Evening star., 1921-05-22
BY HENRY w. BUM.

tcpu,asat. 1871. By The washinston staa)
~ HE following Is q brief summary Of the
news Of the world for the seven days
ended May Il:
Upper s1LEs1A AND THE EN-
TENTE CR1SIS-Certain people nave uieo TO
explain away the "pungent passloMngs ITO
borrow an expression from Mrs. BrowmnS) OF
Mr.. Lloyd Georges speech OF ffioay week
crimson flowers Of the forum. oeautiiul but
false. born Of the hame of passion, epnemeral
bound to wilt in the cool atmosphere OF reason
But Mr.. George will not have it so, 1t seems
that he meant precisely what he SAID. That
speech though France was not mentioned. was.
the readers will remember a violent attack
French policy 1t aroused the hercest resent
ment in France. The French press fairly sixzled
with wrath. and its language was not the
language Of compliment to Lloyd George
Whereupon Mr.. Lloyd George rebukes the
French press; asserting. moreover. that he
spoke advisedly In that extraordinary speech
to the commons concerning Upper Sllesia
England will do her duty!" shouts Mr. Lloyd
George. Delighted to hear it." respond the
French papers England. we presume, Will send
troops to Upper Silesia. which is what we have
been asking all along' Just after Mr. Lloyd
Georges speech NJ BRAND summoned the
newspaper men and gave them a little talk. He
said. in substance. that the entrance OF Ger
man troops reichswehr or volunteer formations
into Upper Silesia would have as effect
promptest military action by the French. More
over France was not to be bossed by anybody
(meaning Lloyd George. Of course). He
FASTENED to add. humorously: "of course. no
body is trying to boss us"
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Well, it seems that everybody was het up
and needed to blow of. It seems that all have
done so and are now fairly cool; that another
crisis in the relations Of France and Britain
is by way Of passing. The situation is still
extremely kittle. as the Scotch say; but
encouraged by the fact that the bulletins con-
corning the condition Of the patient (the en-
tente) are becoming rare.
The French chamber met on Thursday.
After M. Brands critics, who are many, have
had their say. NJ BRAND will ask for a vote Of
confidence If he gets 1t, there will probably
be another session of the supreme council.
which WILL perhaps, finally settle the Upper
Silesian boundary; unless meantime some un-
suspected store Of high explosive should deto-
nate and blow all into kingdom come
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According to the latest report (via London)
Korfanty has thrown up his enterprise and
has by proclamation ordered his followers to.
give up their arms presumably to the inter-
allied commissions representatives), to go back
to work. and to avoid mixing it" with the Ger
mans. Other reports tell of disanection among
the insurgents Of desertion. of the draggletailed
champions Of self-determnation turning bandits
1t is not surprising If Korfanty has lost con-
troll for, if dispatches are to be believed, he Is
himself the very picture OF despair and tr-
resolution. And good cause he has for despair.
The Polish government, though sympathetic
has acted correctly; the Polish frontier is
closed; no help thence. The French govern
ment. though sympathetic to Polish Upper
Silesian claims. is hostile to the idea Of fait
accompli Germany maintains food blockade
and the food supply is running dangerously low.
The German Reichsbank (for the paymasters
Of Upper Silesia are mostly Germans) refuse to
send money to pay the large arrears due the
workmen. It is to be hoped that Korfanty re-
tains enough influence to make his proclamation
effective Suppose he does not Hideous things
are possible Of 60 900 armed men entirely out
Of control boiling with a sense Of grievances.
real or imagined. and with enemy persons and
property at hand to wreak their will upon.
Presumably ip such posture Of affairs Gen.
Lerond would act sternly. would no longer for
bear toward these misguided people.
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The most awful possibility f. that the threat,
heard more than once, OF blowing up mines and