GERMAN THREAT

At neither the initial nor the final stage would any of the Entente Governments be warranted in intervening. Moreover, they have bound themselves in advance to treat the recommendations of the League Council as decisive awards. Criticism might be permissible at Stage 2, but even in this case it would needs be left to the personal discretion of the delegates of the Governments represented. One cannot imagine a more straightforward standpoint than this, to which the London Government has steadfastly adhered.

The latest German threat is that of a general election, which it is hinted from Berlin would offer the monarchical reaction every prospect of success. Again, all that can be done is to await events. Even in those British circles where a certain measure of sympathy is felt with Germany at the present juncture, there is certainly no inclination to go back upon the League’s verdict, and none, I believe, to yield to any intimidatory process by Germany.

In view of the rather complex machinery elaborated by the League Council for the purpose of maintaining, so far as possible, economic unity in Upper Silesia, despite political bi-section, there will be considerable work before the Allied Governments bearing on the carrying out of the League’s recommendations in this respect.