New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-02
s'Silesian Issue
70 Be Settled
By 4 Neutrals
League Council Appoints
Delegates Of Belgium,
Spain, Brazil and China
to Act as Subcommittee
Will Report This Month
Both England and France
Free Of Responsibility
Under New Arrangement
BY Wilbur Forrest
Special cab,e 10 TIE Tr,bvs.

Copyright. 1921, New York Tribune inc
GENEVA, Sept. 1.--As an arbiter Of
international disputes the League Of
Nations stock bounded upward TODAY
when the lessue Council passed the
troublesome Upper Silesian question
20 subcommittee of neutrals. it,
Guiding China, represented by DR.. V.K
wellington Koo; Brazil, by Dr.. Gastoa
ga Gunha; Spain, by Count Quinones
&c Leon. and Belgium, by Paul Hy
mans. This move not only extricates
treat Britain and France frog. the
ampasse which they had reached III
the supreme Council on this matter
ana would have resulted again in the
league Council, but it also permits
these two nations to sidestep with con.
siderable grace and dignity 3. political
quarrel that for time threatened to
moroil them indefinitely.
: In the last analysis the onus of anv
decision of the Upper Silesian con-
sIoversy may not be put on the
snouioers OF a subcommittee of neu-
Tais who, tor the time being. at least
have nothing to fear from either
roland or Germany, and are therefore
wen situated to handle the problem
without embarrassment.
Report Expected This Month
The subcommittee will begin IL.
work Immediately, and it's report Ia the
full Council is expected before the end
OF this month. The statements given
out after to-day's brief Council session
emphasized the fact that A. j. Balfour.
OF England, and Leon Bourgeois, OF
France. as we'll as the less interested
members of the Council, were unani-
nous IN referring the Silesian contro-
yersy to the neutrals. The work of the
subcommittee will be entirely devoid
OF. bias or political interests. 1t will
even bar the arguments of representa-
tives of either Poland or Germany and
will use entirely the fresh data gath
cred by the leagues technical experts
rather than that already provided by
the experts of the nations involved in
the dispute.
The residents of Upper Silesia. of
both Polish and German nationality.
will be heard, however, and in the
mean time there remains the possibility
that even the neutrals will be able to
prlng the German and Polish govern
ments to the basis of some agreement
acceptable to them both.
Success Is Anticipated
The Marquis Imperiali, Japanese. Am
bassador in Paris; DIR. Koo and M,
Bourgeois, with whom The Tribune
correspondent talked after the session,
we're all highly optimistic that the
Coupnclfs action would result in sue
cess. 1t was plain that they realized
that the failure of the league to settle
rn1s controversy would be is death
blow.
Balfour, who is intrusted with full
power to act for Great Britain, in ad-
dressing the Council, insisted, that the
Council would have to deal with the
subject IN way that would remove
all suspicion that it was favoring any
particular country in it's decision.
NJ. Bourgeois told The Tribune cor
respondent that the move to refer the
matter to subcommittee was entire
~ in accord with the spirit of the cove
nant and the Treaty of Versailles. He
denied that the full Council, which IN
GUIDES the great powers involved in the
quarrel, was in any way passing the
buck in this procedure He continued:
3 I'VE have found that every man on
the new committee is without preiu-
dice or special interests in Upper
Siiesia This is in accord with the
spirit of the covenant. The league
Council must be unanimous in its final
decision. but it is evident that the
members are pledged to abide by the
decision of the neutrals."
France Opposes League Changes
: When the feague committee on amend
ments opens the discussion Saturday of
the Canadian proposal to excise Article
X from the covenant, preparatory to SUBJ
uniting report to the leakue Assem-
bly, here next week, France will voice
strenuous objection to this sugge scion.
She will argue that the United States
should be consulted first as to what
notifications of the covenant would
be satisfactory to America and induce
II to enter the league.
Charles Noblemaire, member of the
French Chamber of Deputies, who rep
lTserts France on the amendments COM
mittee, told the Tribune CORRESPONDENT
that his country was as anxiuos as
any to see the United States mem
Der of the league, btu feels that it
would be bad procedure to change the
pact by Gliding Article X and run the
risk OF finding that it was still unac-
ceptable to Washington.
Hopes for United States Views
Moblemaire believes that the whole
matter of Americas attitude and de-
<lres toward the league can be
shrashed out at the November confer
snce in Washington on Far Eastern
md limitation Of ornaments questions.
End that thereafter the league could
consider the changes necessary to
bring the covenant into conformity
with the American view. The changes
decided on would then serve the pur-
poses for which they we're intended,
he says.
President Harding will not be obliyi-
Gus OF the trend of the discussions and
the results attained either in commit
tee sessions or at the League Assembly
meeting that begins here next Mon
day. David Jayne Hill, rs the unotfi-
cial observer for the American govern
ment, will send frequent reports Of the
proceedings to the State Department
IN Washington. At present the former
Ambassador to Germany is living in
rented villa not a hundred yards from
the headquarters of the league and he
Is entertaining almost daily the imror-
tant tunctionaries here at luncheons
and dinners