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ANGLO-POLISH STAFF TALKS Supreme Command Discussion Planned In Warsaw
General
Ironside's
Future Post
London, To-day.
General Sir Edmund Ironside, Inspector-General of British Overseas Forces, has left for Warsaw in continuation of military consultations en- visaged in the Anglo-Polish mutual assistance pact. "The Sunday newspapers yesterday declared that the creation of an Anglo-Polish Supreme Com- mand in case of war will be discussed “in order to achieve the most effective co-operation pos- sible"
The Sunday Chronicle" claims to p have information that during the last visit to Paris of Mr. Hore-Be- lisha, the Secretary of State for military authorities that in the event of war, Sir Edmund Ironside would be given the command of the British Expeditionary Forces, and that the supreme command of the Anglo-French forces would be given to General Gamelin,
British airmen Polish pilots in the use of the will instruct
British machines.
Well-known - Polish airmen, Co- lonel Barjan and Major Orlinsk, have been in London for a fort- night preparing these measures. Trans-Oceán.
George Tong, alias Tong Fat, alias "La Cha" Tong, who pleaded guilty this morning at the Criminal' Sessions to a charge of robbing a cabaret girl on a roof in Lockhart Road, was sentenced to two years'
The War Office stated yesterday that it was impossible to say how long General Sir Edmund Ironside would remain in Warsaw. The War Office declined to give detailed in-hard labour by Mr. Justice R. E. formation concerning the visit. Trans-Ocean.
SIR EDMUND ALREADY IN POLAND
Warsaw, To-day.
General Sir Edmund Ironsides
Lindsell.
THEY: WILL TRAIN THE MILITIA Physical exercises will form an important part of the training of the new militiamen. Scores of additional instructors from regular units are being trained under experts at the Army School of Physical Training at Aldershot. Photo shows some of the instructors being put through their paces.
Keeping Up The Propaganda
has arrived here by air from Gdynia for talks with high Polish ..Army officers, announces the
Government newspaper "Gazeta The
¡¡Polska."
He is to confer with Marshal Smigly-Rydz, and among others he will see General Kasprzycki, the Minister of War, and General Stashiewicz, the Chief of Staff.
He is also expected to visit Polish armaments factories, and the "Gazeta Polska" saya that he has been "entrusted with the task ..of ensuring collaboration between
the Allied states.” Reuter.
CHANGE OF PLAN
Paris, To-day. The Chief of the French General Staff, General Gamelin, was also to have had Suppreme Command of the Polish army in the event of war, declares the Sunday after noon issue of "Intransigeant."
Berlin, To-day.
for a length of time.
After all, Danzig's fate will be “destined"- only by two powers, Germany and Russia, in whose sphere of interest the Free City is geographically and politically si- tuated.
Britain might have saved her- self a lot of time and trouble if she had stopped to think sooner.-
"Frankfurter Zeitung," dealing with the inter-Trans-Ocean, national situation generally and Danzig in particular, declares that the planned British coup to draw Soviet Russia into the “net of en- circlement” has made no progress whatever. In spite of this, Paris and London as well as War-
saw continue to be "extremely arrogant."
While Mr. Neville Chamberlain |How Mr. Chamberlain, in case of has officially admitted that Danzig war, will actually help Poland re- is a German city, the return of mains undisclosed by the British Danzig to Germany is prevented Government. out of regard for Polish interests.
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Under these circumstances, it cannot be a surprise if even more moderately minded Poles refuse. even to discuss the question of the return of Danzig to the Reich,"s
PREMIER'S POSITION
It was
important to note that Mr. Chamberlain himself had ad- mitted that the so-called. "peace offer" by Lord Halifax, the Foreign Minister, had no actual value, by accepting the recently proclaimed
Poland's back is stiffened by Mr. Chamberlain's statement that the Danzig question is so serious that However, in course of negotia- [Britain would go to war over it. three Polish condition
be
tions with the Polish General Staff, the plan was abandoned because the safety of links of communica- tions with. Poland could not guaranteed and means of convey- ing commands to their intended destination would be too difficult." Therefore General Ironside, dur- ing his visit to Warsaw, would
WILFUL DAMAGE ALLEGED
Appearing before Mr. B. Ed-
work out, with Marshal Rydz-Smig-wards this morning, Lai Ting, 21, ly, an exact plan for military co-was charged with malicious dam- -operation.
General Ironside will inspect the most important Polish arma fac tories, fortifications along the
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age of a photo engraving screen,
the
No reunion of Danzig Reich; the maintenance of Polish customs rights; and the preserva- tion of all Polish political advan- tages.
Thus, from the very outset," Mr. Chamberlain had declared himself against Germany.
“DANZIG'S FATE"
the property of the Acme Com-Poles, the paper emphasized, she If England was honest with the pany, No. 28 Lan Kwai Fong, on would tell them that in the end Saturday.
Poland
Toud Western frontier. He will; Defendant was remanded then, says "Intransigeant," be best hours for further enquiries, able to judge in what way Britain bail of $800 wa allowed. and France can aid in reinforcing? The the Polish fighting forces.
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nothing would be left to
48 but to come to an understanding and with Germany over Danzig,
cause England would be unable to assessed by the guarantee Folandaí stædependence and welfare by practical means
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