UPPER SILESIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1921, Page 5

UPPER SILESIA.

; SERIOUS SITUATION. THE ALLIES DISAGREE. PLEA FOR QUICK ACTION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyrigtt. Received July 22, 9.30 p.m. \ London, July 21. The Times’ Paris correspondent states that once more there are words between London and Paris. While the French Government is pushing on preparations for the dispatch of troops, a reply to M. Briand’s further communication is eagerly awaited.

The breathing space should afford time j for the Governments to appreciate the viewpoint of each other and gravely con- . sider whether too much insistence upon ; the letter of their Notes may not imperil ■ the whole fabric of the future of the En- ; tente. If the urgent recommendations of i the inter-Allied Commission at Oppeln (in Upper Silesia), insisting upon the double ; necessity of reinforcements and quick dei cision, are considered carefully and literally followed, a solution without damaging the prestige of either Government appears. It is indicated that it is the differences of opinion between the two Governments which supplies fuel for violent attacks in Anglophobe newspapers. The situation is most serious. There is a genuine desire for a speedy settlement, i but the consequences of hasty and ill-con-sidered partition when there are not sufficient troops to enforce the decision are equally realised.—Times Service. CONDITIONS STILL DISTURBED. Received July 22, 8.5 p.m. London, July 21. Official: The French Government, replying to Lord Curzon’s representations regarding Silesia, urges that the present conditions in the plebiscite area are too disturbed for any useful purpose to be gained by an early meeting of the Supreme Council. France repeats its demand for the strengthening of the Allied garrisons.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.