TENSION IN EUROPE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 August 1939, Page 6

TENSION IN EUROPE

BUT ENGLAND UNPERTURBED HOLIDAY RESORTS CROWDED. WAR NOT WANTED BY GERMAN PEOPLE. (Received This Day, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON. August 17. Both officials in London and the general public are unperturbed by the growing European tension. Neither Mr Neville Chamberlain nor Lord Halifax intends breaking his holiday before next week, while seaside resorts are crowded with lesser folk, equally resolved not to allow war scares to spoil their enjoyment. Even the dramatic appearance of scores of French bombers over London evoked only momentary interest. Foreigners who have been long resident in Germany note the growth of public uneasiness as the Press campaign follows the lines of last year’s crisis. The man in the street is pinning his faith to the belief that the Fuhrer is planning a dramatic move which will result in a bloodless solution. The strength of the Democracies is now coming to be realised and the majority of Germans do not want war, which might bring disaster to the nation. France is slightly more optimistic as reports arrive concerning anxiety in Germany. The Government is following with interest all suggestions of a five power conference but will not participate unless Poland is agreeable. The feeling of suspense is reflected in the Italian newspapers, which generally admit that the tension has the most dangerous possibilities. SECRET MEETING HITLER AND HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER (Received This Day, 1 p.m.) BUDAPEST. August 17. It is reliably reported that Herr Hitler met the Hungarian Foreign Minister, Count Czaky, secretly at Berchtesgaden.