THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 22, 1939
THE BRITISH WHITE PAPER
(Continued from Page 12) the basis of a peaceful and freely negotiated solution of the Polish ques. tion."
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OVERSTATED CASE
"He gave me the impression by case, of somewhat overstating his considerably less confidence than he expressed. I said that if war was to necessary be avoided patience was and the wild men of Germany must be restrained." "
Other passages in the records of a long and earnest conversation are as follows; "Hitler replied that he would be willing to negotiate if there "When the German Ambassador in was a Polish Government prepared London complained of the encircling really of Germany; Lord Halifax wrote to to be reasonable and which controlled the country. He expatiated Sir Nevile saying: "I replied by say
was encircling on the mladoings of the Pales, ring that if anybody ferred to his "generous offer" of Germany, it was herself, by the policy
she persisted in pursuing. March last, said it could not be re- peated, and asserted that nothing else than the return of Danzig and the whole Corridor would satisfy him together with rectification in Silesia,"
ANNIHILATION OF ROLAND "I again said the cholce lay with him.
He said he offered a corridor over the Corridor in March and I had to honestly tell him that if he could. offer nothing
that than
would have
it
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"It seemed to us quite plain that the German Chancellor had broken the china in Europe and only he could put it together again."
GERMAN REPLY TO ALLIED ULTIMATUM The German reply to the British ul- timatum of September 3 is given in a white paper now published containing the Anglo-German communications be- fore the outbreak of war.
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The reply says: "The German : Government and people refuse to receive or accept let alone · fulfil the demands in the nature of an ultimatum made by the..... British Government. -
TWENTY MINUTES AFTER The German memorandum
was
hope of acceptance. I begged him very earnestly to reflect before rais- ing his price. He said his original offer had been continuously refused and he would not make it again. I observed that it had been made in the form of a public speech and that
"We shall answer any aggressive with therein lay the whole difference."
action on the part of England "He spoke of the annihilation Poland. I said that that reminded me weapons and in the same form." the of a similar talk last year of
He re- annihilation of the Czechs. torted that we were incapable of in-handed to Sir Nevile Chamberlain at f 11.20 a.m, on September 3, 20 minutes ducing Poland to be reasonable. said it was just because we remem--after the expiry of the time-limit. bered the experience of Czecho- slovakia, last year that we hesitated to press Poland too far to-day."
"The only occasion on which Hitler became at all excited was when observed it was not a Danzig and the Corridor but his de- termination to use force. This evoked a tirade about the Rhineland, Austria and the Sudeten area and their peace- ful re-acquisition by Germany. also resented my references to 15th March."
question
GOERING WARNED
the
The German Note stated that British Government had rejected the which proposal of Signor Mussolini
save might still have been able to I peace. of The British Government therefore bear responsibility for all the unhap- piness and misery which has overtaken and is about, to many peoples."
He the
Sir Nevile described to the Foreign Minister, Lord Halifax, the interview he had with Goering in May last and tells how he warned Goering of the consequences of Hitler yielding to the advice of his "wild men.".
Goering immediately changed the subject and complained that his holiday at San Remo had been spoilt owing
unexpected to the amount of work thrust upon him. Later Goering said that no power could overcome Germany in Europe and a blockade this time would prove unavailing.
Sir Nevile Henderson comments. that Goering used all the language: which might have been expected in reply to a statement that Ger- many was bound to be defeated.
now overtake
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Among the many re- markable disclosures are that in an interview with Sir Nevile Hender- son on August 28, Hitler asked whether England would be willing to ac- cept an alliance with Germany.
At an earlier interview Hitler told Sir Nevile that it was England who had forced him into an agreement with Russia.
NOT ENTHUSIASTIC
Sir Nevile, in a telegram to Lord Halifax, added: "He did not seem en- thusiastic over it but added that once he had made the agreement it would be for a long period."
Sir Nevile, commenting on the pact, told Lord Hallfax: “I shall
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When Sir Nevile Henderson · dis- cussed the outcome of an Anglo- German war with Goering, the latter said that the history of Germany was one of ups and downs and this is one of the "up" periods.
"APING HITLER AT HIS WORST
BEE CAUSES FATAL CRASH
da-stinis caused two deaths In England the other day,
The woman driver of a car travelling near the Worthing end of the Findon-by-pase, Bussex, was stung, ¿The car mounted the grass vårge by the road-alde, struck two women, turned a dou- ble somersault; and came to a standstill in an adjoining-field.
The two women killed were
Mrs. Annie Turnock, 78, visitors from London..
Telling of the interview with von Ribbentrop on August 30, Sir Nevile wrote: "Von Ribbentrop's whole de- meanour during an unpleasant inter Miss Faith Whitworth, 55, and view was aping Hitler, at his worst." -Reuter and British Wireless.
'SHOULDER BLOWS' BY NAZIS ON SAAR FRONT
Paris, To-day.
THE LATEST GERMAN attacks on the westerm
front are described here as "shoulder blows." They are carried out by one or two companies at a time, the aim being to keep the French occupied while more German reserves movė up.
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The attacks consist of brief raids in No Man's Land, and are proving costly to the Germans while making no impression on the French.---Reuter.
THREAT TO SAARBRUECKEN
London, To-day. A report from Basle (Switzerland) says that the German artillery on the all western front continued firing night.
East and west of Saarbruecken, the French repulsed a number of enemy attacka
The French are in a position to seriously threaten -Saarbruecken from two sides.-Reuter,
"The
day
"QUIET ON WHOLE" A communique states: was quiét on the whole. Enemy ar- of Saar- tillery was active south brucken. Aerial reconnaissance carried out despite bad weather and enemy fire."--Reuter..
WHE
INSTRUMENT LEFT IN BODY
A surgical Instrument several inches long, known as a depressor, which was shown to the jury at a Weston-super- Mare inquest, was stated to have been found in the body of Miss Harriett Helena Walker, 66, of Belgrave-road, when she was operated upon at Wes- ton-super-Mare Hospital last Wednes
day.
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The · woman had undergone operation at St. Mary's private hospi- tal, Bristol, in June,
The jury returned a verdict that death was due to shock following a
·severe operation necessitated by the presence of an instrument.
The jury added a rider that they considered that there had been negli- . gence, not amounting to criminal neg- ligence, on the part of those in charge of St. Mary's Hospital, Bristol, there apparently being not strick super vision of surgical instrumenta.
Dr. D. O. Clark said that the opern- tion at Bristol was performed by Prof.. Drew Smythe, professor of gynaecology of Bristol University.
Miss Julia Craughwell, a nurse at St. Mary'e Hospital, sald she was In charge of the operating theatre, and another nurse was present. She could:
of them not remember which
ounted the surgical instruments, be- fare and after the operation. Spas
Mr. Richard Warren, hon. surgeon at Weston-super-Mare Hospital, mid it might be possible for the instrument to slip in..