1939-09-02 — Page 27

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

September 2, 1939.

"TELEGRAPH" SPECIAL MESSAGES ON THE EUROPEAN CRISIS

PREMIER TELLS COMMONS GENERAL WAR NOW

OF OUR DETERMINATION

LONDON, Sept. (Reuter).The House Commons, including galleries, was crowded

1The first time we heard of them was, policy in the past and their views on a broadcast last night. Is it not regarding the heavy responsibilty of clear that the German conception of which would le upon, them were the negotiation was that at an almost factors in creating the present situm-

Instantaneous demand Л Polish

to

plenipotentiary should go to terli

ju

•

day when the session began and there receive a document or de- time in this House that British Labour

at 6 p.m.

The Prime Minister was lond- ly cheered on entering the House.

The Fine Minister's first words as

they re in a hushed Houa veret

"I do not

propose worda tonight. The time has come for action, rather than sperrh

where others had been before (cheern) mands to be acepied in entirely."

to say muny lintereis wife intrusted to repert.

13

FELT INEVITABLE

Polish President Makes A Rallying Call

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

however no planes up-

To-day that was past history. "1 now re-affirm and say for the third

inds by Hs" oderloed word."

at". M. Chamberiam proceeded: "The

Chamberlain's word has

WARSAW. Sypl. 1 (UP),--PRE- | ference with General Gamelin, Chief proper course in our view was that been firm, us we are building our

bas proclaimed jof the French Genral Staf. (these proposals should have been put hopes upon sand if we feel that the SIDENT Mogelki

Markets At Standstill before Poland, who should have been German Government is going to give that a state of war exists in Poland;

riven me to consider them, and toy k of favourable cesponse to however, there has been no declara London, Sept. 1 (Reuter).The tion of war. The President akt, outbreak of hostilitles between Ger- ay whether they infimed her vital the appeal which has been made.

The entire Polish nation, blessed by many and Poland brought business had a ured

Base Treachery

riod, will march to victory. vously the

Polish Ambasador raw Hei

Meanwhile anti-aircraft soms burst to a standstill in those markets which "Hitler has become the archenemyanto action at the fourth air-raid, remained open to-day- ivon Ribbentrop last night and fold

In the foreign exchango market, him that Poland will negotiate on an of mankind. He has been guilty not warning

the gravest and basest peaed, apparently belu: driven offering closed nominally at 4.10 in terms of dollars, compared with 4.285 equal bands. Germany's reply to that merely of

There was a jueclamation of we boat Gesman Broups and cord piece of treachery to this Government the Polish frontler this maning at and people, but has bern multy of dane far measure designed to put overnight, but little business was

Wall Street was easy. dawn, and were since reported to be treachery to all peoples to whomine regulations into effect. The transacted;

In the past he had given pledges. Government will probably week tal " far I may not be able to avoid bombing open towns.

The British Labour Movement avont au outraght declaration that responsibility,

"But I would not wish for rond- "Only One Course Open To Us" will issue a statement to-night call-vat in ndy to avoid the handicaps ing upon all its members to stand which might than be impted by the tions eleme: than they can th-day "In these circumstances, dirre

Frolidly beland it in rearthinee tu agt- Et Stites neutrality law. as to where my duty hs (rivers),,nly one enurse open to 1:1 Cattel We have not neglected any rucates of cheers). The British am French

"From that attitude Deny will never making if crystal clear to the German | Ambassadors In Berlin have been depart." Government that if they arised in instructed to give the German Goy- using force again in the manner in comment the following document;

Spoke For Nation which they have deed it is the prst, į Early this morning the German

Awful Arbitrament "Eighteen munths, am 1 prayed that repon buility might hot tall apon me to ask this country to a rept

the

the awful arbitrament of vann.

force

Bar Of History

"Now that all the relevant de ments are being made public we hall And the bar of history knowing

Is

-

of

de

Stock Exchange Closed LONDON, Sept. (UP) --Reports | of hostikkes on the Pollen frontier brought trading on European markets tea victual stand til foodday. General War Certain

The London Stock Exchang LONDON, Sept. 1 (UP). "We can; "losed at least until Monday,

Batish banks are practically sanely gee a gingle hope of avoiding

general war. We cannot believe! vented and trading in foreign we were resolved to oppose then by Chancellor Peased a proclamation to Sir Archdold: Sinclair said Mr. | feat the Pules, after their people have change has been brought to a

the German army which inheated Chamberlain had spokers for the abec slaughtered, can do other than still

Bourse Trade Peters Out clearly that he was about to attack ¡tion as a whole and the Taberal Party Brit.

