The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-19
INVASION OF
SIlESIA TO
STIR FRANCE
BRAND Says Nation Insists
Upon Execution of Versal-
les Treaty in Drawing From
tier Line in Reply.
.REITERATES HIS STAND
(By Associated Press)

upon the execution or the versailles
treaty in drawing the frontier line be-
tween Germany and Poland in Upper
Silesia. Premier BRAND declared last
night upon receiving newspape cor
respondents.
He reiterated statements he made
! to newspapermen last Saturday, when.
| answering the address of Prime Min
lister Lloyd George before the house
| of commons On Friday. he declared
| that invasion of Silesia by German
troops would not be tolerated by
| France.
| NJ. BRAND said he did not see the
desirability of meeting Lloyd George
. before all the documents relating to
! the Silesian plebiscite had been re-
ceived from the inter-alned commits
sion at Oppeln.
The premier, whose statement was
considered as an indication of the
trend his impending address in the
chamber would take, said: 81 have
| nothing to say except to maintain
strictly my viewpoint that France in
all this controversy places herself on
the sole ground of the Versailles
treaty. There is no other basis of
discussion possible. On the other
hand. France and England can con
verse only as equals, and Mr.. Lloyd
George himself will agree to this
i PEELED"
Wants Pact Enforced
| 81, too, want to see the treaty car
| ried out" said the premier to the
correspondent of the London Daily
Mail. but there is nothing in the
treaty which stipulates that all the
rich mining districts in Silesia must
go to the Germans. while the Poles
will get what is left. | do not wish
I, to enter into any controversy with
Mr.. Lloyd George, and stand by what
| said to you correspondents last Sat
urday."
| The premier's statement may nave
| been elected by declarations made by
Prime Minister Lloyd George in Lon
don yesterday, in which the prime
minister asserted that the settlement
of the Silesian question must be set
! tied by allies and not by Korfanty
Polish insurgent leader. who recently
has taken over virtually all of Upper
Silesia.
| Expect Attack
/ When the chamber of deputies re-
convened today after a recess of three
| weeks the BRAND cabinet was expect
ed to be the center of concerted at
tack Friends of the Ministry asserted
it would receive a great majority
when the question of vote of conf
dence was put, but its opponents de-
clared there would be no such ma jor
ity as 424 to 20, which was given II.
BRAND before he went TO London TO
participate in the meeting of the su-
u,
Preparations ultimatum to the German
government.
Premier BRAND had declared he
would not make statement until he
had heard all interpretations when he
would make a comprehensive reply. 1t
was not believed the putting of the
vote of confidence would be reached
before Saturday. Had this discussion
occurred Immediately after the ad-
journment of the London meeting OF
the supreme council, opponents of the
cabinet declared today, there would
have been confidence that the govern
ment would have met defeat. The ad-
dress of Prime Minister Lloyd George
on the Upper Silesian question and
payment by Germany of the first re-
patton installment of 100000 gold
marks was said by the supporters OF
the ministry to have solidifed NJ. Bri-
and's position.
! LONDON. May 1e.-Newspapers of
this city today showed greater unan-
unity in endorsing Prime Minister
Lloyd Georges declaration of the
British attitude toward Poland and ST.
lesia, made yesterday, than they did
; his almost sensational statements be-
fore the house of commons last Fri
day.
There were some references to the
judiciousness of reiterating Great
Britains viewpoint at this moment re-
ga riding a point already made suffi-
ciently clear. The Morning Post alone
is dissenting from the prime minis
ter's declarations and in an editorial
bearing the caption. Smashing the
: Entente" the newspaper maintained
; its antagonism against Mr.. Lloyd
, Georges stand. which it declared to
be fantastic and absurd
The manner in which the prime min
listers statement of last Friday was
[ received by the French press was gen
orally criticized. the Telegraph repu.
= dating accusations that Mr.. Lloyd
, George expressed distrust OF France
or hinted at an Anglo-French es.
rangement.
|, LONDON. May 19.-lnformation re
. ceived in official circles regarding
Upper Silesia states that the Polish
consul general at Beuthen has inform
, ed the interallied plebiscite commits
sion that Adelbert korfanty has issued
, a proclamation to the people of Upper
, Silesia to surrender their arms, re
sumo work and avoid military contact
with the Germans. He declares also
, | that 10000 men have been demo
bilized.
AMSTERDAM. May 1a.-Accordins
to the Berlin Kreuz Zeitung, there has
, been a large movement of Polish
troops In the direction of Danzig In
the last few days. The newspaper
adds that number of bridges ovel