to the return of the United
States to the supreme council. In to
days world crisis no people can live
isolated. / will not permit France tC
find herself alone as in 1915 and 1870
| will not forget that in 1914 the Brit
ish came, then the Americans anG
others. We have no right to forget
that. We owe them something despite
discussions and polemics. If 1t is pos
sibie to maintain this magnificent
union it must be done in England's in
terests as well as ours. This policy
does not exclude firmness. Our gov
eminent can go from irmness to mod
GRAFTON, which is the best policy ant
which | shall not renounce."
Another step in the Cancellation pol
icy was taken Wednesday, when TIL
French government began the demo
ril!zation Of the class of 1919. whicl