GLOOMY POLISH VIEW

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20028, 29 August 1939, Page 5

GLOOMY POLISH VIEW

Grave Possibility of Conflict

IMPERIALISM WITH MASK OFF

Britain Still Pressing Efforts For Peace

AMBASSADOR CARRIES REPLY TO HITLER

Westminster Parliament To Reassemble

(F.lec. Tel. Copyright —United Tress Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 29, 11 "0 a.m.)

LONDON, Aug'. 28. The Cabinet sat for 50 minutes. No further meeting was arranged. It is understood that the reply to Herr Hitler was finally approved.

The Dominions Secretary, Sir Thomas Inskip, informed the Dominion High Commissioners as to the trend of Britain’s reply to Herr Hitler.

Early callers at Number Ten Downing Street to-day included the Foreign Secretary, Viscount Halifax, the Ambassador to Germany, Sir Nevile Henderson, and then the Rumanian and French Ambassadors.

Sir Nevile Henderson left by air at 4.20 p.m. for Berlin where he arrived at 8.31 p.m;.

It is officially announced that the British Parliament is to reassemble on Tuesday.

The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, is to make a statement on the international situation in the House of Commons. * The House is to meet' at 1.45 p.m.. Tim King gave an audience to Mr. Chamberlain at 5.38 p.m. yesterday.

The British United Press Berlin representative says it is claimed that Germany’s military preparations have been completed and all units are at the war stations. 1 Warsaw messages state that the Polish press, for the first time, admits the possibility of war. It describes the German attitude as imperialism’ with the mask off and declares that Britain will not agree to a new Munich. The Polish press says that Germany has lost the war of nerves. The Polish Foreign Office has presented- all foreign correspondents in Warsaw with gas masks, commenting: “You may need them.” Three incidents are regarded in Warsaw as aggravating the situation. The first was ,thc arrest of two Polish Customs officers in Danzig. The second was the threatening position of the German cruiser Schleswig Holstein, and the third was the reported mobilisation of the German forces in East Prussia. The Polish Government spokesman, commenting on the atrocity propaganda, declared: “We are powerless against this sort of tiling and must protest against the lack of information or misinformation of the German Ministers.”

Messages from Rome state that, the Italian press is pessimistic and forecasts an unfavourable British reply to Herr Hitler. The Italian press holds Britain responsible for war or peace.

The Baltic States are stated to be apprehensive of Germany’s intentions. All inquiries in diplomatic circles for reaffirmation of neutrality guarantees, similar to those of Belgium, Holland, and Switzerland are meeting with evasive replies.

A Moscow message states that M. Naggiar, the French Ambassador, is returning to Paris by air. The British Official Wireless Service reports that British opinion remains firm and resolute behind the Government. There has been no wavering in any •quarter and the press assumes that to-day’s reply to Herr Hitler will confirm again Britain’s undertaking to Poland, which would be honoured with all her armed forces immediately an attack on vital interests was resisted by Poland.