THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 8, 1939
Startling Counter-Proposals
By Poland Allegedly
Allegedly Made
PROTECTORATE OVER FREE CITY
Berlin, To-day.
According to the Paris newspaper “Intransigeant," Poland has made counter-propoals to Germany concerning the future of Danzig, demanding a Polish Protectorate over the Free City. Whether these "proposals" are more than the work
COTTON
SUBSIDY "DEAD"
Washington, To-day.
Chairman Smith of the Senate agriculture committee, said yes- terday that he and some other Southern Senators were ready to "talk for three weeks" if neces sary to defeat the cotton export subsidy.
"It's dead," Senator Smith add- ed.-Reuter.
of some-one's imagination cannot authorita- LORD CHATFIELD
tively be stated, but the German press is mak- ing great play with the list.
"Intransigeant" claims that Poland has proposed:
(1) A Polish protectorate over Danzig, (2) Polish control over Danzig Senate, (3) Occupation of the Free City by the Polish
army,
(4) Polish control over Danzig's heavy indus-
try.
ON THE HITLER SPEECH
London, To-day.
The first British Minister to make any reference to Herr Hitler's speech was Lord Chatfield, the Minister for Co-ordination of De- fence.
HIGHEST PORTUGUESE HONOUR FOR
KING GEORGE
LISBON, TO-DAY.
THE PRESIDENT, GENERAL CARMONA, HAS BESTOWED ON KING GEORGE VI THE GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF CHRIST, AVIZ AND SANTIAGO.
The Order is the highest Portu- guese decoration and is held in Portugal only by the President.
A decree announces that the be stowal was made in testimony of the centuries' old friendship of Portugal and Great Britain, to the feelings of the Portuguese people for the British people and their Sovereign, and to the strength of between the the ancient alliance two countries.-Reuter.
M. BONNET TO VISIT ENGLAND
The "Paris Soir" attaches con-proposals after she has "with siderable importance to the post-boundless shortsightedness missed ponement of the return to his post the first great chance presented in Warsaw of the German Ambas-her by the German offer."
It was clear, he said, that British Hence the door for negotiations policy was misinterpreted. sador von Moltke.
Significance is seen in a call which is still open to Poland who, how- England was not necessarily an
Paris, To-day. to the paper, ap-enemy of Germany, in just any The French Foreign Minister, M. the French Ambassador in Warsaw, ever, according M. Leon Noel, made on the Polish pears to be to-day the victim of conflict breaking out anywhere in Georges. Bonnet, is going to South-
Beck, the same political blindness which the world.
ampton on May 12 Colonel
represent Foreign Minister,
It was true that Britain had the French Government at the with in past centuries, had brought her
to certain
of coun-Anglo-French demonstration Paris so much misery. The paper at-given guarantees
tributes the Polish attitude to "the tries against unprovoked aggres-friendship held by the Alliance affectionate encouragement
af-sion.
Francaise.
in connection it is presumed the visit of Colonel Beck to scheduled for May 15,
GERMAN ATTITUDE
..
to
over by
NEW BRITISH
ENVOY IN ITALY
Most of the Paris newspapers
forded by the British For- But if we are now assured that The Alliance spreads French seem agreed that relations between
Office to Polish megalo-Germany has no aggressive plans, culture and is presided Germany and Poland are entering eign
well-known French writer, upon a critical phase-Trans-Ocean.mania," and goes on to remark that Lord Chatfield continued, it is dif- the
|"perhaps Englishmen conscripted | ficult to conceive that any of these Duhamel.—Trans-Ocean.
under the new law will have the guarantees will have to be imple- honour of fighting to enforce themented and why, therefore, should The German Ambassador in War-Polish claim to German Danzig.”-
there be Anglo-German conflict. Trans-Ocean, Bome saw, von Moltke, who has been
Britain, said Lord Chatfield, had time in Berlin will probably rejoin
no desire whatever to prevent Ger- his post in the course of this week,
many's normal development and according to political circles,
the British people certainly had no Ger- which, however, state that the Am-
feeling of enmity towards bassador will not carry any proposals with him.
