The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-21
LLOYD GEORGE REBUFFS
FRENCH SILESIAN PLAN
Latter Would Send Troops
Before Awarding Region.
Special Gable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, by THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,

Special Gable to THE New YORK HERALD
Copyright, 1921, by THE New YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris, July 20.
The British note regarding Upper
Silesia, which was received at the Quai
d'Orsay this afternoon, was admitted to
have produced the most serious dead
lock which has yet developed from the
Versailles treaty, the British Prime Min
lister riding rough shod over every
essential point of the French thesis.
THE New YORK HERAD correspondent
was informed that the British note was
couched in such terms that a detailed
publication Of 1t is likely to arouse a
country wide antipathy. The main lines
of the note. French Foreign Office off,
Gals said. are
L. Mr.. Lloyd George insists that the
Allied Supreme Council must meet in
the final days of July instead of late in
August
q Although the British Prime Minis
ter previously had given his assent to
scheme for sending allied experts to
Silesia to aid the military control conf
mission. he now refuses outright to APP
point British members of any such dele
cation.
g. Playing on the French fear that
the situation Is growing more dangerous
daily and necessitates reinforcenents
amounting to several divisions, Mr.. lloyd
George refuses to discuss the matter I'M
I'll the Supreme, Council is convened,
and is evidently relying on the French
desire for military solidarity to cause
VI. BRAND to yield on this point.
Arriving here only few hours after
a joint plea was sent to the Council OF
Ambassadors by the Inter-Allied Com
mission in Oppeln that more troops were
Eeeded Immediately and urging prompt
boundary settlement, Mr.. Lloyd Georges
note caused a decided shock. The
French asserted that the British Prime
Minister was not willing to accept the
advice of even British military experts
who have been handling the situation for
months.
1t is not regarded as probable that the
French will reply to the note before Fri
day. 1t is intimated in official quarters
tonight that France win assert that she
is willing the Supreme Council should
meet on the date desired by Great
Britain. providing England agrees to
send reenforcements to Silesia. Should
Great Britain not see her way clear
do this. France will then ask BritiX
approval for sending an additional
French division to Siesia.
France will insist that the allied
forces now in Silesia are not strong
enough to put down uprisings which she
hea good reason to believe are impend-
ing, nor to carry out the orders of the
Supreme Council. Tonight II Is con-
sidered possible that unless something
intervenes to improve conditionsfi the
French will be inclined to act indie
pendently and send sufficient troops into
Silesia to protect the small contingent
which is forming a barrier between the
Poles and the Germans In districts
where excitement. according to latest
dispatches. already is intense.
Asserting that IL was impossible TO
wait even ten days to send such reen-
forcements, a French official tonight
declared all evidence indicated that such
delay would be fatal to the Alliess
hope of peaceful settlement. Clashes
were bound to occur he said, unless
at least $4,000. instead of 10000, al
lied troops were concentrated I'm the in
termedlary zone.
Moreover, the French contend that any
meeting OF the Supreme Council will be
useless unless there Is a force ready TO
carry out It's DEGREES
The semi-offlcial Temps tonight sug-
gests that the most reasonable solution
OF the problem would be by the Council
OF Ambassadors. which is authoritative
enough to meet the treatys require
ments that the question be solved by
the principal Allied and Associated
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