The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-12
|S|LES|AN
QUESTION
TOLEACUE
Allied Supreme Council
Passes Buck on Vex-
ing Problem

PARIS. Aug. i2.---Thc French
fSiidnct ne sstond st-s~ion held
Tar. afternoon with President
Miiicfand presiding unaulno,tsly
approved the action of Premier
bf1"nd this morning in ngrssIng
to submit tile uptH.r SIiesian
boundary question TO the league
OF nntious.
Prmicr Briand's action WINS
tkerucd ~ - frcn,ii ,iftory be-
cairsr. although the guprcn,c
council can reach a .,,clsion nv
~ majority vote. any action nf tI,.
council of the league OF nations
must be unaninious. Consc-
Iueniiy any nscniber may prevent
Hrision which would he un-
acccptabic to his government.
PARIS. Aug. ~ my Tbs. Associated
PrcsS) France and Great prltain
have decided to refer the upper siles.
ian question to the league OF nationa
u was announced hero today. Thl,
lu's'ion which Involves drawing a
frontier between Poland and GERMANY
IN upper Silesia threatened YESTERDAY
10 bring about a break In the meetins
OF the supreme allied council.
Col George Harvey. American am.
hhHsador TO Great Britain. told tho
council this morning that the United
states government had thought from
the beginning that tho upper SiIcalan
question was purely a European one
aud as Il was now to be- referred
70 the league of nations. on which
The United States was not represented
ne thought ho woud be interpreting
VA" view oi his government By not
participating In the decision TO refer
"a
on tho question Of additional al.
liod troops for upper Sllesia the SUI
premc council adopted in principle
plan for sending reinforcemcnts
after the league OF nations had
handed down It's decision on the Sllos.
ian question, Great Britain. Italy and
France each to send it, share. Mean
while. the supreme council is sond
Ing warning Ia the German and Polish
governments that order must be main
tained In tho disputed territory.
Mr Lloyd George expressed the
opinion today that there would bo
no trouble In the upper Silosian dis.
trict provided she high commission
ors were instructed to show strict Inn
pa -fiaflty
The council nt It's sessions early
this week decided the sending OF re-.
Inducements was not necessary for
the time being
In turning over the ontirc qucs-
tion 10 the league. the supreme coun-
ell has requested the leagues rouncil
to consider the matter NJ of the
utmost urgency and to make its re-
port at the earliest time possible"
Drnp War Criminals.
just h"for" Mr. Lloyd George loft
IN" council solicitor General pol
lock aud Commander Talrott. the
British dclcgnt's 20 the tria's OF per
sons accused of war crimes which
were tried by the German court A.
Leipsic, appeared hefor" the council
and presented their report. advocat-
Ing dropping further inquiry into tho
matter
The report which had bccn com
municat"d ~ Mr. Lloyd George last
night stated that 1t was considered
lust go had been done NJ the t.oipsi,
trials ns J>gardrd the English cases
with tho exception that the sentence.
were too lcniont In one or twn In.
stances. hut that Justice had not been
done IN the French and Belgian cases
Tho council requested tho allied
representatives 10 make reports II
their governments what attitude the-
Judged tho allied countries should
adopt toward the German court.