Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-13
Poles Denounced
by Lloyd George


t"WIhueO from rage Onc
lives, and there were hundreds of thou =
sands Of Italians" the Prime Minister
continued.
Mr.. Lloyd George cited that the Poles
wcrc divided in tho war. half Of then,
fighting with thr Germans.
'''rhcy fell in German uniforms" h,
declared. "and shot down Frcnrhmcn.
british and Italians who were fighting
for their freedom"
Happens Once Too Often
II 500 k"rfanty Ocndcr OF the 20.
lisl insurrCctionists). has said that til"
Poles in Silcsia would die rather than
surrender. II they had thought that
earlier. when the battlc for Polish free
dom was being fought. there wUuld
have been fewer British. French anu
Italian lives lost. But they only think
of It when the Germans are disarm"j
and helpless. The Polish .,iolc"nm-Y'
has rcpudirtch responsibility. and | ain
bound 10 accept that statelhrnt as rep
rcscnting their views. hut !, has hap
pCncd once too often.
The Prime Minister rC,aIicd tno set
tlcmcnt with Lithuaniu. 10 wh'Ch t.u
United States. France. Italy and Great
Britain were parties.
'Nilna was occupied by rPguHr Po-
lish troops in defiance Of thn Allies.
he said. ''Thcy werc asked to retire
and they said. we have no rDSD0n>i
biity for It, The same thing Is hap
pcning now. The same disclaimer %
responsibility. Arms passing from To-
land and officers crossing her frontier,
make II very difficult to feel that those
rcpudiations of responsibility are any.
thing but purely verbal,
Two Ways to Meet Crisis
Mr.. Lloyd George pleaded for tho up-
holding of the treaty. both for tho sakC
Of honor and for safety and security.
There wcrG two ways Of dealing with
the SilCSian situation. he declared. One
was that allied troops insist on rcstnr-
ing order. II was not for him to CX
press n military opinion aud he did not
insist on this part of tho progam. but
he was entitled to insist on an altcrnn =
tive. Either the Allies ought to insist
upon the treaty being respected. o'
they ought 10 allow the Germans to dc
SO. Tho Prime Minister continued:
Not merely to diSarm Germany. but
70 say that such troops as she ha,
nrc not to be permitted to take part
To say to Germany Here /,
your province. here is something whicl
has been decided by the treaty Of Ncr.
saillcs either for or against you. but
the Poles are to be allowed in defiance
of that treaty to take II and YOU vii
not be allowed 10 defend yourselves ir
y province which has been yours fO'
700 years and which certainly has not
been Polish for coo wears
is dIScrCditablc and not worthy of tn,
honor Of any land.
Cannot Permit Defiance
II am perfectly certain that will no,
bc the attitude tho Allies will take. The
in behalf Of tho Government is this
"Whatcvcr happens we cannot nc.
cCpt a fait ac"ompli. That would bC
10 permit Il defiance which might lrar
to consequences of the most disaStrOrl,
kind "
The Prime Minister concluded witt
n rof"rcnC" to Russia. which. he said
now was broken but would be- n power.
full dominant country and would hav,
word in the future Of the world.
Onpein. Silesia. May 13.-lBy \
u. .|--Gcrman forces on thc loft banl
of tho Oder River arc being gradual,
augmented by the arrival Of former Ger,
man soldiers from Brcmlnu. and n mum
hcr. II Is known. nrc coming from Ger,
many. Several hundred security polio,
from Hamburg and kicl and few
from other German cities. have rcachC,
l;rioS. twenty miles northwest Of hero
and nrc authoritativCly reported to hav,
placed themselves NJ the disposal q
German authorities there
There arc rumorS here that tho Ger
mans will take the offensive. probably
within week. when their Preparations
are complete. The Poles. in tho mean.
time. nrc known to be Strengthening
their positions with artillery. although
they are not advancing. French source,
declare that Adalbcrt Korfanty. lcadr,
~ the Polish inSurr"Ction. has "hCCdcC
General Lcrond'S instructions for tn,
first time, and suspended his offensive. :
The French dcprrCatC statements
published by the Poles that the Allie
have accepted the present battle line
aS the new frontier between German,
and Poland. They declare these state
mcnts tend to excite the German pop
ulatiOn. making establishment of or
UCr more difficult.
Berlin. May 13.--lBy \. P.l-Th,
general strike begun by the German
workmcn at Oppcln. Upper SilcSia. il
protest against the attitude of tn,
Inter Allied Commission toward th
Polish insurrCction. has been called off
according to adyiCcS today.
A,uhnn man Non-1.a-o