Word: silesian
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...described above, the German Government took retaliatory measures by repatriating Poles, and the exodoi were completed. There the matter stood and will stand until Dec. 1, when the biting cold of a Silesian winter will add, incongruously enough, fuel to the raging fire of hate that one day must (so many a well-informed critic professes) lead to a bitter European war in which strange alignments of Powers will be seen...
...consequence of the settlement of the Upper Silesian question, Germany was ordered, by the League of Nations, last year, to pay to Poland the $1,500,000 which Polish Silesians had paid to the Berlin Government as premiums on compulsory social insurance. Germany did not object, but a reminder from the Polish Government in January that the amount was shortly falling due elicited this reply from Berlin : "Apply to S. Parker Gilbert [Agent General of Reparations] to have the amount deducted from the reparations payments." The matter came to light, last week, when Secretary General of the League, Sir Eric...
Vilna. "There was the less complete solution of the controversy between Poland and Lithuania over the possession of Vilna, which at any rate stopped actual hostilities; and there was the much discussed settlement of the Silesian question between Poland and Germany, which, whatever may be said about some of its features, is in practice working smoothly and well...
...Came comment on the Dawes report, plaudits for the League. Then David Hunter Miller, New York lawyer, started another tempest. Mr. Miller's admission ticket to the Institute was compounded of service with the American Peace Commission and experience as counsel for the German Government on the Upper Silesian question before the League...
Allies vs. Germany-Allies won; Upper Silesian case, Germany...