NAZI DENIALS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 June 1939, Page 5

NAZI DENIALS

OF AN INTENDED COUP IN DANZIG PURSUIT OF WAITING POLICY HOPES OF GETTING CITY WITHOUT BLOODSHED. WARNINGS IN THE BRITISH PRESS. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. LONDON. June 29. A Berlin correspondent, says that high German sonr- . ces admit Danzig is strengthening her defence forces. bid I hey deny Baris and Warsaw reports that 4000 Storm Troopers and troops in plain clothes arrived in the city from East Prussia. They also deny a Paris report that Herr Hitler is planning a Danzig coii)» at rhe weekend, declaring that Danzig would return to the Keich without bloodshed. “Our policy is to refrain from any move precipitating a general war,” said an official, adding: “We have only to wait.” The "Daily Telegraph” says: , "If Herr Hitler; listened more to wholesome counsel than to Dr Goebbels he would realise that the British nation was never more in earnest, never more of one mind and never nearer the limits of its patience. He will make a great mistake if he persuades himself that the long-suffering of the British and French democracies is merely the result of degeneracy and cowardice. War is not yet inevitable, but it hangs on an incalculable hazard —the caprice or obsession of one man.” The “Daily Herald” says:- "It is clear Herr Hitler is planning new mischief in Danzig. He is not concerned with a settlement, but is anxious for a new triumph. Danzig, like Sudetenland, would be merely a stepping stone. “Herr Hitler aims at the Corridor, the Polish city of Poznan, and Silesia, and at the dismemberment of Poland as he dismembered Czechoslovakia. Such a challenge cannot be avoided a second time by the methods of Munich.” ECONOMIC TALKS BRITAIN TO HELP POLAND. INDUSTRIAL AND WAR MATERIALS LONDON, June 29. “The Times” says it is officially stated that Britain hopes to conclude an economic and financial agreement with Poland at an early date as a result of the latest talks between officers of the Treasury and the Polish mission in London. The Poles are asking for financial assistance to build up the peace front and to buy war materials, heavy artillery and aircraft from Britain, rawmaterials from British possessions overseas and credits to develop the industries located on the southern frontiers between Germany and Russia AXIS PRESS SNEERS BRITAIN NOT TAKING ACTION. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 28. When Mr Chamberlain’s attention was called in the House.of Commons at question time to the reception given in the German and Italian Press to the recent speeches by himself and Lord Halifax explaining British foreign policy he said: "I noticed, particularly in the German Press, articles distorting and sneering at any speeches made by British statesmen which seek to show an understanding of Germany’s position. I cannot but deplore such attempts to poison the relations between our two countries, but I do not propose to make representations to the German Government on the subject.” “DAY OF THE SEA” CELEBRATIONS IN POLAND. NO FEARS OF IMMEDIATE CRISIS. WARSAW, June 29. Poland is celebrating the “Day of the Sea” throughout the country today, when demonstrations and speeches stress the necessity of Polish access to the Baltic Sea. The opinion is held here that a Ger-man-Polish showdown is not likely till late in the summer. Government circles are surprisingly calm and consider the recent German action in Danzig to be merely gestures. As a climax, to Navy Week, 80.000 persons, including a delegation from Danzig, demonstrated today in Granwald Square. Gdynia, and took a mass oath to maintain Poland’s access to the Baltic Sea.. The square commemorates the Polish victory over the Teutons. President Moscicki in a broadcast said: “The nation’s war-won coast and corridor are the air and sun of cur existence. We will preserve this outlet no matter how great our adversary and how heavy the pressure.” RECALLED BY AIR DANZIG DELEGATES VISITING DENMARK. (Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, June 29. The Danzig delegates at the international chamber of commence . conference have been recalled by air.