UPPER SILESIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1921, Page 5

UPPER SILESIA.

CONFLICTING VIEWS. ON REINFORCEMENT QUESTION. London, August 7. The Daily Express lobbyist states that British and French views respecting Upper Silesia are conflicting, Britain repudiating the idea that reinforcements are necessary. Britain will strenuously oppose reinforcements, unless France submits more conclusive evidence. Britain declares that the presence of French troops may lead to more serious and avoidable trouble with Germans. It is understood that Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Curzon have formed a definite judgment that the dispatch of French reinforcements may be a purely political move, not justified on military grounds. The correspondent adds: “British opinion is seriously disturbed by more than the suspicion that the Poles are intriguing with France, and that grandiose schemes have been settled in advance.”

GERMAN PRESS REJOICES. OVER BRITISH POLICY. Berlin, August 7. The Press rejoices over Britain’s refusal to allow Korfanty to visit London. The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung says: “In Paris Korfanty attended functions in the midst of the Republic’s highest dignitaries. London sees him as he really is, a trouble-fomenter of the most dangerous kind. This is a plain hint that England intends substantially to curtail Polish influence, which played a fatal part in the peace negotiations.” FRANCO-BRITISH DIVISIONS. London, August 7. The Daily Chronicle’s Paris correspondent states that since the armistice Britain and France have been divided politically, the divergence over Upper Silesia being the final crisis. It is doubtful if the Entente and alliance which won the war will exist a week hence. French extremists, who are in the majority, say: “Smash Germany and all will be well.” The British say: “Smash Germany and there will be a universal catastrophe. By taking Alsace-Lorraine, Germany made certain there would be war in the future. I Mr. Lloyd George is the true friend of France and the true guardian of British interests in opposing the French madness in offering Germany the same dangerous reason for a new war.”