The New York herald., 1921-08-06
SILESIA PROBLEM
BATTLES EXPERTS
Allied Commission, Like Mill
tary Board, Fails to Solve
Boundary Puzzle.

Special Gable % THE NEW YonK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921. bD THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris, Aug. D. }
After flounderiIe In figures concerning
tke plebiscite and In a maze OF ethnolog-
ical data regarding Upper Silesia. the
A.iies' expert commission which Is sup
posed to find a solution to the boundary
problem where military experts actually
on the ground ha6 failed. now have de-
cided that 1t l. impossible to reach
unanimous decision. and are merely going
20 hand in a series of economic studies
when the Supreme Council meets on
Monday.
This is the net result of the plan by
which Premier BRAND hoped to bring
Great Britain into line with the French
views While the Thermometer stood
a 100 daily, the experts have doffed their
coats and collars in trying to suggest
a suitable compromise on the boundary
question. but according to the informa-
ton obtained by THE New YORK HERALD
bureau, they invariably ran up against
conflicting national policies before the
discussions advanced far.
OF the British. only one delegate leans
to giving the bulk of the southern COM
munes to Poland, while the Italian trio.
who have been representing themselves
as being for something close to Count
Sforza's line. now are suggesting that
IL this delimination is altered it should
be In Germanys favor. Frances three
experts reiterated the arguments In
favor of the Polish contention which
have filled the European press for
months.
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preme Councils task increases daily.
as instead of only varying on military
suggestions. 1t is feared that days will
have to be spent In untangling the views
OF the economic ana geographical ex-
perts unless. as has .een suggested, the
problem is submitted to Ambassador
Harvey or some other disinterested neu-
tral for arbitration.
Great Britains suggestion that the
north be given TO Germany and the
south to Poland, with an intermediary
zone internationalized for fifteen years
to let national antipathies calm down.
has not been received with enthusiasm
here, and II Premier Lloyd George in
tends standing on this proposal there is
little doubt that the Supreme Council
will have superheated sessions. Premier
Brands political opponents are frankly
the Chamber is not in session. any con-
cessions even in the interest OF tenn
porary peace that require the rewriting
of the treaty's protocol regarding Upper
Silesia with Germany's approval. would
give ammunition for debates which
might easily overthrow the Premier
next October
The semi-official Temps tonight pre-
diets that the British suggestion would
be acceptable neither to Germany nor
Poland. and moreover It would provide
only an imaginary solution at a time
when reality Is needed. The treaty
demands that the frontier be traced"
the Temps says. Let us trace it."
Adalbert Korfanty. Polish rebel leader.
is still In Paris. somewhat discouraged
because he has not been called before
the allied experts. He is pleading daily
through newspapers against giving Ger
many any portion of .he industrial basin
of Upper Silesia.
In the Eclair Korfanty ridicules the
idea that Germany alone was able to
furnish efficient engineers to keep up the
regions prosperity. and insists that
thousands OF Poles who formerly held
the highest positions in Russian indus
tries have succeeded In escaping from
the Bolsheviks and are ready to take
over the Upper Silesian works as soon
as the Allies show confidence by carry
ipy pt,t ha syoirif M fhn treaty.