France has again taken independent action in the Upper Silesian
situation. Just as it really began to appear as if at last the question might be settled before the end of the month by the meeting of the Supreme Council, fixed for July 24th, comes the new French note proposing a further lengthy postponement of the meeting. The French line of argument is that the German Defence Force and Volunteer Corps under General Hueffer have not really been• disbanded, and that it is lying on the borders of Silesia openly avowing that it will invade the country if the settlement is not entirely satisfactory to Germany. In these circumstances, says M. Briand, no useful purpose will be served by a meeting of the Supreme Council which would make a decision that it could not enforce. Rather let another French division be sent to Silesia and the Supreme Council be postponed, at any rate till September.
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