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HITLER FURIOUS AT PREMIER'S RHETORIC

STATEMENT Wilhelmshaven Speech

WON'T STOP GERMANY"

BERLIN, TO-DAY. S.UCH. RHETORICAL STATEMENTS CANNOT DIS- GERMANY'S WORK" OF

Already Re-DraftedNSTRUCTION IN CENTRAL

PANIC IN AMERICAN RAIL SMÁSH

New York, Today.

Over 60 were injured, 11 ser- |iously, when two underground trains collided on the outskirts of the city yesterday.

Panic and hysteria, reigned among the passengers, who were hurled in all directions amid crumpled Ironwork and flying glass Reuter."

CLEAR BRITISH STATEMENT RELIEVES

LONDON TENSION

LONDON, TO-DAY.

FIRST REACTION AMONG

GERMAGL NEWS AGENCY STATEMENT. ON 'MR.

TERDAY.

Hitler is believed to be furious Britain's handl” NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN'S of the Polish situation and Mr. Neville Cham-PRONOUNCEMENT IN THE berlain's announcement in the House of Com HOUSE OF COMMONS YES- mons yesterday afternoon. All well-informed authorities agree that Hitler is incomprehensible how Mr. Cham- going to hit back in his speech to-day at Wil-berlain came to make such an helmshaven.

of

There was an unwonted bustle in the corridors

the Foreign Office last evening and in the Chancellery.

It is believed Hitler summoned it appeared at 8 o'clock last even his secretary and completely re-ing:

drafted the passages in his speech A violent anti-British campaign referring to foreign politics.

WAS in full blast in the early

He is understood to have con-afternoon. ferred with Herr von Ribbentrop

trich (the press chief).

Papers have been instructed to

The Nazi agency declares it is

Announcement out of the blue.

Actually, It contains · nothing new, because everyone knew for years that France and Britain'

were bound by their alliance sys- fem to stand at Poland's side in case of an armed attack.

Mr. Chamberlain's statement, says the Nazi agency, is a laugh- able attempt to stir up unrest and sow mistrust of Germany in the concert of nations.

(Foreign Minister), and Dr. Die-stress the similarity of the pre- There was not the slightest sent occasion with May 21 last suspicion of an armed attempt by year, and the alleged ultimatum to Germany on Poland, avers the. Bucharest a fortnight ago-Reuter.agency-Reuter.

ANTI-BRITISH CAMPAIGN Official Nazi circles last night were extremely. cautious, and the Issue of Mr. Chamberlain's state- ment to the German press was long debated in the Propaganda Ministry.

The first Nazi paper containing

GERMAN MILITARY ACTIVITY

MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TO THE PRIME MINISTER'S STATE- MENT WAS ONE OF STRONG SUPPORT ON THE MINISTER- IAL BENCHES AND GOOD. WILL ON THE OPPOSITION Berlin from Warsaw report con- SIDE.

· Berlin, To-day, Private motorists arriving. In

siderable military activity on the This is coupled with a desire German alde of the frontier, but it that the policy announced should is difficult to say whether It is be further developed in due more than normal.

course.

Beuter.

Immediate effect of the state- arrangements, take place on Mo ment has been a relaxation

the tension of the last 24 hours

Mr Chamberlain has gone

for the week-

the

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