New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
1t Happened at Paris Vivid Romances of PresentDay Wes

eastern zones Of West Prussia, includ-
Ing Danzig, and provided for plebi-
scite in the Allenstein district of East
Prussia.
No opposition 60 this decision ap-
peared for time. But suddenly Lloyd
George INTERVIEWED and demanded that
plebiscite be held in the Narrower
der district of East Prussia. This was
not very material change. But, after
obtaining one concession, the British
Premier demanded more. He began TO
insist that Danzig should be withheld
planned President Wilson yielded to
him, thus defeating fair settlement.
Later Lloyd George induced. Wilson
and Clemenceau to agree to long de-
forred plebiscite in Upper Silesia, de-
vice which has prolonged unrest there
and has now brought France and Great
Britain into wholly unnecessary con-
fiict
Mr.. Lord deplores the results Of MIR.
Lloyd Georges anti-Polish activities.
His colleague, Dr.. Isaiah Bowman, the
chief territorial specialist of the com
mission, gives vivid account of the
session at which the British Premier
developed his purpose to take Danaig
away from the Poles. He writes:
Would Lloyd George continue in
the role of irresponsible and play
full plenipotentiary, or would he
recognize the stake at Danzig-
Danzig, behind which were the tex
tile mills, coal and petroleum of the
Carpathian forelands? Suddenly
Lloyd George changed from a state
of bored Indifference to one of az
gresslva participation. From that
moment forward Lloyd George never
relaxed his interest or his control.
Sitting forward in his chair and
spel Alng in an earnest voice, he pro-
ceeded to tear the report to pieces,
and the argument he employed wiped
th9 smiles from the faces and drove
fear into the hearts of the listeners.
Gentlemen he said, IF we give Dan
zig to the Poles the Germans will
not sign the treaty, and if thew do
not sign our work here will be
failure. I assure you that Germany
Will not sign such a treaty There
ensued silence that could be heard.
Every one was shocked, alarmed,
convinced. Lloyd George had intro
duced bogy and it had worked.
Ihenceforth the motto of the Brit
lsh Premier might have been: Il
have little shadow that goes in
and out with me-
DIR. Bowman continues:
when the report was resubmitted
to the Polish commission next morn
ing 1T was the British representative
who brought typed answer to the
assertions of his chief, Lloyd George.
When on the same day the supple
mentary report was read President
Wilson reviewed, in mastery fash
ion, the two sides of the question,
emphasizing what had been promised
to the Poles in Article XIII of his
declaration of January s, 1918, be-
lore a joint session of the Congress
of the United States. Di-
rectly thereafter the Council Of
-Four was organized, where decisions
could be reached without the bother
of territorial experts with whose
facts or any other kind of facts,
except purely political ones, Lloyd
George had no patience whatever.
The next we hear of the Danzig
question Lloyd George and President
Wilson have agreed to make it q free
city"
What was the consequence "Six
months thereafter, and against the pro-
test of the American representative on
the Supreme Council Sir Reginald
Tower was appointed High Commits
s1oner at Danzig His stormy course
there could have been predicted with
mathematical accuracy by any one in
terested enough to see why Lloyd
george laDofed Tor free city on the
shores Of the Baltic, where British
shipping and capital were to be rapidly
increased, and why Sir Reginald was
chosen on the basis of record in
South America quite unfavorably
known to many American merchants"
Sir Reginald helped to close Danzig
to the Poles, when thew nended mimi;
tions and Lenine's armies were at the
gates of Warsaw. He carried out Lloyd
Georges determination that the Poles
should not have free and secure port.
This book is intended to disclose the
large share which the expert commits
sions had in framing the treaty. It
contains much valuable information as
to what the experts tried to do. From
it we learn that the American experts
presented these suggestions, which
weren't accented. (11 Irnnod;o+a ii