THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 29, 1939
"POLAND HAS BECOME A PROBLEM!!
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ALLEGATION OF ANTI-NAZI INCIDENTS CONTINUES
Warning Note Sounded In Goering Newspaper
Bid To Torpedo
Col. Beck's London Visit?
Berlin, To-day.
Adherence of Poland to the anti-German bloc which Britain is endeavouring to form, would
be incompatible with the German-Polish
declares the "Hamburger understanding, declares the
Fremdenblatt" in a leading article entitled "Po
land in the foreground," thus indicating that "Poland has become a problem for German po- litical circles.”
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Attention is directed in the article to the forthcom-
FRENCH
VESSEL
SEIZED
Tangier, To-day.
An unknown warship is report- ed to have seized a French vessel near Cape San Antonio.-Reuter.
LITHUANIA'S NEW CABINET "SURPRISES"
Kaunas, To-day. Announcement of the composi- Gov-
con- this
ing visit of the Polish Foreign Minister Colonel tion of the new Lithuanian Joseph Beck to London and to the lively inter-ernment was received est the British 'press is showing in Poland.
When Poland, along with Ger-cial quarters have maintained a many and Hungary, liberated its strictly correct attitude towards minority in Czecho-Slovakia, it Germany, the paper declares this was condemned by the western is due to the plain fact that Ger- Democracies, recalls the paper man-Polish understanding could "but now that Greater German not be brought into harmony Reich has assumed the leadership with the anti-German plans of Sir in Central Europe to which it is Robert Vansittart. entitled, London has suddenly Although Polish policy is al- come to realize that Polish for-ways confronted with the oppo- eign policy could, under certain sition of certain groups who, conditions, be hitched to the from tradition, are anti-German swaying vehicle bearing the Bri- in sympathy, the obligations in- tish Empire.
curred by the German-Polish understanding are not limited to one partner and this applies also to the disciplining of public
Trans-Ocean.
In the scheme to erect a bar- rier against the German nation, the British Foreign Office is giv ing prime consideration to Poland opinion rather than to the Soviet Union or France."
“NATIONAL UNITY” LEADER'S SPEECH
Warsaw, To-day.
of the "National General Skwaczyn- statement on
with siderable surprise yesterday, being the first time since 1926 that not obtained all posts. the Government Coalition Party has
BUDGET STILL
SHORT OF BALANCE
London. To-day.
The financial year ends at mid- night on Friday.
Up to last Saturday total ordin- ary revenue amounted to $906.- |108,619. This was an increase of nearly £48,000,000 on a year ago but was still £38,500,000 short of the Budget estimate.
Principal source in which re- venue has fallen short of estimates is death duties, which have so far yielded £76,140,000, compared with |£87,800,000 a year ago and against
an estimate of £88,000,000.
balancing items for sinking funds Total expenditure less self-
is £917,109,922. compared with £826,408,061 a year ago.
is
The present Gabinet includes two Ordinary expenditure also looks members of the Christian Democra- like being less than the total bud- tic Party and two People's Socialists. geted for and provided by the sup-
The principle task will be the plementary estimates which organisation of a National Unity | £951,725,000. British Wireless, Party.
The Cabinet contains four high military officials, three of whom, have no party affiliations.
The post of Minister of Interior has been conferred upon General Skucas, who belongs to the right the Government wing group of Coalition Party, and the Minister of Transport, also belongs to the
same group.
course
The foreign policy of the Gov- ernment will continue along the pursued by the Foreign Minister, M. Urbsys, who is also without party affiliations.--Trans- Ocean.
turn after many years of exile in
This explains, alleges the pa- per, the intense interest of the British press and the great care] The leader with which it publishes all re- Union Camp," ports and rumours from the anti-ski made German camp. It is an attempt the political situation before to encourage those elements sectional leaders of the "Camp" Czechoslovakia, of the former lea- which since the beginning of in which he stated that re- ders of the left.cpposition, Kiernik Marshal Pilsudsky's policy of cent developments in Central Eu-and Baginski, as well as the leader German - Polish understanding rope could hardly be called sur- of the Radical Agrarian Party. have played second fiddle in Po-[prising but that they had created an
extremely difficult situation for exile, to return to Poland and serve It is said that they offered, from lish foreign policy.
Admitting that, in spite of pressure from abroad, Polish offi-
the imprisonment to which they believed that their sentencs will be were sentenced in absentia. It is
remitted and "thereby their return becomes all the more significant."- Trans-Ocean......
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if you fly
KLM
MOVAL BUTOR ARE LIBES'
Poland.
Poland, however, intended to continue to purse the same foreign policy as before, and the non-ag- gression pacts with Germany, and Soviet Russia were fruits of this policy..
COL. BECK AND GERMAN AMBASSADOR CONFER
Warsaw, To-day,
took place yesterday between the Polish Foreign Minister, Colonel Beck, and the German Ambassador, Herr von Moltke 19
Maintainance of peace and friendship with all neighbours was the aim of Poland's foreign policy. "Poland," the General concluded, "is unwilling to yield to pressure Considerable importance is at from without, but just as unwill-tached to a long conference which ing to allow herself to be persuad- the smooth, silent air line ed to adopt an aggressive attitude London is only about 3 days from towards one of her neighbours Bangkok or Singapore by K.L.M. this applying to the East as well, You save about three weeks one as to the West.". way, one and a half months on the
The importance is enhanced “in It is learned that the American view of the recent anti-German de- round trip. The Douglas B.C.3 air] liners are famous for superb Ambassador to Poland visited Co-monstrations in Poland and the sub- comfort on board. Steward service, Ionel Beck, the Foreign Minister, sequent criticism voiced against and a full night's sleep every night and had a short conversation with Poland in the German press, which at a first class hotel..
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"SIGNIFICANT RETURN
OF LEFTISTS”.
Warsaw, To-day.
complained that the Treaty of Friendship of 1984 was not work- ing satisfactorily."
No official statement: has been issued, however,
strictes
In political circles, excitement silence is maintained on the has been caused by the sudden re- come. Trans-Ocean.
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