THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 20, 1939
NAZIS TRY TO FAKE THE PICTURE IN DOCUMENTS ON ORIGINS OF THE WAR
London, To-day.
THE MINISTRY of Information referring to the re- cent German Foreign Office statement on the last phase of the German-Polish crisis rays that all attempts to "fake the picture" in the Ger- man series of documents cannot conceal the truth or shift to other shoulders the fearful res- ponsibility for the outbreak of war.
The Ministry states that the German Government wrongly denies that the Danzig Senate had pro- posed to suspend the activities of certain Polish customs inspectors.
There is no mention of the illegal appointment of Gauleiter Forster as head of state of the Free City of Danzig or of the fact that the British Government demurred from the first at the German ultimatum for a Po- lish representative to be in Berlin by midnight on August 30 to receive and "accept" the German proposals.
By a clumsy omission of dates the Germans imply that on August 30 the British Ambassa dor in Berlin was given German proposals which were explained to him in detail.
Britain is blamed for refusing Italian mediation but the Germans omit to say that the British Gov- ernment refused to negotiate unless the Germans ceased their attacks on Poland and promised to withdraw their troops from Polish soll.
27 VICTIMS OF.THETIS RECOVERED
London, To-day. Divers have brought 27 bodico to the surface from the submarine Thetis.
It is stated that the way is now clear for the final operations of raising the hull which is expect- ed to be begun Immediately.— Reuter.
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NEW NAZI FOOD RATIONS
THE IDEAL DIET ?
ESTHONIAN MINISTER LEAVES SUDDENLY
London, To-day.
A message, from Riga says that the Esthonian Foreign Minister, who had gone to Moscow to sae M. Molotov (Bòviet Foralŷn Cóm- missar), left the Soviet capital for his own country.
He had only been in Moscow for a day.-Router.
London, To-day. SINKING OF New food rationing BRITISH
cards issued in Germany
bear no indication of the FREIGHTER
amount of food to which the cards .entitle reci- pients.
London, To-day.
A Ministry of Information statement gives further de-
The German spokesman in Berlin, tails of the sinking of the asked by foreign pressmen for a state- Newcastle freighter "Hazel- ment, said: "For technical printing side."
reasons the quantity of food could not be mentioned on the new cards!"
Meanwhile, the German radio yes- terday broadcast suggestions for meals to German housewives.
Menus for the first three days of the week were suggested. Chief omission from theso menús was butter, green vegetables and milk.
Meat is only mentioned twice-once in the form of sausage and once in the form of bacon.
DOCUMENTS EXCLUDED August 30, Ribbentrop refused to As the documents exclude any give the British Ambassador a writ- account of the interviews between ten communication stating the · Ger- Sir Nevile Henderson, the British man proposals or to suggest to Ambassador to Berlin, and Hitler, Polish Government any method on August 23, August 25, August 20 negotiation other than that of facing est approach to milk is junket. and August 29, or of the interview a Polish plenipotentiary and was un- between Sir Nevile and von Ribben- willing to listen to Polish trop, the German Foreign Minister, proposals. they do not want to produce an ac- curate picture.
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They have every motive for con- cealing from the German people and the world at large, the truh, and the truth is that the crisis was brought about deliberately by Ger- man action-Reuter,
counter-
the was
PLAYING WITH DATES
the Again later in
introduction, there is a clumsy attempt by an omis- sion of dates and times to give an impression that on August 30, British Ambassador in Berlin given the German proposals which were explained to him in detail. LENGTHY COMPARISON
In fact on the night of August 30/31, A comparison of the German offi- Ribbentrop's method of explanation cial publication, "Last Phase of the was, in Sir Nevile Henderson's own German-Polish Crisis" and the two words to read out a lengthy docu- British official publications, shows ment in German at top speed." that 15 out of the 26 documents, He refused to give the British Am- which is the all the former contains, bassador a copy of these, proposals were among the total of 130 made and added that, in any case, he con- public by the British Government, slätered the proposals which the while the German Foreign Office has Polish Government. had not seen omitted a number of documents re-were rejected because a Polish pleni- cording facts of great importance. potentiary had not arrived to accept
There is no account of the inter-them en bloc before midnight. views on August 23, 25, 28, 29, 30 and 31, Sir Nevile Henderson's re- cords of which were one of the most interesting sections of the second British White Paper, revealing as they did the violent and menacing fan guage used by Hitler and Ribbentrop. Readers of the German documents who have had no access to the fuller British publication would be unaware, for example, that the British Gov- ernment protested at once against
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GERMAN INTENTION
The proposals were not given to the British Ambassador until 9.15 pm. on August 31 when the German Govern- ment again repeated that the proposals were rejected because the Polish Gov- ernment had not agreed to what, in effect, was the German Intention to obtain, a dictated settlement in Ber-
lin.
