The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-16
NEW PRINCIPLES
USED BY LEAGUE
settlement of Silesian
difficulties Little I'm
derstood in U. S.
pARLEy OF NATIONS
nterested in Fixing of Boun-
daries Preceded Work by
league of Nations

~rV. YORK, Jan. 15.-The Upper
su.s.. u,gotlatlons which are enter
,., r, final stage before The
.,,,rrf off the league or nations now
, s,...Ur al Geneva, present num-
hsr .r points wholly new 10
v,,r,n..u settlement and ls yet not
In Nh. least understood In this
'our..r aycordlu. TO "A sta'em"n. bN,
,be I.lrua OF nations news bureau.
rIrst the Upper Silesian prob
,.,, b.. been the first any only
'.,nor,.,rf diplomatic conflict Of tho
-. ..ufprcnCc which has zone
Ni.il. the control OF the major
81 mowers. second. the decisi IN
rsorbed bv the league council IN
,rodurrd into European settlement
,hc rsU principle that economic
and pu.fIDal frontiers need no
ntro..4r.. coincide; third, inc
,g,rk.uL uut Of those highly detailed
sroroni. agreements has not been
,,opopuUzpd by the allied au-
,5,r.lrS responsible for the exc
outipu OFF the treaty % versailles pu.
t,s besu entrusted to the combined
Efforts uf the Germans ana Pollsh
ooyorrmeuts working together un,
der The league OF nations ana
,brough representative o. the Upper
siles.au interests directly involved
German Polish Pnricy.
In accordance with these general
,,,ircirles. German and Polish dele
rstIous met at Geneva In November
Gnad,r m, presidency oc NJ. Gallon
Ssr former president of the Swiss
co,fedsrltion. who had been named
M tbe council OF the league for the
LIflr purpose Immediately
Lacmeut was reached for the APP
imminent OF II subCommissioncrs'
Tor each ~ which Germany and Po-
land were to appoint a president
advisers and experts chosen as
largely as possible from the plebis-
rjie area and sitting mostly in Upper
silesa. The commissions were each
10 preuarc It's special part OF the
final convention between Germany
and Poland concerning railwayA the
dlstributiun OF electricity and the
currency regime, postal and tele-
graphic services, the customs regime.
;he distribution Of coal ana mineral
products. employers and miners as
socINtlous. social insurance system
ot frontier permits. private law ana
nflNnIt llknlSt uutNNl'liS W ~
,lonality and domicile and 'minori-
ties.
Germans Were Hostile.
The reports OF these commissions
we're to be in the hanC> OK NJ. Gallon
der, president of the Inference
before January Is, when the plenary
negotiations were to he resumed
In case OF disagreement, the fina'
word will rest with the president
who also will have the responsible
lty Of seeing that the text Of th'
convention y an agreement wAh thC
decision of the allied powers.
While at first the Germans were
very hostile TO and the British quite
critical OF the settlement, opinion
seems to he becoming more favor
able, the bureau says especially al
the German public more fully un
derstands the economic provisions
and takes part in working them out
7 II Is expected that the whole flna
convention may be completed with
In a few weeks and be accepted h'
both Germany and Poland. so tina
me allied forces which have oc
cupied the territory for n long time
may move out and the new regim
established.