The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-06-02
GonCiIiatory Course Of BRAND
and Or. Wrth'S Promises
Avert War Peril.
FRANCE NOT TO ACT ALONE
Allies May Make Upper silesa an
Autonomous Stste-Sinn Fein
Raiders Burn Dublin Custom
house-Senats Adopts 3D.
> rah Naval Disarmament
Amendment.
BY EDWARD W. PIcKARD.


Clouds that had been hanging heavy
over central Europe began TO break
away last week. Premier BRAND, ex-
pressing his confidence in the good in
,eutious of the German ministry, re-
FUSED to let France violate the Yer
~ailles treaty 10y taking independent
action in occupying the Ruhr Prime
Minister Lloyd George quit talking
and dispatched British troops to help
~ restoring and maintaining order in
Upper Siiesia. Chancellor With as
Sured the entente allies Germany
would not send regular troops into
Upper SileSa and would do its best to
stop the movement Of arms and am
munitiOn and to keep the German-Si-
lcsian border closed. korfantys Po-
ush Insurgents and the German resi-
dents Of Upper Silesia continued their
struggle, but perhaps with less en-
thu>iasm.
Briand's attitude and actions were
openly conciliatOry and he successful-
~ resisted the attacks of his political
adopt measures which might rupture
the entente aud probably would lead
Ia his downfall. lie did not, however.
relax in his tirmness toward Germany,
for he sent to Berlin an ultimatum
giving With "a hours to reply salts
Iactorily to his former note in which
TIE chancellor was warned that the
sending of German troops or munitions
into Upper Silesia would be consid-
cred warlike act. Next day BRAND
told the chamber of deputies the Ger
man-nmbassadOr had assured him the
German Upper Silesian frontier would
he closed and the reichswehr troops
would be ordered to disarm and dis
band irregulars seeking to enter the
plebiScite zone to fight the Polish in
surgents.
The premier promised the chamber
that Poland's interests would be safe
guarded and the result of the plebis-
cite figures, in which the Poles OBJ
lained IA majority of the rich indus
trial regions. would be the base for
tracing the boundary.
Concluding his long address, BRAND
said: Since Doctor Wirth has been
nj the head OF affairs the German gov
eminent has shown frankness and 10y
atty. lie has fulfilled all promises,
held to all engagements, and put them
INTO execution.
IF at any time, on question vital
To France. the problem of adopting
another policy should arise, would
not hesitate.
Germany Is satisfied with the de,
mands for Teparations | maintained
the accord between the allies at Lon
don and even with the Upper Silesian
problem disturbing us the accord will
be maintained more completely than
ever owing to the return Of the United
States TO the supreme council. In to
days world crisis no people can live
isolated. | will not permit France 10
find herself alone as In 1918 ana 1870
will not forget that IN 1914 the Brit
ish came. then the Americans and
others. We have no right to FORGET
that We owe them something despite
discussions and polemics. II II Ia pos
sible to maintain this magnificent
union II must be done In Englands In
terests as well as ours. This p0ficy
does not exclude tirmness. Our gov
eminent can 20 from tirmness 10 mod
Grafton, which is the best policy and
which | shall not ren0unce."