THREATS & BOASTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 September 1939, Page 6

THREATS & BOASTS

HITLER SPEAKS AT DANZIG “THIS SOIL WILL REMAIN GERMAN.” “ALL PARTS OF THE REICH NOW UNITED." By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) DANZIG, Sept'ember 19. In a speech at Danzig, Herr Hitler warned Britain and France that for every bomb dropped on a German city the Nazis would drop five cn British and French cities. A grey army car carried Hitler through tremendous crowds to the Lange market place, where he began speaking at 5.16 p.m, after Herr Foerster had spoken briefly and extended a welcome. “This soil will remain German,” Hitler said. “The fate of this city has been the fate of Germany.” He attacked the Versailles Treaty and. repeated his assertions that it could never happen again. He added that a solution of the problem could have been reached at the end of August. “I waited and waited,” he said, “but nothing happened except the Polish mobilisation. Patience should not be confused with weakness. The Poles were told they would be able to resist Germany, and told they could rely on the help of other Powers. Today it is said that the real ■problem is net Poland, but the German regime. We have no war aim against Britain and France. Herr Hitler referred scornfully to “foolish propaganda,” and said that if the destruction of his regime is the objective of Britain, he is “proud to be the object of their attack.” 1 He declared that Russia and Germany would settle the Polish situation, resulting in the removal of tension. He was, however, determined to continue the war as long as he was forced to do. The word surrender would not be uttered even after six or seven years. Hitler hinted that the restoration of Greater Germany has been completed. “All parts of the Reich,” he said, “are now united.” Herr Hitler, referring to the Versailles Treaty, said the warmongers at that time did not solve a single problem, but created numberless new problems. It was only a question of time before down-trodden German itself would rise once more and solve them. “Eighty-two million people want to live and will live,” he said, “even if it does not suit the warmongers. “The last war, had no ultimate winner. Everybody was a loser. This is forgotten by the warmongers. The world did not know wliat Germany had to sacrifice for Poland. All the territory then incorporated in Poland was exclusively the product of German industry and activity. Poland was incapable of maintaining this culture.” Nevertheless, he continued, he had always attempted to find a tolerable solution which might lead to an acceptable arrangement. He had striven to shape definite frontiers on the west and south to safeguard the future of peace, and had made the same attempt in the east. He had tried to reconcile the economic demands of Poland with the German character of Danzig. He had been all too modest in his claims. Hitler repeated the German version of the last proposal to Poland, adding that it was clear that Poland intended to incorporate East Prussia and annex Pomerania. The only question was whether the Elbe would be a better frontier than the Oder. Negotiations with Poland in August would have been possible had the Poles been prepared to negotiate. “At the last,” the Fuehrer continued, “I decided to speak to Poland in a way she could not misunderstand. Yet even Then peace could have been saved. Britain refused the plans the Duce worked out with France and myself and sent, an ultimatum instead. Now that the Poles are defeated we hope to arrange a situation wherein a tolerable solution will be found by reasonable means for the future, bu* those in the West need not imagine it must always be so. If they want it otherwise they can have it.” The speech ended at 6.25 p.m. with cries of “Sieg Heil!” NOT BELIEVED TERSE BRITISH COMMENT. (Received This Day, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, September 19. It is officially stated that the Government described Hitler’s Danzig speech as “full of the crass misstatements which usually fall from his lips” and asserted that it convicted him before the world. Herr Hitler," it is added, “can scarcely expect Britain to believe that German aspirations are limited and that he has no further aspirations.”