PARIS, Sept. 1 [UP3)---Although Tha ertainly mear that Franke Planxt. Information jul received supported him in the fond he has by the Titish and French Govern- now taken.

the Paris Bourse is officially remain- And thatain will enter the war." The British Government has left

Thus declared an official British and open trading petered out to-day rents, indicates that German troope

ourer in London to-day, bearing out until it was practically non-exiclenit plate en send the Polkh feentier, and Linutlung undone to contribute toward i that the epon-ibility of this terrible set, are proceeding.

freely negotiated and pracefulle gegant belief that Britain and by 1.30 pan.. entastrophe lies on the shoulders, of

"In these presim titres it would : geltlement,

| France's entry into the conflict on the not Britain,

Is

2 now only ane man (loud cheers).

U.S. Markets Reactions German Chancellor has not

!forinality. beslisted to plunge

world governments that by the action to the table to nepaliate, but

NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UP)---AB Lord Halifax has informed the Germany Government have created If Poland were to be obliterated,

wartine pattern BOW Sendation, namely an aggressive at Nazi, domination would be establish Ambassador that the Angels aanmet a less amblitons" (loud cheers) of force against Poland, threatening ed directly or indiretly over every ready alliance becomes, enters today.

The rush to buy "war babres" sent After thank the House for it

The independence of Poland, which country east of the thine, and Bri-tive immediately if the reports of the fochesiranice, shown not demonde colle the implementation by the tain and Frence would be left alone, Gerator meurtions on Polish terrinem soaring this afternoon follow- in the widest decline rince January. ang from hun information whil the al- and. Hench Governments of either to revive the onslaught, or

Flon broke sharply. TaliePU we still in preresante, undertaking given by them to submit to the extinction of labrety

to her sistance, in Europe

Rigorous action must now ly taken The Ultimatum

it won Band

essential thint powers be given to the Goverment acenritingly to inform Your Excellency that antess the German Government are prepared to give His Majesty's Government satisfactmy assurances that the

to fie suits and French France or Poland that refused ride of Pulau

Mr. Chanthertain referred

thend the poskesd ใน publication of the correspondence -

with the German Government, which, he said, m made it perfectly clear that our chjeet & bad been to try otel bring about disen song about the Polish- German 4. caule between the two Countries the elves on equality (cheers), the settlement 16! be, ne which safeguarded the inde pendence of Poland add se ure! due observaner by Intern.linual suarantee.

Hitler's Duplicity

all

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against

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y me perurate.

Polish Communique

The penn wir esemmotiție, suga. wheat the copper boomed.

Sugar prices come the limit pet- table in a stole session.

The Pulisch Embassy in Paris has ated o caminnnique saying: "Ger- ony has violated the Polish frontier

There was a boom in all marketi Tin form places" while authoritative

Polish sourees In Parls report that the during the last hour of trading.

Stocks advanced fed by steeks, | Polish Army is resisting the invasions

United States Steel finished 'nearly odieľal reports, has been militarity perupled by the Danzig Nazis follow-$5 above the day's lows.

Bethlehem Douglas Aircraft and Prcester's invitation

Man He Rebuked except at Danzig which, according to copers and chemicala.

Left Him £1,000

hat Herr

to

(ivrman Government is to suspend

ucllon AGRressive Felind, and are prepared prompt-

Hitler to send us army to the Free Steel registered rises of $6. ly to withdraw their forces from

Gluso. Cheshire

jesty. Polish

Canon Michal Power, territory, 108 Majesty's

Vicar of The official French news agency has Government will, without besits. Mottram-in - Longlendale, Cheshire, amounced there is general fighting tion, fulfil their obligations." who, denonured Sunday night singlong virtually the entire length of There in Just one passage in the

Mr. Continuing

Chamberlain in the village taverns, has been the Polish Curtidors frontier. communication dated August 20

Jeft 1,089 on frut by Mr.

John

The French Cabinet has decided on unfavourable, and I don't final cla la!

Minister's Emotion there had

which woulrl like to quote, heraar 19 clared: "If the reply to this warning! Gartside, rich Stoly-bridge neral mobileation,

it shows how easily

it will be otherwise, the brewer, a dareler of the campany mith have been avoided if Dent of strain amine cuior has been instruct-controlling Mottram's Roebuck puble-

ask for his passport,

the German Government to arrive at

a peaceful settlement.

hure

"In that care, we are rendy."

