The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-26

miners strike, Lord Curzon's visit to Paris and Lloyd Georges speech to the imperial council.
 Miners Strike
 The miners strike is merely a con crete manifestation Of the genetsg economic illness from which Enes.frat is suffering and which effecJ gisi bly the whole British foreie F2olicy explaining Frequent contraa fory ae' tions.
 Lord Curzon brought To Adfs con posals for diplomatic action pgrels formal in character. respeginS ,as Greco-Turk and Upper StleSlan al~ fairs, which fail to resolNei difficul ttves having their origin lnAa tund& llagenasis G,A@rssence of v.ew1Ss between France and Great ,,ritpin i sirnuitaneously. tile negotiations for the renewal of th9 Anglo IJapa nese treaty continue. Also, simultaneously, there begins talk of an Anglo American entent-. although the precise objects of such an arrangement are not stated,
 This matter of putting irons in thv fire in every big capital at once seems to indicate a certain nervous ness.
 Economic Crisic Independently of the economic crisis which confronts him, Lloyd George must perceive that his per sonal situation is not all that it might be- He is, as matter of fact. unpopular in all quarters. and his present strength comes largely from the fact that no successor to his $ in sight.
 Apparently the British premier IS in search of some signal triumph. which he badly needs, and he carries Ihis optimism pretty far when he de- clares to an economic body that dis armament and reparations problems are now settled
 Consider what is happening in Up- 1 per Silesla. In May the plebiscte zone was involved by German contin- gents, estimated by Premier Briand at 5000 men. Today's papers unani- mously agree that the force now amounts to 10000 men. fully equipped with modern war material. Whence comes this equipment, if, as Lloyd George affirms. Germany has been disarmed?
 Again where is that good faith at | tributed by Lloyd George and Briand to the new German government, if facts prove--and they do-that for whole month men and munitions have been passing continuously from Germany into Silesia. i Developing Peril General Lerond, president of ths inter-alled commission on Silesia has been vainly trying to call the attention of the government to this rapidly developing peril. For two years l had General L.erond under ny orders when 1 was commissioners general of Franco American affairs. His judgment is the coolest and calmest I have ever met. Every thing he has predicted at Oppeln has happened exactly as he foretold. In stead of following his advice and taking immediate action to halt Ger manys military preparations, the al lied governments are undertaking in violation of the treaty to have .o- called experts revise the proposals of the president of the inter-allicd, commission, made in conformity wiy' fthe treaty.
 Such procedure will hardly / < cil;tate that disarmament which 4 as Lloyd George as an accomplished fact s Makes No Progress | Concerning reparations, we aarS4 made no progress only yesterday. Gen many again increased her inter nal expenses on the preteNt of low ering the price of bread.
 France meantime. is doing l.er best to accommodate herself to the situation. In the first five mon.hs of this year we have succeeded ,n reducing oar imports by 7,0oo,s0o, 900 francs. compared with the same peril od in 1920 But Germany fails to do likewise.
 We have cut imports of raw na- ter.als to the point of shutting down 1 factories. We are admittedly in an economic crisis. Why? Because the means have not been found for satisfactory settlement from Ger many
 There are many reason why France cannot share the satisfaction expressed by the British prime min lister in his speech the early part af the week.