REPORTED TALK

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 August 1939, Page 7

REPORTED TALK

PROFESSOR BURCKHARDT . & HITLER VISIT TO BERCHTESGADEN. FUEHRER ASKS FOR CESSION OF DANZIG. (Independent Cable Service.) LONDON, August 16. The Danzig correspondent of the ‘‘Daily Express” has ascertained I hat, following a Polish ultimatum, the DanzigNazi leader. Derr Foerster, called on Professor Burekhardt (League of Nations Commissioner in Danzig) and told him that Derr Diller wanted to see him so that be could personally report the difficulties with the Danzigers. Professor Burckhardt, eager to help, flew with Herr Foerster to Berchtesgaden on Friday. On his arrival at Herr Hitlers mountain lair, Professor Burckhardt complimented the Fuehrer on the restfulness of his home. Herr Hitler replied: “Yes; I would like to live here always in quiet and peace.’’ Professor Burckhardt: “The peace of the world is in your hands, your I? vppll onev ” Herr Hitler: “No, I am afraid it’s not in my hands. I want peace, but there are others who don’t.’’ Herr Hitler unfolded a plan for the cession of Danzig to Germany, preserving a free port for the Poles and building two motor roads across the Corridor, one German and the other Polish. He emphasised his desire for peace. “Last year my advisers tried to put the brakes on me. Now I am putting the brakes on them,” he said. Professor Burckhardt: “Is a settlement still possible between Germany and Poland on the lines of your proposals?” • Herr Hitler shrugged his shoulders and said: "The Poles are in pretty deeply now.” ZERO HOUR NEAR ALARMIST PREDICTION BY AMERICAN. FOUR POWER CONFERENCE ADVOCATED. OSLO, August 16. Senator Hamilton Fish, head of the United States delegation to the international parliamentary conference opening here today, is convinced that war is inevitable unless there is a very speedy armistice. He fixes zero hour as August 20, but believes that a successful four-Power conference of British, French, Italian and German Foreign Ministers would avert war indefinitely. SCEPTICISM IN POLAND (Independent Cable Service.) WARSAW, August 16. Polish political quarters are sceptical that any “formula" can be found for Danzig while Herr Hitler maintains his demand for its incorporation in the Reich. POLISH SOLDIER SHOT DEAD IN FREE CITY. TERRITORY. DANZIG. August 16. The German guards shot dead a Polish soldier who refused to halt after entering the Free City territory.