The Polish plenipotentiary would faced with a series of de-
have been
Tea Is described as “Gorman tea," and coffee as "maft coffee." Fruit and whole-meal bread figure on the menus, but fat only once. Near-
'A typical breakfast suggestion is: German tea, whole-meal bread and jam.
For lunch: cucumber filled with whole-meal bread, potatoes, pars- ley and carrot salad.
And, for dinner: Potatoes, horse-radish salad, one alice of bread and sausage.—Reuter.
An R.A.F. plane appeared on the- scene after the sinking and dropped to in a metal canister a message some of the crew who were in a life-- boat telling them of the whereabouts of some of their shipmates who were · clinging to a raft.
The R.AF. plane bombed the sub- marine, which could be seen sub- merged, and though the plane remain- ed on the spot for some time, no fur- ther trace of the U-boat was seen.- Reuter.
NAZI BOMBING OF WARSAW
London, To-day,
A communique issued by the Ger man High Command yesterday stated: "Our dive bombers have repeatedly and successfully bombed military ob-- jectives in Warsaw."
Meanwhile, reports received in London reveal that Warsaw is under- going another terrible ordeal-Reuter.
LABOUR PARTY CRITICISM OF SUPPLY MINISTRY
London, To-day.
THE COUNCIL OF TEN, which is responsible for munitions production, is to hold its first meeting to-day (Tues- day) under Mr. Leslie Burgin, the Minister of Supply. Mr. Burgin will deal with criticisms of the Ministry of Supply by Mr. C. R. Attlee and Mr. Arthur Greenwood, the Labour leaders.
Mr. Attlee and Mr. Greenwood called at 10 Downing Street yes- terday and saw the Prime Minis- tor, with whom they discussed questions of supply and the br- ganisation of labour.
The General Council of the Trades
BACK TO THE R.A.F.
London, To-day. Air. Chief-Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Governor and Com mander-in-Chief of Kenya, has given up his appointment and will take up
the German demand for the arrival / mands. which he would have been ex-J-Union Congress is anxious to co-oper-duties with the R.A.F.
of a Polish plenipotentiary at Berlin pected to accept without consulting ate in arms production, and discus-
to
receive and accept the German demands by midnight on August 30. WOULD NOT KNOW They would not know that the German Government while insisting on August 29 that this demand was not an ultimatum, stated at midnight on August 30 that they regarded their proposals as already rejected because the demand for the arrival of a Po lish plenipotentiary had not been accepted.
his Government.
TENDENTIOUS ALL THROUGH As a method of stating a case, the procedure adopted by the German Foreign Office has an obvious advan- tage, so long as it is intended only for those who can be prevented from obtaining fuller information, but it is not likely to impress any who have access to the statements of both slites.
The introduction to the, German Foreign Office's selection of the docu- ments is no less tendentious than the
It would have been concealed from selection itself. - them that the German Government It is implied that the British guar- refused absolutely repeated suggested to Poland was given before the tions made by the British
Polish rejection of German offer of ment and accented by the
March 1939. In fact, the British ernment.
tiations should take an
that is, that only. Ge
should be given to
gimfenton was not offered to Poland Fantil after those terms had been, re-
sions will be held shortly between ciated with service flying since the Unions, and the Government-Reuter.
ENQUIRIES HERE
London, To-day.
The Ministry of Economic Warfare has set up a section to answer enquiries from British and neutral traders.
#The
aed" by the Fallary Government as state department will
ompatible with Fo16 Independence
-British Wireless,
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make
on the question of goods detained by the British Contraband
export polley, Reuter.
bassador for transmission to hand after the Germans had been so Control, but 'will give no advice on Government and that at midnight on
Sir Robert has been closely asso- ·
earliest days, and served with the Royal Flying Corps in France through- out the Great War.--Reuter.
BUSINESS ADVISER
London, To-day. Mr. Clifford Figg, a member of International Hubber and Tea Com mittees, has been appointed honorary business adviser to the Colonial Secretary for the duration of the war. -Reuter
MILITIAMEN BEHIND THE LINES"
‚--" London, To-day. The militiamen who have been gent overseas on service are com- posed of fitters, clerks, butchers, bakers and tradesmen,Reuter.pn
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