The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-05-24
THE sILEsIAN SITUATION.

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Again the Allies are contemptuous-
| ly defied by p freebooter of a nation
which 1t sarmies fought to save and
strengthen. Korfanity follows the ex-
ample of the swashbuckler DAnnun-
zio Acting ostensibly against the au-
thority Of the constitutional govern
M ut Of the Polish Republic. this Pol
ISL brigand has marched on Upper
Silssia at the head cf an armed band
with the avowed object of seizing that
Province for Poland, as D'Annuuzio
seized Fiume for Italy.
What are the forces behind korfan-
ity? Are they the same as those that
backed the Jew, D'Annunzio? Korfan-
tvs desperate invasion of Upper ST.
les a may lack some of the elements
of The picturesque and the romantic
thdt favored the 'poet-warrior's" ad-
venture. But it resembles that event
in IT'S utterly contemptuous flouting of
solemn national agreements. and in
its piratical disdain for even q, color
OF decent reghrd for the opinion Of
me- nkind. His attitude is that which
the Bolshevists have exemplifiei in
Russia in SO transcendent a degree.
nthe recent plebiscite majority
0F no of fbO
ed for remaining under the German
flag. But, under the terms CT the
TT ely of Versailles, the final decision
remains with the supreme council.
which st the moment of Kcrfsntys
fiji clustering raid. had under consid-
Grafton a settlement thta would as
M ter of fairness, take into account
the preferences expressed by local dis
tricts along the lines of proportional
representation sIlctting only those
cpcnderantly German to Germany
VI ithout waiting for the announcement
of this decision, and probably reused
10 anger by the German suggestion
tt ut their efforts to pay Preparations
sh uld not be crippled by a further
deprivation of raw materials needed in
their industries, Korfanty, who was
formerly plebiscite commissioner for
the district, ruthlessly betrays the con-
fidence reposed in him by the Allies
ard resorts to armed invasion and ter
rCrism.
Coming just at the NEST critical mo-
n ont of the PREPARATIONS negotiations,
this Korfanty raid further complicates
the entire European situation in such
a way that the world is menaced with
a renewal Of all the horrors of the
World War IN an intensified scale.
FreT'ier BRAND has notified Berlin
II France would regard the dispatch
o. German troops into Upper Silesia
2 viol3 ton of the Versailles Treaty
+; 5nce has her eye on the rich coal
Ids in the districts that voted Ger
n an and prefers to have them Polish
rather than German, having recently
c ncluded treaty with Poland that
constitutes 3 close military and eco
ncmic alliance between the two coun-
tries.
The Allied forces in the plebiscite
al "a proved totally inadequate to repel
t;e invader AS far as the French
command is concerned, it is doubtful
if hey even desired to repel him. With
or without Allied aid. Germany could
if permitted, easily have settled his
hash What is immensely suggestive
to Americans is the vivid resurgence
OF European imperialism in the whole
incident and the callous and cavalier
dismissal of every consideration save
that of-coal,
In the nick of time, the United
ST ates resumes her, seat in the SUI
preme council of the Allies. II is an
irony Of fate that a man chiefly known
for his vitriolic abuse of Wilson and
the Wilson ideals should now have
the determining vote in consigning to
the scrap-heap the League of Nations
and so dashing the hopes CT the PEG
pies of Europe and America that il
might be made over into an eff ective
instrument for the maintenance OF
world peace.
Harding, Hughes, Hoover and Har
! very. Some quartette of the II fam