HOSTILITIES CEASE

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 155, 27 March 1939, Page 9

HOSTILITIES CEASE

Secret mobilization is estimated to bring the strength of the army to 1,500,000 men, which is treble the normal strength, and provides a framework for a wartime force of 4,000,000. This move is not mentioned officially and Polish newspapers are forbidden to mention it. “Polskazbrogna,” the official organ of the War Office, says: “Poland understands the lesson of the Czech tragedy. We are ready for war, even with the strongest antagonist. Poland has no inferiority complex in relation to any of the big Powers. “She is terrified neither bv the number of their regiments nor the technical armaments of any other Power. We believe in the strength of our own divisions and the fighting spirit of our men.” Other newspapers speak in similar strain. The same journal also indicates the Polish attitude to the proposed anti-aggression declaration. It says: “The western democracies display indignation when trouble arises, but they retire quickly to their nor- * mal composure without producing any real change of method. We cannot rely on mere indignation, but must follow the policy of realism.”

(Received March 26, 11.30 pan.) BRATISLAVA. March 26. It is officially stated that the Slovakian ami Hungarian hostilities have ceased by mutual agreement, but that the Hungarians are still fortifying frontier villages.