Political circles believe that the Headlines proclaim that the al- German Government does not in-leged Polish counter-proposals have tend to take any initiative.
created a popular outcry through- The German papers Teature the out Germany, Intensified by allega- Polish question in big headlines tions of further "excesses" by the minor- and publish strongly-worded arti-Poles against the German cles, protesting against the attitudeity.
new
GERMAN HEADLINES
Berlin, To-day. The front pages of the German newspapers are dominated by the tension between Germany and Po- land.
of the Polish press which it says | In a leading. article yesterday, has advanced demands for a Polish the "Deutsche Allgemeine Zei- Protectorate over Danzig, East Prussia and Silesia.
an
“SUITABLE METHOD"
"Lokalanzeiger" reproduces article from the Warsaw paper, "Kurjer Codzienny" in which East Prussia and Silesia are described
many,
but Britain' wanted no
LONDON, TO-DAY. claims put forth and realised in a SIR PERCY LORAINE, THE manner threatening the indepen- NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO dence of other States. Trans- ITALY, AND LADY LORAINE Ocean.
ARRIVED IN ROME DAY AFTERNOON.
UNREGISTERED MUI TSAI
YESTER-
They were greeted by the staff of the Embassy, the military and naval attaches, the consul and his staff and many members of the British colony.
Representing the Italian Govern- tung" says that Poland's position as
ment were Signor Anfuso, Count a big Power was never really es-
Ip-Chiu, 42, married woman, was Ciano's chef de cabinet, and Baron tablished until confirmed in an un- summoned before Mr. R. A. D. For- Celesia. British Wireless. equivocal manner by the agreement rest at the Central Magistracy this concluded in January, 1934, bemorning, for bringing an unregis- tween Marshal · Pilsudski and Hit-
tered mui-tsai named Chau Hing; lor.
16, into the Colony, HISTORIC ROLE "Neither the Franco-Polish: al-
3
Mui-tsai Inspector H. W. Fraser said that defendant went to the to
HONG KONG PAPERS CONFISCATED
Swatow, To-day,
All vessels leaving this port are register the girl as a mui-tsai, ⠀
Defendant had arrived in the Co-stopped and searched by a Japanese
warship outside the port. lony a week before from Macao,
Defendant was cautioned.
It is reported that all Hong Kong papers (English and Chinese) found on a foreign boat from Hong Kong were confiscated. Our Own Correa- pondent.
As Polish, and asks if this "is aliance of 1921 nor the non-aggres-S.C.A. on April 18 and asked suitable method for shaping the sion pact with Moscow of 1982 had future development of Poland." been able to achieve this. Yet by The "Hamburger Fremdenblatt" associating itself with the British says that the question of Danzig policy of encirclement, Poland has and consequently of the entire abandoned its historic role of buf- aspect of German-Polish relations fer between its eastern and west-
Miss E D. Mitchell, of No. 10 has come to the forefront of in-ern neighbours.
"This becomes quite evident Middle Road, has reported the loss eno ternational discussions. Germany has not renounced the peaceful when it is borne in mind that Lon- of a brooch valued at $10, at about her policy and the con- don is not so much interested in 12.30 p.m. yesterday between Glou-
A Chinese, Ma sled ... invasion of Danzig as in-guaranteeing the So-cester Hotel and her residence.
wife, Chu W has not viet western frontier from Lap-
Yeun Sau-aun, of No. 51 Port-the Queen Mar Mary reason pland to Bessarabia. Poland has
thus suddenly lost the part it was land Street, has reported the theft chopper wounds in
Jay, in holding the of $439 in Hong Kong currency sustained when they were
the Powers. from his house during his absence by Cheung Chun-mun –
and
with