NAZI "TOURISTS”

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 July 1939, Page 5

NAZI "TOURISTS”

CONCENTRATED IN DANZIG FIVE THOUSAND ARRIVE IN 36 HOURS. ACTIVITY ON THE SILESIAN BORDER. fly Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON. July 16. Severneeii thousand German "tourists” are reported from Warsaw to be concentrated in Danzig. Dive thousand of lliciti arrived in the last 36 hours. Despite evidence of better feeling between Germany and Poland. German military moves are reported from Prague. There is stated to be great activity on the Polish border near Marirchostrau (Polish Silesia). Carowners in North Moravia have been warned that their vehicles are likely to be requisitioned, and the Czech police are forbidden to go within two miles of the Polish frontier. TRADE TALKS UNEXPECTED AGREEMENT BY GERMANY. HOPE OF EETTER RELATIONS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON. July 16. Observers in Warsaw say that Germany has unexpectedly agreed to begin economic negotiations with Poland in August with the primary object of adjusting the Polish-German trade balance and placing the trade relations generally on a more satisfactory basis. It is hoped the negotiations will also beneficially affect the political relations. After keeping in the German banks £5 000.000 which was owed to Poland for exports of surplus foods, Germany has now paid up the debt almost fully. The German debt for transport across the Polish Corridor also is being paid satisfactorily. Diplomatic writers regal'd the moves as a good omen, despite the continued political tension.