BRITAIN BLAMED
“PROVOCATION” BY POLES LACK OF UNDERSTANDING BERLIN PRESS WARNING NO TIME TO BE LOST (Reed. August 26, 11 a.m.) LONDON, August 25. A semi-official reply from Berlin to the British statements says that Mr. Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax had not shown the slightest understanding of German rights and had repeatedly encouraged Poland's provocative attitude and stirred up Polish cauvinsim by denouncing the German press campaign against Poland and minimising the German grievances. “If England wishes to assume responsibility for war that is her affair, but she should cease hypocritical lamentations about the actions,” concludes the statement. It is still believed in Berlin that England and France would not fight. The official German spokesman characterises Mr. Neville Chamberlain’s speech as weak and negative, adding that Germany was in a position to snap her fingers in Britain’s face now that Russia was neutralised.
The Local Anzeiger sums up the urgency of the situation by declaring: “There is no time to be lost.”
The news of President Roosevelt’s appeal to Herr Hitler was received 100 late to produce much comment, but it is generally feared that it is certain to fall on deaf ears.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20026, 26 August 1939, Page 5
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193BRITAIN BLAMED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20026, 26 August 1939, Page 5
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