Arizona republican., 1921-08-08
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bassador, is expected to be impressive and enigmatic but his vote is regard ed as uniformly unfavorable to Great Britain.
 Harvey Prepared
 The American ambassador has pre- pared himself for taking his place in the council by the study of the large and various official correspondence concerning the Silesian question and other subjects. He has resolutely re- fused all requests for a statement, and spent part of the day in the country with the Ameri-an ambassa- dor, Myron T. Herrick.
 The meeting of the supreme coun- cil. which is looked upon as a grave significance, is drawing to Paris many international political person alties. M Jaspar, the Belgian for 1 the Belgian minister of finance, will arrive from Brussels Monday evening. Korfanty, leader of the Polish fnsur- gents, is endeavoring to be heard thus far vainly. Kerensky, the former Russian premier. Is trying to submit plans for a solution of the Russian situation and the Austrian, Albanian. Greek and Turkish governments will have special agents here to assist their legations.
 The first session of the council will | be held in the French foreign office at Il o'clock in the morning. The Upper Silesian question will be inn | mediately taken under consideration l The controversy over Silesia arises 1 from the different interpretations by the allies and by Germany, and Pol and, as the result of the plebiscite The original draft of the treaty with Germany gave Upper Silesia to Pol l and internationally.
 1 In consequence of Germany's strong protest, supported in the peace con f ence by MT Lloyd George, it wa decided to apply the principle of self
 determination and organize a plebis
 cite under the supervision of com
 mission on which were to be repre-
 sented Great Britain, France, Ital, I and the United States.
 ] The United States was never rep I resented because it did not ratify tn
 treaty.
 | Piebiscite Not Satisfactory I The commission was directed t
 take vote by townships and em I powered to. draw a frontier between
 Germany and Poland on the basis Q I the vote, but taking into account, s I reads the treaty. the wishes of tn inhabitants as shown by the vot and the geographical and economi
 conditions of the region.
 The whole controversy turns upo
 the interpretation of the phrase 'geo 'I graphical and economic conditions. The vote was: For Germany 7O4
 519; fo4 Poland All, ,523. The farm
 ing districts were largely for Ger many; the important mining an l.tr T jority for Poland. The Poles .,in terpreted the result as giving ther all the country east of the River Ode Germany demands Upper Silesia a 1 a whole.
 The commission which under tn
 treaty could decide the question b a majority vote, was unable to arriv
 as a decision The French commis
 sioner drew the frontier line alon l the Oder, giving Poland all the mir , ing district of 903 townships of whic
 673 voted Polish, and 230 German , and giving to Germany 526 township
 of which 503 voted German and
 Polish.
 The British plan comedies to Pc
 land a small portion of the minin
 district where the Poles are in cles
 majority The Italian commissions
 gives Poland less than the Frenc
 but more than the British.
 The question is complicated by tf | Polish insurrection in the dispute
 territory. Premier Briand insis
 with the utmost firmness upon tf | broad justice of the French goverr i ment's position. He affirms that
 is question between eighteen
 twenty cosmopolitan financiers (
 the one side and the mass of Polls
 workers on the other.