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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 5, 1989

Danzig's Notes To Poland: Decline Further Discussion

DEMANDS MADE OVER CUSTOMS OFFICIALS

Danzig, Yesterday. Two Notes were sent to-day to the Polish diplo- matic representative by the President of the Danzig Senate, Herr Greiser.

The first Note alleges that the Danzig Govern- ment has received unsatisfactory replies or no reply at all to protests over the Kalthof affair, when a Danzig citizen was killed, and

"AND PASS THE

-WORD ON"-

American reporters, describ- ing the King and Queen's recep- tion in Ottawa, seize on this incident:

A leather-lunged Canadian shouted: "You with the micro- phone, tell the radio audience there ain't no bullet-proof glass around our King as he walks with his people. And pass the word on to Hitler."

IMPERIAL

also over other alleged incidents, including AIRWAYS SET

frontier violation.

The Note says that under magnificent thought that any Dan- these circumstances the Dan-ziger can bear with him daily," he zig Government must decline, to continued.

enter into further discussions, He attacked Poland for having and that acting on the assump-deviated from the policy of Mar- tion that the incriminated Po-shal Pilsudski. "Poland," he stated, lish officials will be recalled it "has dropped the mask since the had meanwhile forbidden all German-Polish

agreement ceased Danzig officials to have

any to exist." business or other dealings with Polish officials.

"Troops have been mobilised and soldiers have been concentrated on The Note says that for some the German and Danzig frontiers months past the Danzig Gov-although Germany has not mobil- ernment has drawn the atten- ised a single soldier."

tion of Poland to the "unjusti- He concluded the speech by de- fiable increase" in Polish cus-claring that the Danzigers would toms officers in Danzig terri- remain calm and not permit them- tory, and says the Danzig Gov-selves to be influenced by irrespon- ernment considers it necessary sible agitation.-Trans-Ocean. immediately to restrict the ac- tivities of these officers.

DANZIG DEMAND

MORE ACCUSATIONS.

AGAINST POLES According to Trans-Ocean

mes-

The Note says that Danzig sages this morning, German church customs officials will hence- services in Upper Silesia yesterday forth take the oath conformably were disturbed by the Poles. with the Danzig laws, despite Among allegations are that at Po'ish objections.

St. Mary's Church in Kattowitz, the Meanwhile the Nazi

news-priest was compelled by Polish paper in Danzig, the "Vorpos- songs and anti-German ten," demands the punishment break off his service......... of the murderer of the Danzig citizen.

cries to

NEW RECORDS

London, Yesterday. Substantial increases in air traffic to and from the Continent for the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period of 1938, are shown in an Imperial Airways return.

In the first three months there were 6,250 passengers carried on European routes, against 4,700 for January-March last year-an in- crease of about 32 per cent.

FRANCO TO KEEP ITALIAN WARPLANES

MILAN, YESTERDAY. MILITARY PLANES WHICH ITALY SENT TO SPAIN DUR- ING THE CIVIL WAR WILL REMAIN THERE AND WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES ON JUNE 5 IN SEVILLE.

The Italian airmen will leave for Italy on June 9, and en route, it is stated, they will call at the Balearic Islands to pick up the Italian aviators there.

The Italians, who number 330 officers, · 410 non-commissioned officers and 490 mechanics, will arrive in Genoa towards the mid- dle of this month.-Trans-Ocean.

NEW ZEALAND

GOVT. REFUSES TO 'RETRENCH'

Mail carried for the same per- iod shows an even greater expan- sion, the figure for 1939 being

Wellington, Yesterday. 258,750 lb., again 125,000 lb. in Replying to suggestions that the 1938, an increase of over 50 per Government should rigidly cur- sent. In addition to mails, nearly tail expenditure, Mr. Savage, the 400,000 lb. of freight were carried Prime Minister, stated emphati- on European routes during the cally that the Government would period this year.-Our Own Cor-not reduce wages, retrench on Civil Service staffs or stop major respondent.

public works.

ATTEMPT TO church-goers ESTABLISH

Many German alleges the report, were molested and assailed.

MISHAP'S CAUSE

LONDON, TO-DAY.

That would destroy the founda- tions of industry,

Previous Governments, he add- ed, had reduced wages and bor--- rowed oversea, but the Labour Government chose instead to select imports and faster second- ary industries to effect the neces- sary readjustment, in the oversea trade balance. The only borrowing he favoured was to buy raw ma- terials for New Zealand factories. The curtailment of public works would not be considered, but the Government intended to transfer men to secondary industries as opportunities became available in order to obtain a better balanced

series of fifteen

The "Thetis" was the first of a production.-Our Own Correspon-

dent. new submarines each of 1575 tons, and was carry-

"Otherwise," threatens the journal, "prospects of normal- The Catholic Bishop of Upper isation of relations would Silesia, by decree read in all Chur- be bad, and this might ches, has prohibited the singing have the most serious and of German songs at the Corpus far-reaching consequences for Christi processions next Thursday. VIGOROUS EFFORTS STILL the whole of Europe when The Germans have decided, there-BEING MADE TO SALVAGE THE considered in conjunction with fore, Berlin's support of Danzig's in- Ocean. terests and in the light of pos- sible repercussions on Berlin- Warsaw Ocean.

relations." Trans-

not to participate.-Trans-

PRESSURE LOW

"MAGNIFICENT THOUGHT" The Royal Observatory reports Danzig, To-day. that a weak anticyclone covers the "Danzig places her faith in the Pacific to the southeast of Japan Fuehrer and knows that Germany and a ridge of high pressure ex- to-day is stronger than ever be-tends from it to S.W, China, fore", declared Gauleiter Forster A depression is moving eastward of the Free City yesterday, laying over S.W. Manchuria. the cornerstone of a new regional Pressure remains relatively low school of the National Socialist over Central Indo-China and the Party in Zoppot.

northern part of the China Sea, "The consciousness of Germany's Forecast: F. winds, moderate to strength is the most attractive and' fresh; fair.

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“THETIS” ARE, ACCORDING TO THE ADMIRALTY, MAINLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISH- ING THE CAUSE OF THE ACCI- DENT.

ing its first trial when the disaster

occurred.

There are those who attribute the tragedy to an act of sabotage, Cammell Laird and Company have ordered continuation of the salvage operations which aim at bringing the vessel to the surface as intact as possible.

THE CABINET IN PRIVATE LIFE

London, Yesterday. This will become hourly more

The Prime Minister is now con- difficult, not merely because the sidering representations that what bow of the vessel is stuck in the is called "the Campbell-Banner- mud, but because each new tide

man rule" regarding the holding will pile fresh masses of mud over of directorships by Cabinet Minis- the fore part of the ship-Trans-ters should be amended, Ocean.

Caught by a Chinese constable after snatching a ear-rings from a woman. in Kowloon City yester day, Man Cheun, 20, was this morn- ing sentenced to four months' hard labour and ten strokes by Mr. E. Himsworth.

The rule as laid down in 1906 makes an exception of private companies.len

In view of the modern develop- ment of the holding company some M.P.8 consider that private com- panies should no longer be exempt from the rule-Our Own Corres- pondent.