Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
ANGLO-FRENCH ROW
ENDS IN AGREEMENT
To DIVIDE S|LES|A

PARIS, Aug. 10.-(By the Associat-
ed Press. )-Premier BRAND, Of
France. and Lloyd George, prime
minister Of England, have decided at
| private meeting upon a compromise
partition of upper Silesia, it was de-
clared here today on good authority.
The compromise boundary line is
understood to have been drawn an
! proximately as follows:
Beginning west of P1ess, on the
V1stula river. and running west of
Gleiwitz, west Of Tost and Gross
Strehlltz, north to between Rosen-
berg and Kreuzburg, and thence to
the frontier of northern Upper ST.
lesia.
This line, while by no means a
straight one, approximately bisects
the Sllesian plebiscite area.
The reputed agreement must be
formally ratified by the supreme
council and the possibility of this ac-
ton at the late afternoon session
| today was forecast. At this time the
| geographical experts of the French,
British and Italian delegations, who
were 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.
| No Troops to Be Sent
| 1t was upon the private settlement
being reached, 1t is understood, that
| the council decided not to send re-
inforcements to upper Silesia at pres
ent, the British and Italian delega-
| tons voting against the sending of
| French troops for this purpose, as
| France had desired.
! Sir Harold Stuart, the British ST.
| lesian commissioner, and General
Marinis,, the italian commissioner,
argued that if the council agreed i'm
mediately upon the boundary line it
would not be necessary to send re-
Inducements, as they believed both
Germany and Poland would accept
the councils decision.
! The conviction of General Lerond,
of France, head Of the commission.
was that trouble might occur even
if there were an immediate decision
by the council, and he urged the or.
tionary measure.
The British and italian view pre-
vailed and the council decided
against. the sending of reinforce
ments for the time being.
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 priri-
ciple as more nearly representing
the real meaning of the plebiscite
vote than anything previously pro-
posed. The division also splits the
disputed industrial district
Urges Moderation
| At the opening of the session Mr..
Lloyd George took. occasion to de-
clare the position of the British gov
eminent upon what he called the
menacing problem Of the peace OF
Europe. Silesia, he said, had BE-
longed to the German race for 7Oo
years-a part of that period to Aus
tria, but for 1T years to Prussia,
and the British government would
not consent to any division not based
cquitably upon the votes of the Poles
and the Germans in the disputed
Discussing the future security OF
France, the British prime minister
said in substance that the BRUSH
| government keenly sympathized with
1.-the French desire for safety, know
| ing what France nad suffered III w
wars That security, however, ne
declared, ought to rest upon the mod,
Grafton with which the victors used
their power, and upon equity in ap-
Forthcoming silesia. The British en- I'm
| pire, the prime mini ster declared,
would never be dragged into another
war caused by the Oppressive use OF
superior force or the abuse of justice
in a time Of triumph.
| General Lerond, head of the inter
allied commission for upper Silesia.
appeared before the supreme allied
leading up to the Korfanty insur-
rection there last spring. He was
bitterly attacked by Germany for his
alleged failure to foresee the at
tempt by the Poles to take over
large part of the upper Slles1an
plebiscite area. and there were hints
to meet the situation when it de-
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