The New York herald., 1921-07-26
LONDON SEES TRICK
IN GERMAN NOTE
Berlin Asks Advice as to Per-
mitting French Troops to
Pass Into Silesia.

Special Gable to THE New YORK HERALD.
COPYRIGHT, 1921. by THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Now York Herald Bureau,
London. July 95.
Germany has asked England's advice
whether she should agree to the French
request for the transportation OF a new
division of French troops through Ger
man territory into Silesia. THE NEW
York HERALD correspondent is authori-
tatively informed. that the British Gov
ernment will not fall for any such
German trick to accentuate and to profit
by Anglo-French differences OF opinion
regarding how the Upper Siesian i'm
broglio had best be settled
The difference of opinion between the
English and the French, however, re-
mains unsettled. The essential point Of
this difference is whether a formal
settlement of the 'Silesian question or a
reinforcement of the allied troops in
Upper Silesia should come first.
Dispatches received here from Paris
saying that Great Britain had accepted
all the French points regarding Upper
Silesia save that one relating to the
necessity for sending additional troops
there and to which she was reported to
have entered full reservation" were
authoritatively described here as inaccu-
rate. Great Britain is willing to let the
experts meet before the allied Supreme
Council convenes, and Is willing to con-
cede to the French Prime Minister, M.
BRAND. that the council meet on August
4. but she Is not yielding in regard to the
sending of more troops into the district
The British commissioners for the confer
ence of experts will be Sir Cecil Hurst
Charles Tuition and Major Clark. These
three experts left here for Paris today.
In preparing to carry out this pro-
gramme the Prime Minister, Mr.. Lloyd
George. will abandon his proposed holi-
day in Switzerland.
Lord Curzon, the British Foreign Sec
retary. is understood to remaiD opposed
to the sending of achievements to Up
per Silesia. He holds that France has
at her disposal troops on the Rhine to
bring Germany to reason IL she attempts
to oppose the carrying out of the de-
cisions of the Allies in Upper Silesia.
1t was authoritatively stated that
Great Britain would not reply to Ger
many with advice one way or another
and probably would not reply to the
German note at all. The feeling here is
that Germany is not to be considered
until Great Britain and France are
positively determined on policy.
England's sole aim, 1t was stated, Is
to settle the Upper Siesan question and
get it entirely out of the way of the
forthcoming conference on disarmament
and the Pacific questions In Washing
ton. Downing Street thinks that a fur
ther movement of troops into the dis
trict would only serve to complicate the
delicate situation in the disputed terri
tory and that it would be safer to fix
the boundaries between Poland and Ger
many now than later, especially in view
of the fact that it would be well to have
a complete understanding before the dis
armament discussions begin. or other
wise Upper Silesia might be serious
and painful thorn.
The date of August 4. suggested by
the French for the Supreme Council
meeting. met with ready approval here,
but 1t Is no secret that Whitehall Off
cials feel that the sending of additional
troops would only make the final settle-
ment harder to achieve. and, perhaps,
impossible. Downing Street is in COM
munication with Paris in the hope that
concessions can be made by both sides
for an early agreement on the question
as a whole. The plan for giving each
side-Germany and Foiand--the districts
in which the plebiscite vote was definite.
reserving only the doubtful districts as
occupational areas. is still strongly Ia