Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-16
BRAND Agrees to Lloyd
Georges Request For
Early Meeting
SESSION AT BOULOGNE
London OBSERVER Bitter in its At.
tack Upon French Policy--Germany
Sends Note

London, May 16.-1le British Gov
crnmcnt has asked the French for ar
immediate conference of the Supreme
Council to take up the Upper Silesiaa
question, and Premier BRAND mas
agreed to have the meeting toward .he
end of this week, probably at Bou-
logne, according to Observers -'dip-
lomatic correspondent" who, it is un
derstood, is usually Editor Garvi'l
himself.
This action on the part of the two
leading Allied countries, it is stated,
is the immediate outcome of Mr.
Lloyd Georges outspoken speech on
Upper Silesia. Continuing, the COR
respondent N an evident officially in
spired article, says:
"At last the British Government has
shown its hand. During the recent
London Conference Mr.. Lloyd George
attempted to raise the question of Up
per Silesia, but NJ. Hriand was ada-
mant in his refusal 20 discuss II, and
the Prime Minister yielded in the in
terests of Entente solidarity. Al the
same time that NJ. BRAND was refus-
ing, French officers in Upper Silesia
were organizing the Polish forces for
occupation OF the disputed territory.
"The British succeeded in stav;ns
off the immediate catastrophe con-
oy the French in the--West;-
it was not possible to save the world
the catastrophe which the Polish pro-
teges of France were contemplating
in the east. The scissors tactics Of
the Franco-Polish diplomacy regard
ing Germany has reached pitch
where no British Government can any
longer keep silent.
"The dangers that, IN the opinion of
the British Government would have
resulted from an Anglo-French break
are now less formidable than the act
ual mischief already created by the
French determination to ruin Ger
many, both in the east and the west.
at all costs. The Upper Silesian out
burst is merely an phase of the d.
and British policies"
Although the article concludes by
branding Poland, with its cathohci:y
of appetite as worse than Prus-
sia," it also warns !he Germans to
fulfill their obligations. Not until this
is done ,or at least until the world j:
convinced it will be done, can actual
peace be had in Europe, the cores
pondent says.
Paris, May 16.-The German Gov
ernment has transmitted a not to
Premier BRAND, in which it is de-
clared that the uprising in Upper 81
lesia followed information printed in
the Upper Silesian newspaper which
is the official ogan of Adeloert A'r.
fanty and not information printed il
German newspapers.
the note maintains that the stories
printed in the German newspapers
Were in NO way misleading. 1t adds
shat there has been no amelioratlcn
IN thsasFtuaticn in Upper Slesia and
hat korfan;y is still extending his
operations.
Premier BRAND this morning re-
eeived Prince Eugene Sapieha. The
Polish Foreign Minister.
French newspapers today assa;l
PRIME Minister Lloyd Georges speech
on the Upper Silesian situation and
uphold Premier Brands statements
made in his interview with foreign
correspondents here Saturday.
Former Premier Clemenceau's news
paper, L'Hcmme Libre, saws:
'Mr. Lloyd George cynicism pass
es all measure. It IS an invitation fo,
France to massacre The Poles for th,
greater glory and profit Of Germany.
The words Of Mr.. Lloyd George ars
described by the Ecla:- as "bruta,:,,
against France. and intended u an
courage German troops immediatcl,
to cross the frontier.