Evening star., 1921-08-09
British Score Complete VIC
tory When BRAND Agrees
to Proposal.
SUPREME COUNCIL VOTES
AGAINST SENDING TROOPS
Decision on Partition Reached by
Lloyd George and French Pre-
mier Must Be Approved.

BY the Associated press.
PARIS, August 9.-Premier BRAND
of France and Mr.. Lloyd George.
prime minister of England, have de-
cided at a private meeting upon a
compromise partition of Upper Si-
lesia. it was declared here today on
good authority.
The allied supreme council decided
today not to send reinforcements for
the allied troops in Upper Silesia.
The compromise boundary line is
understood to have been drawn ap-
proximately as follows:
Beginning west of Pless on the
Eistula river and running west of
Gleiwitz, west of Tost and Gross
StrehlitZ. north to between Rosenberg
and kreuZburg, and thence to the
frontier of northern Upper Silesia.
This line, while by no means a
straight one, approximately bisects the
Sileslan plehis''ite area.
Must BE Ratified.
The reputed agreements must be
formally ratified by the supreme
council. and the possibility of this
action at the late afternoon session
today was forecast. At this time the
geographical experts of the French,
British and Italian delegations. who
We're engaged in the early afternoon
hours in considering the precise
marking of the line, were expected
to have ready the reports they had
been instructed to make.
1t was upon the private settlement
being reached, il is understood. that
the council decided not to send REIN
forcements to Upper Silesia at pres
ent, the British and Italian delega-
tionS voting against the sending OF
French troops for ihis purpose, as
France had desired
Sir Harold Stuart, the British ST.
lesian commissioner. and Gen. Marinis.
the Italian commissioner, argued thai
if the council agreed Immediately
upon the boundary line ii would not
be necessary TO send reinfSrcoments, as
they believed both Germany and Po-
land would accept the councils de-
cision.
Lerond Fears Trouble.
The conviction of Gen. Lerond of
France. head. of the commission. was
that trouble might occur even II
there were an Immediate decision BY
the council. and he urged the order.
ing of reinforcements as a precau-
tionary measure.
Mr.. Lloyd George informed the
council of the line the British were
now willing to accept. and the ex
perts were instructed to allocate to
one side or the other certain town
ships remaining in dispute.
The new line is accepted in princi-
pie as more nearly representing the
real meaning of the plebiscite vote
than anything previously proposed.
The division also splits the disputed
indus. rial district
Stands on PIebiscite.
At the opening of the session Mr.
Lloyd George took occasion to de-
clare the position of the British gov
ernment upon what he called the
menacing. problem to the peace of
Europe Silesia. he said. had be-
longed to the German race for 700
years-a part of that period to Aus
tria but for III years to Prussia
and the British government would
not consent to any division not based
euuitably upon the votes of the Poles
and Germans in the disputed region.
Discussing the future security of
France. the British prime minister
said in substance that the British
government keenly sympathized with
the French desire for safety, know
ing what France had suffered in two
wars. That security, however. he
declared, ought to rest upon the
moderation with which the VictorS
used their power, and upon equity
in apportioning Silesia The British
empire the prime minister declared
would never be dragged into another
war caused by the oppressive use Oh
superior force or the abuse OF JUS
tice in time of triumph.