NEARING IKE END

Evening Star, Issue 23375, 19 September 1939, Page 9

NEARING IKE END

GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN POLAND CIVIL WAR REPORTED IN WARSAW NAZIS WAITING OUTCOME BEFORE ATTACKING BERLIN, September 18. (Received September 19, at 11 a.m.) ,A communique states that the Polish campaign is approaching the end. Lublin has been conquered, and Lwow (Lemberg) is encircled. The High Command at Warsaw failed to send negotiators to arrange evacuation before the city was stormed. The bombardment of Warsaw has not begun, as was reported. Civil war has broken out in ■ the capital, one of the groups wanting to surrender, the other wanting to carry on. The Germans are awaiting the outcome. The German armies resumed the advance on Warsaw and captured Drohobyca, the centre of Polish oil production. , POLISH GENERAL STAFF ARRIVAL Ilf RUMANIA ROME, September 18. (Received September 19, at 10..‘10 a.m.) ■ The semi-official News Agency reports that the entire Polish General Staff, including General Smigly-Rydz, has arrived at Cernauti.

PLANES AT RIGA CONFISCATION ORDERED RIGA, September 18. (Received September 19, at 10 a.m.) Over 60 Polish warplanes which arrived have been confiscated and the crews interned. Refugees and a few soldiers crossing the border have been placed in Latvian concentration camps. GREATER PART OF POLAND OCCUPIED AIR FORGE NOW READY FOR “ OTHER TASKS " BERLIN, September 18. (Received September 19, at II a.m.) The German army has occupied a line from Lwow to Brest-Litovsk, thus the greater part of Poland is now occupied. A communique states: “ Our air force has practically fulfilled its mission, and is now prepared for other tasks.” POLES SURRENDERING TO RUSSIANS CERNAUTI, September 18. (Received September 19, at 11 a.m.) Over 250 Polish war planes have landed in Rumania. It is reported that tanks, planes, artillery, and hundreds of soldiers surrendered to the Soviet forces. BRITISH AMBASSADOR DEPARTURE FROM WARSAW (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 18. (Received September 19, at 11.30 a.m.) Acting on the advice of the Polish Government, Sir Howard Kennard, British Ambassador at Warsaw, passed into Romania yesterday with the remaining members of his staff.