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POLAND NOT TO BE OUTMANOEUVRED

Arrests On Both Sides Of Danzig Border

Warsaw, To-day.

Poland has protested energetically to the Danzig Senate concerning the death of the Polish cus- toms official, Budziewicz, who was shot by a Nazi.

The protest alleges that the shooting occurred in Polish territory when Budziewicz was chal- lenged by three Germans who had illegally crossed the frontier.

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Washington, To-day. Britain and the United States have been exchanging informa- tion on the broad aspects of the Tientsin dispute, according to Mr. Cordell Hull; the Secretary of State.

Mr. Hull added, however, that there was no question of Ameri- can participation in the Tokyo conversations on the Tientsin blockade. Reuter,

An investigation and punishment of the culprit, R.A.F.

who is alleged to be a Nazi Storm Trooper, is demanded.

The Polish police have arrested the chief of the Danzig customs house, who is stated to have illegally crossed the frontier yes- terday.

DOLLAR SLUMP SEEN AS BIG JAP. VICTORY

Shanghai, To-day. The collapse of the dollar is the biggest victory the Japanese have won since the capture of Hankow, declared a leading Far Eastern ex- pert this morning.

The victory is moral and psycho- logical, the expert - added, but in the long run may be considerably more far-reaching than any mili. tary victòried.

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The Polish press reports that Father Bernard Wischi, former Polish candidate for the Danzig Volkstag, has been arrested by the Danzig police.

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--“POLAND WOULD FIGHT”

Baby For Juliana

Amsterdam, To-day... PLANES have been

banned from an area three miles around Soest- dijk Palace, where Prin- cess Juliana is expecting the birth of a second baby shortly.

The ban will come into effect on August 8.

In anticipation of the event a new carillon of 30 bells has been installed at Soestdijk:

This will be played by the well-known chimer, J. Vincent, as soon as the birth has occur red, and on Queen Wilhelmina's birthday on August $1.

The day following the birth will be a national - holiday.

London, To-day.

R.A.F.

bomber crashed into the sea Reuter.

Bridlington, York-

An official Polish spokesman last off night stated that the statement of shire, yesterday. Marshal Smigly-Ridz, Inspector-

Another R.A.F. plane, with a crew of three, which started Speedboats rushed to the from Leconfield for a flight over

General of the Polish Army, that scene but the crew apparently the North Sea, is also missing. Poland would fight for Danzig if went down with the machine.

peaceful means fail, is Poland's

last word on the subject.

Those who think that Poland would be outmanoeuvred without a conflict should read. this state- ment carefully, he said,

SITUATION SERIOUS The spokesman added: "The the German leaders whether the situation is serious. It depends on flelds of Europe are littered with: millions of dead.

"War for a provincia] city where the German population enjoys com- plete freedom is not inevitable.

"Humanity desires peace, yet it must be understood that Poland is not bluffing." →→ Beuter.

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