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EFFORTS TO AVERT WAR BLAMING OF BRITAIN BITTER RADIO VOICE (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 7, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 6. A Berlin, message says that the German Government has published a White Paper on the diplomatic exchanges before the outbreak of war in which it is claimed that Herr Hitler initially accepted the British suggestion to negotiate direct with Poland, but no Polish negotiator arrived on the stipulated date, nor did Britain send a communication about her undertakings, while the subsequent British memorandum showed no real progress in dealing with the problem. The German account states that the British Ambassador was then .given a detailed outline of the Reich’s proposals. but said he had not the power to negotiate on behalf of Poland. The Reich waited vainly for two days for the arrival of a Polish negotiator, after which the proposals were published. They were declared by radio to be unacceptable by Poland. Italian Plan Rejected The German account adds that Germany and France assented, but Britain, rejected Signor 'Mussolini’s proposal for an armistice conference. Thus the Italian peace initiative was frustrated by Britain. The German radio declares that the German nation acclaims Herr Hitler’s courage in visiting the eastern frontier. This showed that he assumed responsibility for his actions and that he was ready to share the risks with his officers and men, continued the German radio, which asked where were Mr. Winston Churchill, Mr. Anthony Eden, Mr. A. Duff Cooper, Mr. L. C. Amery and other Fleet Street scribes, who were “lavishly spilling the blood of millions on paper.” The German radio describes the British Ministry of Information as the Weltluegenzentral (World Lies Centre). It denies that Polish planes bombed Berlin, or that German regulars parachuted on the eastern front, and suggests that the parachutists reported to have descended were pilots escaping from damaged planes.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20036, 7 September 1939, Page 4
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