NAZI PROCLAMATION

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20032, 2 September 1939, Page 5

NAZI PROCLAMATION

Hitler Call to Armed Power FIERCE ACCUSATION OF POLES Series of Violations of Frontiers (Klee. Tel, Copyright—United Press Assn.) \ , (Heed. Sept. 2,10 a.ml) . LONDON, Sept; 1. ■ Herr Hitler's proclamation wMeH;was r ßrpa(icastVat‘'s.'4 : o''' a.m. by the official Germanwireless station in Berlin, said “The Fuehrer has issued the following proclamations to the ■ army: “The Polish State has refused the peaceful settlement| which I desire and has appealed to arms. • The Germans inf . Poland are persecuted with bloody terror and driven from, their houses. ' “The series of violations of the frontier are intolerable to a great Power and prove .that Poland is no longer willing to respect the frontier of the Reich. “In order to end this lunacy, I have no other'choice than to meet force with force from now on. The German army will fight the >battlc for honour and .the vital rights of a reborn Germany with hard determination. I expect every soldier, mindful of the great traditions of the eternal German soldiery,. will ever remain conscious that lie is a representative of the National Socialist Greater Germany. Long live our people and our Reich.” - - - • ■ Extra editions of Berlin papers carried huge headlines ' • “Force against force,” but there is no official indication of any ; declaration of war.

It may also be pointed out that Herr Hitler’s proclamation does not contain any instruction or direction to action.

The Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain says that Herr Hitler’s proclamation said: “The PolishState has rejected my efforts to establish neighbourly relations and, instead, has appealed to weapons.,. ....

“The Germans in Poland are victims of blood and terror ’ and have been driven from house and home. " To ehd these insane incitements, nothing remains for me but to mee.t force with force from now on.”

The remainder of the proclamation was apparently held up in the transmission from Berlin.

The Berlin correspondent of the British United Press says" that Herr Hitler issued a proclamation to the German armed forces that Poland was no longer willing to respect the German frontiers. . .. :

The Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press ' of Great Britain says that the proclamation ordered the German army to meet force with force. • -

According to a report from New York the Berlin correspondent of the United Press of America states .that Herr Hitler’s order to the army to meet force with force as a result of “violations in .the frontier” is regarded as tantamount to a declaration of war on Poland.

The Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press of America says that the blockade of Gdynia harbour, the Polish port, is announced. ' . ...