Victim Of Lost Joke

SOMEBODY told Mr. David

The French Foreign Minister, with Noakes a good joke while he was at tears in his eyes, announced that work on a railway. Canon Power opined his campaign France will subreribe to President Noakes went to his home in "In this document we said. His Mr. Chamberlain then anounced the pulpit. He cat to his con- Roosevelt's humanitarian appeal to Malvern-road, Kilburn, N. W., and re-

defence preparations had already megation: "Every Sunday evening half such air galls ne those which; the pented the joke to his wife. Majesty's Government fully recogniseen

adding: martes

"The there is dumped into our the need for speed in initiative and the ghts of many of us must at this horde

pubile.

village a tine Polish towns have suffered to- Si lont back in her chair and unwanted, undesirable diseusch, and they

laughed so day. Corsailles,

heartily that the chair moment inevitably be turned back to

In London, Itis Majesty the King started to fall backwards. apprehension of the Chancellor from

mobilized armies, and to the emparison of our

Ite brand of the will at Sear- to-day signed a decree similar to that į Noakes, a small-built man, grabbed the proximity of two nobis peration now, and that which existed borough, where he is on holiday. He signed by his flustrious father in at the chair.

After a terrific struggle do we stand this tune? said: "Mr. then. How accordingly most strongly are both he answer to that all three services when i began my compaign against mobilisation of the British Army, he pulled it back to safety.

Gortide was ill in bed August 1914 ordering the complete for his wife is not of small build- marties should undertake during nego-re ready and the station is all able-boe mg-songs in the village Navy and Air Force. tations that no aggressive or miliary direction is far more favourable and on Sunday nights.

In doing so he wrenched his back, development will take place. 11.

A dent crowd watched the arrival and he was taken to hospital in of the Cabinet Ministers at No. 10 Majesty's Government feel confident

ngony. BLAMED ALL.......

Downing street to-day- that they can obtain-auch an under-

Friends -called to offer their Meanwhile the evacuation of school taking from the Polish Government

"When I condemned the practer 1 children began at 5.30 a.m. to-day. of the German Gavernment will give

did not

rympathy at his bedside. single out

particular

"What was the wonderful joke?” youngsters will be they asked. Over 400,000 hette. 1 blamed them all.

Mr. Noakes racked his taken into the country. Early this brains 10

he remember -but "Mr. Garbide was one of my morning the first hundred to leave eculdn't. parishioners. He simply wanted to marched to Aldgate Station help the church. He has done this by they were entrained in calm and directing that interest from the money crderly fashion, shall be used to augment the stipend of vicars of the parish.

Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisia, British; Mr. S. H. Ross will be in charge of Minister for War, was in conference the Thai Consulate-General in Itong- "I do not intend to ure any of the with Viscount Gort, Chief of the kung during the absence on leave of I shall rely | British General Staff to-day while the | Mr.", T. Bagram, the Consul-Gen-

French Premier was in similar con-eral.

a similar undertaking,'

Poland's Guarantee

teassuring

than in 1914.

"The main aul“ most satisfactory! thing: to observe is that there is no need to appeal in a general way for recruits such as was issued by Lord Kitchener 25 years ago."

Looking To The Future "That telegram brought an instan- į taneous reply from the Palith Gov- Turning to the future, Mr. Cum ernment on August 31 in which the berlain said it was essential in the Polish Government aid they were face of the tremendous task confront prepared on a reciprocal basis to give | ing us, more especially in view of our a guarantee that in the event of past experience, to organise our man money for my cumpaign. negotiations

taking place, that Polish power this time upon as inethedical.on my tongue for that." troops W

would not violate the frontier equitable and economic basis as of the German Reich, providing jussitaly. The Government have corresponding guafoutee was given therefore proposed immediately to introduce legislation directed to that "We have never had a reply from t the German Government to the suggestion, which if followed, might have saved the catastrophe which took place this morning." Mr. Chamberlain then referred to

by the Germans.

A bill would be

laid before the

House which, for all practical pur- pores would amount to an extension fit me between the ages of 18 and 41 of the Military Training Act, and all i

the German broadleast last night and would be liable for military service. the sentence therein "In these er- cumstances

stances the Reich Government consider its proposals rejected."

Steps would be taken to ensure that man-powT required for industry.)

Mr. Chamberlain said that these would not be taken away. proposals had never bern com-

Mr. Chamberlain recorded that municated

ratsanction by Germany to Poland. |

of

1.mself and

the

The Premier added that on August Government in the efforts that had 20, the German Government said they bect anade during the last days of the would draw up proposals for a solu- crisis. Sigmor Mussolini bind also tion acceptable to themselves and

been doing his best for 1 solution

would, if possible, place these pro- (cticers). posals before the British Government before the arrival of the Polish negotiator.

Set Our Teeth And Sco

it Through.

"We were awaiting these proposals į and our Ambassador urged Herr von “Now it remains for us to get our Ribbentrop to invite the Polish Am- teel and to enter upon this struggle bassador to call so that Herr von which we so earnestly endeavoured Ribbentrop could hand him the pro-, to avold with determination to see it posals for communication 10 his through to the end. We shall enter Government," he said.

into it with clear conscience, with the support of the dominions and the British Empire, and the thoral ap. proval of the great part of the world. the have no quarrel with

people except

they allow

Government. As Government exists and pursues

Violant Terms "Thereupon, in most violent terms, Herr von Ribbentrop said he would

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WHERE HITLER RULES TO-DAY No American

NORTH

DENMARK

GERMANY

POPULATION 1914 68,000,000 1918_60,000,000 1937 67,587,000 1938 80,000,000, 1939 91,500,000

SAAR BASIN

1935".

