The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-21
GRAVE CRISIS
SPRINGS UP
OVER SILESIA
France Will Send Reinforce
ments Without Waiting for
British Move-Shocked at
Tone Of England's Note.
TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS
tBy Associated Press)

PARIS, July 21.-France, it was
declared in Official circles this morn
ing, will send reinforcements to Upper
Silesia whether Great Britain joins or
not in the reinforcement movement
suggested by France. The French
move will be made. it was declared.
to insure the safety of the 10000
French soldiers already on the ground
there.
Premier BRAND sent note yester-
day in reply to the British note on
the Silesian issue. expressing lack of
conviction that the supreme council
could serve any useful purpose by
convening before measures are taken
to assure order and provide for the
security of the allied troops now in
upper Silesia, according to the inter
probation officials circles place upon
the French communication.
News received here today from
Oppeln was far from reassuring. The
attitude of the German press, as inter.
preted by the French dispatches, was
increasingly provocative.
Recognize Danger.
France, it is declared, recognizes
that danger threatens from the side
of the Poles as we'll as from the Ger
man side, making 1t doubly necessary.
in the French view, to reinforce the
allied troops. Precautions first, de-
cisions afterward, probably will re-
main the French tactics, it is indicat-
ed. unless there are unforeseen de-
velopments.
French official circles received a
distinct shock from the British gov
ernment's reply to the French sugges-
ton that allied reinforcements be sent
to upper Silesia, and in some quarters
today Anglo French relations are de-
scribed as critical as result.
The French government is said to
have been unprepared for 'the sever
ity and unyielding tone" that this
| mornings newspapers indicate charac-
| terizes the British communication.
Suggest Hastiness
| Editorial comment suggested that
| the British prime minister, David
Lloyd George, acted entirely too hast
/ lily in refusing to agree with the
French view that additional allied
troops we're necessary in upper Sill.
esia. The commentors also declare
| that he failed to inform himself fully
! regarding the Necessity VI pIOhpI
/ allied action, and add that had he
waited a few hours longer he would
/ have had before him a unanimous re-
| port from the allied high commission
| ers at Oppeln in which it is urged that
! immediate reinforcements be sent
| While most newspapers agree that
the incident brings Anglo-French re-
| lations to another delicate point, LIE
Journal says the problem is not insol-
uble and in its final ANALYSIS not of
a nature to seriously trouble the COM
ity of allied relations.
See Awkward Situation
The Temps, commenting on the
British desire for a meeting of the SUI
preme council in the immediate fu-
ture, offers the objection that the
council will inevitably have to discuss
the Upper Silesian question, and says ::
| "The treaty of Versailles stipulates
that the future frontier of Upper ST
lesia should be fixed by the principal
allied and associated powers. thus In
cluding the United States. II the su-
preme council should be present as a
participant, not spectator, the Ameri-
can government would be placed In
an awkward position. If, on the other
hand, the matter were discussed by
the ambassadors council. the United
| States could be consulted"