PARTITION TERMS
REPORTED IN THE GERMAN PRESS SPHERES OF INFLUENCE IN POLAND. QUESTIONS FOR BRITAIN & FRANCE. (Received This Day. 9.15 a.m.) BERLIN. September 18. The German- Press today published an inspired statement disclosing a six point German-Russian agreement to partition Poland. The Governments have agreed that: — (1) The Polish State, from the moment of its creation after the world war, lacked the natural conditions of Statehood. (2) The Polish State collapsed through its own incompetence. (3) Germany and Russia must reorganise the various nationalities in Poland by “creating corporate bodies of Europe.” (4) The task of Germany and Russia is to establish a complete new settlement in their spheres of> influence, assuring peace and order. (5) The British and French claims that they could assist Poland has been proved groundless and their alliances with Poland no longer exist. (6) Britain and France are now confronted with the question: What is their objective in fighting Germany? Well-informed sources here believe that Germany shortly will propose peace to Britain and France on the basis of a fait accompli in Poland. ! f
BRITAIN TO PROTEST
AGAINST SOVIET INVASION OF POLAND. ' (Received This Dav, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 18. ihe United Press’s London correspondent states that according to information repeived by the foreign embassies here, .Britain has decided to protest to the Soviet Government against the invasion of Poland. ATTACK ON WARSAW RESUMED BY GERMANS. ' (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) BERLIN, September 18. The German armies have resumed the attack on Warsaw and have captured Drohobycz, the centre of Polish : oil production. f I ' VILNA OCCUPIED ! (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) PARIS, September 18. A radio message from Riga states that the Russians have occupied Vilna and that two columns are advancing ■ on Pinsk. HELD BY SOVIET RUMANIAN BORDER TOWNS. (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) CERNAUTI, September 18. It is reported that Soviet troops hold the Rumanian border towns of Zaleszeczyki and Sniatyn and are closing in on Kuty. PARTIAL MOBILISATION ORDERED IN LITHUANIA.
(Received This Day, 9 a.m.) LONDON, September 18. The Ministry of Information states that Lithuania has decided upon partial mobilisation to strengthen her frontiers. POLISH STAFF ARRIVAL IN RUMANIA REPORTED. (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) ROME, September 18. A semi-official news agency reports that the entire Polish general staff, including Marshal Smigly-Rydz, has arrived at Cernauti.
RUSSO-GERMAN AIMS
ACCORDING TO BERLIN RADIO. (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, September 18. Berlin radio says Russia and Germany are merely aiming to re-estab-lish peace in Poland. “The action of the Russian and German troops is not connected with any aims contrary to the spirit of the Russian-German NonAggression Pact.”
GERMAN OCCUPATION
AIR FORCE READY FOR OTHER TASKS. (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) BERLIN, September 18. The German Army has occupied a line from Lwow to Brest-Litovsk. Thus the greater part of Poland is occupied. A communique states: “Our air force has practically fulfilled its mission and is now prepared for other tasks." German and Soviet troops met at Brest Litovsk. PLANES IN RUMANIA HEAVY SURRENDERS TO SOVIET. (Received This Day. 10.35 a.m.) CERNAUTI, September 18. Over 250 Polish warplanes have landed in Rumania. It is reported that tanks, planes, artillery and hundreds of soldiers have surrendered to the Soviet forces; “QUESTION ARISES” NAZI VIEWS ON ENDING WAR. (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) BERLIN. September 18. Official Nazi sources, while declaring they are not aware of any concrete proposals to Britain to end the European war, say that “the question naturally arises if the Western Powers are ready to reconsider the situation in view of the disappearance of Poland.” I
PARTITION MAP
PRINTED IN SOVIET PAPER. (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) MOSCOW. September 18. The Government newspaper “Izves- ' tia” published a map on which a “line of exit” for German troops is drawn from a point on the East Prussian frontier, through Brest Litovsk and Lwow to a point near the western Rumanian boundary. It is believed that a buffer State, presumably Central Poland and possibly including Warsaw. is envisaged. It appears 'in any event that the common German-Rus-sian boundary will be East Prussia. The British United Press Moscow correspondent says the implication is that the Soviet troops are expected to take all Western White Russia and the Western Ukraine, leaving the Germans a free hand in the remainder of Poland. POLAND’S CASE STATEMENTS BY RUSSIA CHALLENGED. STRONG PROTEST MADE. (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) KUTY. September 18. A Polish Government communique approved the action of the Polish Ambassador at Moscow in declining to accept the Russian Note. “The Polish Government,” the communique states, “strongly protests against Russia’s unilateral breaking of the Polish-Russian Non-Aggression Pact and also against the invasion of Poland when the whole nation was fighting with all its might against the German aggressor. The Soviet’s reasons are parried by the statement that the Polish Government is carrying out its duties normally and that the Polish Army is still struggling. ..Russia alone can be blamed if she complains of lack of contact with the Polish Government. The Russian Ambassador left Poland while the entire diplomatic corps maintained contact,” , I
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