POP: B12,000

that the

never ask the Ambassador to visit!2selves to be governed by a Nazi

him. He hinted that if

Ambassador asked him for an inter-

that Jong As view it might be different."

a sentence which was not clear-methods which have been so persis- Inst years, ly audible, the Prime Minister ap-tently followed in the peared to say that the position seem- there can be no pence in Europe.

that "We

theso resolved arc

ed to be that Germany claimed 10 methods must came to an end, and it treat Poland us if she were In the wrong for not entering negotiations by the struggle we can re-establish in with Germany about the proposals, the world the rules of good faith and which Poland had never heard of.

the renunciation of force, then the On Wednesday night, Horr von sacrifices entalled upon us would find Ribbentrop produced a lengthy docu- their fullest justification. ment and read it aloud in German

US

our 'Ambas-

:

"Die li Cast”

neting

top speed. Naturally sador asked for a copy. The reply Mr. Arthur Greenwood, was that it was now too late, as the Opposition Leader, said Uls was the Polish representative had not arrived turning point in human history. in Berlin by midnight.

Ina ale is cast," he said. Mr. Chamberlain

added:..

He withdrew nothing as: regarda never gol £ ̈ copy of these proposals, Labour, criticium of Government

SWITZERLAND.

SUDETENLAND

1958 POPT 3,000,000

1938. POS

POLISH

Mamel

LITHUANIA

JAND

GERMANY'S BOUNDARY

1914

1918

1939

LOVA

TION 11,500,000,

LAND

Map shows the boundaries of Germany to-day, compared with the country over which the Kaiser rulad šla, 1914. (Instwalve months, Hitler has brought Austria under his rulo, then Sudetenland and Czeché-Slovakia. "Aftur the way Germany lost Alsace-Lorraine to France and

dor to Poland.

Improvement In Orient

SHANTUNG REVOLT

Irregulars Turn Over To Chinese Side

Shantung, Sept. 1. Widespread defection of Chinese Irregulars under Japanese employ in Shantung bus 'been reported.

More than 1,000 men under Hon

Washington, Aug. 31. Admiral Harry Yarnell told the United Press that he did not see any Nung-cheng and Huang Ai-chun in improvement in the position of the cast Shantung recently killed about United States in the Orlent. He 200 Japanese and came over to the believed that the conditions ond in Chinese side. terests of the United States would Ychsien und Pungla in the San not be affected by the apparent re-ung Peninsula returned to Chinese. n shot being fired, alignment of European power in the control without Orient, the changes in the Japanese the towns being surrendered by Cabinet or the German-Russian pact, Kuo Yu-po and L! Trung-hafen, Yesterday, Admiral Yarnell con- commanders.of the irregulars there, ferred extensively with the Secretary who revelfed against the Japanese--| of State, Mr. Cordell Hull and to Central News. day he paid a courtesy call on Mr. Paul McNutt.

Mr. McNutt said he agreed with plauded.

which time Admiral Yarnell that the position of the United States was not improved. Eastern situation

The

he was lengthily ap-

Admiral reviewed the Far and its implica-

He personally did not believe that lions towards the United States. Mr. the new Japanese Cabinet necessarily Paul V. MaNutt, Senator bert implied that the Japanese had Thomas and the Askiston Brefetary changed their stillude towards the

Lord Lothian, the naty

United States.

He said that the of State, Mr. Grady 8. Hornbeck, wat Cabinet's personnel did not show any at the speakers table. Nine Power essentially modified policy. He sold

British Am- Admiral Yarnell told him that bassador, declared to the press that there had been no changes in the

the Nine

Act would Ortent situation since last June ex- to form a

that

cept for the intensification the ten-

ion at Tientsin,

tch-altitude

and

In

had been supplanted by the

Admiral Yarnell maintained un that the former

office at the Navy Department, and

conferred with Admiral' Stark' and embodied in the NiE

others constantly.

Yarnell Honoured

turi

Treaty and that further dé--- velopments in the Far East must. begin with the Nine Power Treaty us nbasis of discussion.

:

Admiral Yarnell addressed

Asked whether the present time overflow of more than 500 corres- was propitious for the renewal of the pondents and others at the National Anglo- Japanese alliance, Lord | Press" Club. President Arthur Lothlau said that the alliance was Hachten, paid a tribute to Admiral effective 25 years ago. Tae etrcum- Yarnell as a national hero after the stances had changed considerably. Admiral's off-record speech. during since then-United Press.

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