The New York herald., 1921-08-09
PROSPECT BRIGHTER
FOR A SETTLEMENT
OF SILESIA DISPUTE
France to Have Backing Of
Britain, With Troops,
if Necessary.
WITH U. S. MORAL HELP
Supreme Council Meets. DR..
Harvey Representing
This Country.
EXPERTS SHOW FIGURES
French Ready to Accept Com
promise Boundary More Fa-
vorable to Germany.
EXPERTS SHOW FIGURES

Special Gable TO THE NEW YORK HERALD
Copyright, 1881, by THE New York HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, Aug. ..
With the French decidedly in con-
ciliatory mood the prospects now arc
brighter than was expected for an
amicahe settlement by the Supreme
Council Of the Upper Silesian boundary
question. But whether this settlenent
will be accepted by the Poles and the
statements emanating from the Ger
man Chancellor and the Polish Foreign
Minister, is another question. The
French will get the backing Of Eng
land, enforced militarily, II necessary,
and presumably the moral support Of
the United States for any Upper Sile-
sian boundary line that eventuates
here.
With Upper. Silesia as cancerous
spot in the European body polite to
be removed, the chief political sur
geons, with DR.. Harvey. representing
the United States, assisting. began to-
day at the Allied Supreme Council
session here their consultation, and
their assistants. the experts, banded
about figures on the vote by Upper
Silesian communes for three hours,
but which only involved problems in
fractions. Ambassador Harvey. after
being made the recipient Of felicitous
speech by Premier BRAND on the re-
entry OF the United States into the
European consulting room, sat listen
Ing intently as the statistics covering
the disputed triangle In Upper Silesia
were hurled from one expert to an
other in such manner as to emphasize
to his American mind how different
are Europe's problems from those Of
homogeneous America.
France 10 Compromise.
Unquestionabiy this meeting of the
Supreme Council concerns tremendous
problems for Europe, the object of the
ccnferrees being to prevent Upper Silesia
disturb the worlds peace in the future.
There was no rafting of the French
sabre to-day and tonight the French
show they are prepared to accept a
compromise line more advantageous to
Germany than even the line proposed
by Count Sforza, Italian Foreign Minis
ter. in an effort 70 obtain n settle
ment
II this new French line is accepted,
ropes most vital boundary llnes-wiil
commence south OF Rosenberg. dividing
Gross Strehlitz and Tost Glelwitz dis
tricts between the Poles and the Ger
mans. and although the latter district
is Polish by the total vote. will divide
Gleiwitz In such a manner that the Ger
mans will hold the railroad and a per-
tion OF the commune OF Gleiwi1, while
four other Industrial communes will be
left on the Polish side.
Line Turns to Germany.
Then the line will turn to the SOUTH
west toward Ratibor. leaving Rybnik
and Pless TO the Poles.
III lnls BaInering OF tne i've POWERS
America being present for the first time
since the original Peace Conference
breakup-everybod appeared TO be In a
good humor. possibly due TO the pres
ence of Ambassador Harvey as the rop-
resentative OF President Harding. which,
with the potential might Of America bc-
hind II, seemed TO have a Cocktail ef-
feet" on the statesmen who are wres-
Ting with Europc's problems
To-day's preliminary meeting showed,
first, that the French had no intention
of pressing the question OF reinforce
ments before the Upper Siiesian boun-
dary was traced. although Premier
BRAND had insisted that this question )f
reinforcements be placed first on the
agenda second. that the British wee
willing to accept the commune basis pro-
vided economic and geographical factors
we're taken into consideration, thus dis
posing OF the theory that they stood for
Upper Silesia going entirely TO Ger
many. as Chancellor Wirth still demands
az the price for his remaining In power.
and essential to the success OF his
budget. based on Increased taxation.
and. third, that the whole question be-
tween France and Great Britain gets
down to small industrial triangle,
wherein Germany's majority In the
plebiscite was 10000, the heart OF
which the British desire to give Ger
many. thereby insuring her some miros
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