SILESIA TROUBLE

Hokitika Guardian, 23 May 1921, Page 3

SILESIA TROUBLE

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

(Received this day at 12.30 p.m.) •LONDON, May 22

There is lively anxiety* in London lest the French policy of ’nsisting on a strong Poland, will kill the Entente. British leaders understand France, with n big forceful Poland, will take Russia's place in the Alliance enclosing Germany, hut insist that signatories to the Versailles Treaty must uphold the treaty. British are frankly fearful that Silesia will become another Alsace Lorraine. France denies breaking the Treaty, and says she is only securing Poland’s right. Phillip Melett, a leading interpreter of French opinion writing in the British Press, warns England that a genuinely profound wave of indignation against England is sweeping over France. He declares the crisis is grave and tense. M. Garvin in the “Observer” assures Hon Lloyd George' of the solid support of public opinion. He points out that Silesia integrally belongs to the German historical, geographical and economic system. The Poles have already annexed a million,, of Ruthenians, Lithuanians and Russians. For them to have Silesia, just because some Poles are there would mean racialism gone mad.

A FRENCH NOTE. (Received This Dav a) 12.°0 “ ' LONDON, Mav 22

France yesterday presented a new note to Britain pointing out the danger of the situation in Upper Silesia becoming more serious in view of the persistence of the German corps, which was being constantly reinforced. The ' state of mind of the workmen who may turn Bolshevist and the difficulties intervening between the executive of ihe Polish movement and Germans. She, therefore proposed that Britain and France should jointly urge the German Government to execute the measures it announced and in that connection to invite D’Abernon to support the steps taken by the French ambassador at Berlin. GERMANS ATTACK POLES. (Received This Day at 1.5. p.m.) LONDON, May 23. \ report lias l>een received in Lon- * don that Germans attacked and defeated the Poles on the River Oder. Fighting continues.

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