Evening star., 1921-05-31
BRAND DEAIlOCKS
W|TH:LLOYDGEO
Exchange of EvieWsson Call
ing Meeting of Supreme
Council at DeadtCenter.
By the .Assoc.ated.Prcss.

CUuIIClI dl OCdutOCiItCI
By the Assoc:a tediPrcss.
PARIS May 31.-Thee eXchangef of
views between London, and Paris 're-
garding meeting of the allied. su-
preme council to consider therSilesian
,, question mas reached a sort of dead
center.
Mr.. Lloyd George. the British prime
minister. is Insisting that the pre-
miers meet previous TO the creation
of an expert nilsson to examine the
Silesian problem while Premier
BRAND of France Us persisAng in the
view that experts ought " take up
the question and make report be-
fore the supreme 1rounc!li endcavorS
to solve the problem.
Premier BRAND handed the British
amba ssador here last evening Il note
repeating the French argument and
dwelling upon the intpos lloility of the
premicrs taking effective. action pre-
viOuS to the cXamnatiOm of the qucS-
ton by the experts. The French new
is that the premiers should not meet
before June 10. Fra pointing. out
that when the council cpnvenes itiwill
have not only the Silesian issue but
the German disarmament problem to
settle. unless Bavaria meanwhile sub
mits to the demand fl ON Berlin for
wo.lnerwehr.
BRAND Addresses Senate.
In the meantime. th.-French attitude
is that the penalties ealready applied
to Germany shall not be raised until
Germany begins the effective execu-
ton of all the clausessoftthe treaty of
Versailles
Premier BRAND today frankly told
the senate, during consideration of
nj ha fRt vGf 20 hi
from Germany. that he had not kept
his promise to- send troops into the
Ruhr when ne. said he would, for he
had to choose between keeping his
promise literally and keeping it in ef-
feet. with cooperation of the allies.
Tie premier reminded the senator's
that the repaSations commission was
not under his torders; he must abisie
by its decisions which was diSappotnt-
ing to France, but through the efforts
the commission, the figures were
greater than they otherwise would
have been.
But France.did not wish 10 humili-
ate even the conquered, although it
insisted that Jhey must recognize
their defeat h, said.
France, continued the premier,
might under circumstances tact alone.
with the allies moral support, but it
was quite another'thing toSact against
the allies.
Insurgents Losing Morale.
By Cable to Tho Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright, 1921.
KATTOWITZ.. Upper Silesia, May -
(via Berlin. May 3D.-Henvy fighting.
lack Of money and failure to force
their will upon Upper Silesia are caus-
ing the insurgents to kse their mo-
rale. There is no longer the energy
and spirit with which the movement
started and nnlv in hrae n fcr
ing an overwhelming Polish majority
is the interest maintained. The num-
ber of deserters is increasing daily.
The approach Of the British troops
has turned the tide.
The insurgents are lready to ne
gotiate. but the Britishko kofficers refuse
to receive their enyo.E because the
? British and Italians iand also the.
French in principle fuse to recog-e
nize the insurgents. Who are ready to
disarm and ask the plebiscite forces
to reoccupy the plebi scite area. How
ever. some of the ins nrgents feel that
the goal has been reached.
HINDENBURG. UIPer Silesia. May
IS (via Berlin. MaM 3D.--.,This city
has been the scenes of wild rioting
throughout the pasffweek. Hitherto.
the insurgents have occupied all but
small area in the center of the
town. On Wednesday armed bands,
attacked this area. although the inter-
-
the district were Germans from the
surrounding villagFs. but they had
been disarmed by 1.-THE allied protec-
tive police. Insurgents with whips
and rife butts drove about 300 of
them, many ly1ipartially dressed.
into the street., literally whipped
them into line nhStarted the convoy
for the ipsurgenti stronghold, Diel-
schowitz. outsider the city. The refu-
gees. hearing trG. fate said to have
overtaken others. broke from the
ranks and fed. Many were shot by
the insurgents, hut others escaped in
the darkness.
Black Watch Arrives.
By the Associated Press.
OPPELIN. Sjlesia, May 30.-The
lst Battalion Df the Black Watch
arrived here to-day and was met by
hundreds Of children. who threw
floutrs at the aBritish soldiers They
broke into thee marching squads, try
ing to hold the soldiers hands and
shouted glee1Illy as the bagpipes
screeched the5 music Of the march.
The Italians appear eager to CO.
operate with the British in driving
out the insurgents. An Italian Of
ficer remarf2en: 1T is high time they
let us loSse,- on .liose fellows"
The -Black-'Watch will be Quartered
here-until ttpe remainder of the Eng
liptI force arrives IL is said they
will then be ready - take the field
within a week.