Evening star., 1921-05-16
SUPREME COUNCIL
LIKELY TO TAKE UP
S.LESIAN WRANGlE
Continued from First rageD

they have many another tangled con-
troy,rsy growing out Of the Euro
pean war.
B.fand Must Fnce Deputies.
Premier BRAND must face the
French parliament this week. since
the French chamber last met the Ger
mans have accepted the reparation
proposals of the allies. and the occu-
patton of the Ruhr. on which the
French military party had set its
heart, is for the moment retariea:
What has Premier BRAND to offer
Only another German promise 10 pay
The opposition in France I" BRAND
would have hold mp that promise 70
scorn. and perhaps Premier B-iana
would have had difficulty hnldin4, his
majority in thu French parliament
RuI Irime Minister Lloyd George ha :
handed Premier Rrland another isSu"
He has criticised France AID said
that he would prefer that 'i"rn1a n
troops put down IN" uprising N
Sil.sia instead Of allied troops. He
has hinte'l that the Polish insurrec-
tioniSts are encouraged by the French
troops now in Silesia. Here is an
issue around which all France can
rally Feeling against Germany can
always be employed as a pariiamen-
tary maneuver. France does not
want to give to Germany an oppor-
tunity to use troops for anything. In
a nutshell. Premier BRAND will get a
handsome vote of confidence and re-
tain power-thanks to the timely use
he has made of the Lloyd George
speech.
Lloyd George Mendins Fences.
Meanwhile in England. the prime
minister has mended his political fences.
too knowing the softness of feeling or
the British laborites for Germany. the
British prime minister wins to his side
more and more Of the labor vote by his
open opposition to what the British
laborite terms French militarism. Do
mestiC politics again come into promi
nence. AS for the United States. her
| internal politics is no small factor.
either. France cannot rely upon an
active support from President Harding.
who doesn't want to give the 'irrecon-
ciables" any further offense than al
! ready given in the decision to partici-
| pate in the allied councils. The wealth
| lest and most powerful nation of all-the
| United States-is held at bay by do
! Lloyd George feels free to go ahead
without fear of the effects Of any
| Francp-American entente.
OniciaIs Here silent.
AS for sympathy here. officials here
maintain a discreet silence. Obvious
! ly they want Germany not to lose
| too much of her resources and if they
felt that the loss or the SileSlan Goa
! field would go weaken German indus
| try as to interfere with her capacity
| for fuIfillment of the promises she
gave on reparation last week. there
| would be no hesitation about express
| ing an opinion. But in the absence
| of a definite disposition Of territory,
! the major question dealing with the
effect on Germany's power to pay
reparations is still in the background
| and gives America no opportunity for
the use of moral suaSion. There is a
haze over the facts Of the quarrel
the immediate causes of the rupture.
Did France encourage the Polish in
surgents? Did Germany bring about
the uprising through infiammatory
news articles? Does France want to
dismember Germany SO that she will
be economically prostrated while
France goes ahead? All these ques-
tions are being asked here And Sec
retary Hughes has significantly called
| for all the documents. Thus far the
American government merely seeks
the facts and expresses no opinions
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