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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 17, 1939.
GERMAN MYSTERY MOVE IN SILESIA
Warsaw, To-day.-It is announced that the German authorities have
stopped all traffic and telephone communications between the Opole
and Rybnik districts of German Silesia and Polish Silesia.
GERMAN ATROCITY STORIES
Kattowitz, To-day.
According to the Berlin correspondent of “Gazeta Polska“ it is expect- Alleged "ruthless ed that Germany will make Danzig a test of the solidarity and pre- paredness of the Anglo-Polish Alliance within the next fortnight, betore the negotiations in Moscow can be concluded.
President Moscicki, at Vilna yesterday, declared that the Polish army would accept any challenge and resist gıí torms of pressure.-Keuter.
NAZIS WELDING DANZIG AND CORRIDOR QUESTIONS INTO A SINGLE PROBLEM
HERR HITLER CONFERS AT BERCHTESGADEN
Berlin, To-day.
DANZIG ARMY TO
HERR HITLER YESTERDAY discussed the latest PARADE
phases of the European situation with General Goering and Herr Himmler, the head of the Gestapo.
Danzig, To-day.
mea-
sures” taken by the Polish authorities against Germans in east Upper Silesia have aroused "tremendous indig. nation” among the German inhabitants of the province, who in some districts (parti- cularly large industrial cen- tres) are nearly half the population.
The fact that a "radical Polish in- surgents organization” which revolted against the Reich in the first few years after the Great War were armed Tuesday and Wednesday is regarded as particularly alarming.
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German inhabitants expect that this will be followed by "an Inton- alfication of the Polish terror cam · paign against the German minority."
REFUGE IN FORESTS Many Germans have already sought refugee in forests near the frontier in order to cross the frontier into the Reich. Some 450 Germans, including a number of women and children, are said to have been arrested in the for- ests of the Tarnowitz region by the Polish frontier police. Among them is said to be a man of 80 and a child of 11.
It is alleged in German circles that the Poles intend to send the Germans to eastern Poland, "near the Soviet
are
to be compelled to work for the Poles." ARRESTS ALLEGED.
German sources believe that the
Both leaders had gone to Berchtesgaden to congratulate The military formations frontier." There, "the Germans
the Fuehrer on the 25th anniversary of his enlistment which have been formed in the Army as a volunteer. · There is no confirmation in Berlin of reports that Professor during the past weeks Burckhardt is to pay a second visit to Herr Hitler in will parade before connection with the mysterious "peace plan.”
On the contrary, “No conference and No Compromise" on Danzig was the watchword handed out to Ger- man leader writers yesterday.
Well-informed quarters in Berlin] "Germany proposes to create a true state that the meeting in Danzig yes-peace in Europe and will not agree terday between Herr Greiser, the to compromises, negotiations or con- President of the Danzig Senate, and ferences.
Dr.
Commis- Chodacki, the Polish
“The Corridor and Danzig`are Ger- sioner, was confined to technical mat- ters and did not touch on the poll-man problems, which concern nobody tical angle of the Danzig question as else. We shall create here justice and
against Britain.”
a whole.
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·Political quarters express the opin- ion that Government would hold
conference
Munich!) (another the technical details of
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to discuss
handing back Danzig to the Reich but never a conference to discuss whether it should be handed back.
It is declared: “Germany's hon. our is at stake and Danzig must
- return without compromise."
ALLEGED ATROCITIES
peace with or Reuter.
HEAVY FIGHTING PREDICTED
Chungking, To-day.
The daily recital of alleged anti- While major fighting has
German "atrocities" in the Polish
Corridor continues, and the Corridor practically ceased
on all
total number of leaders or leading the members of German organizations ar-
Silesia on Tuesday or Wednesday
Danzig population for the first time on Friday.
rested by the Poles in east Upper
at least 350 or 400.
is
men
the
The homes of the arrested were searched and "in numerous cases, completely demolished by Poles!"
The "Heimwehr" corps which was organised of National Sociaust Party guards to augment the Danzig police,
"Some of the arrested men were tak- includes 1,500 men who live in garen to Kattowitz prison, others to the
sons.
prison at Tarnow. Trans-Ocean.
The commander is the S. S. Leader, Goerze, and the corps comprises four infantry companies, one machine gun- company, two armoured
car com- panies and one company of sharp- shooters as well as engineer, munication and transportation tachments.
com- de-
The Danzig Gauleiter, Albert Fors- ter, will present a flag to the corps, after which the parade will be held.
***This is published merely as an illus tration of what the Nazi press is saying in the "build-up" for demanding "solu- tion" of the "Polish question." It should not be necessary to describe the size of the cargo of salt that requires to be tak- en with it.
MORE ARRESTS ALLEGED
Kattowitz, To-day.
of the The number of members "German National Group" arrested Military preparedness in Danzig is and detained in the prisons of Polish becoming increasingly evident and Upper Silesia had increased to about infantry drilling can be observed in 1,000 by midnight last night. Young the fields outside the city.
Among them is the chairman men of Danzig who have been re-the Trade Union of German Workers former cruited for the auxiliary police duty in Poland, Herr Jankowski, are in some cases being replaced in deputy. The searching of German their work by women.-Trans-Ocean. homes is continuing.-Trans-Ocean.
and Danzig questions are gradually fronts, there is every indica- ITALIAN NEWSPAPERS
being welded into one single question that the Japanese will
tion.
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launch a major offensive on FOLLOW THE NAZI "NO
The "Deutsche Allgemein Zeitung" Shasi and Ichang, the major -in a typical comment, declares:
We shall accept no foreign definitions of the Gorman lebengraum.
"We shall not make other countries the judges of our vital Issues, as they "are not only economic issues but also
questions of honour"
LEBENSRAUM
Yangtze ports between Han- COMPROMISE" DICTATE
kow and Chungking.
Recently, it was reported that Chin-
ese circles contemplated the evacua❤ tion of Ichung, which would bring Japanese planes fully one hour near- er Chungking.
The Japanese base is said to be at Chlenklang, a Han River port. - Chinese military circles are optim-
:
Dr. Goebbels' paper, "Angriff," | istic that this new Japanese attempt
says:
"We 'don't
care a rap about negotiations: Wo don't dream of 'abandoning our demands for -febensräum:
will fall Trans-Ocean.
Rome, To-day.
of
DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS between Germany and Poland
as the only way of reaching a peaceful solution of the Danzig question are advocated by the newspapers with a unanimity which very obviously suggests offi- cial inspiration.
Signor Gayda's paper, the "Giornale D'Italia” says that Polish indepen- dence is not threatened.
Special reports reaching the "China Mail" from Chungking in-
The Poles have nothing to lose by dicate that a major Chinese offensive, using new troops who have been ex-negotiations with Germany, but, fensively trained and properly equip-instead, they prefer war with Ger "That is true not only for the pro-ped, may be expected in the near many, they would be risking their blems which must be solved in future. It is learned from trustworthy whole existence. Europe, but also for our colonial de- | sources that 90 divisions have been
prepared for the operations.
mands.
In a general war, let them re- member says "Glornale: D'italia,
that Italy will do. her duty as a member of the Axle.
[The democratic Press speaks of pos- sible conferences and, compromises, but there are rights which need no conference and which must be satis- fled. Reuter.
***Sighor. Glayda cannot have heard, the Jokes, which; diketa
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might without Italy. mlint with te