Hitler Declines French Plan

TALK WITH POLES Will Not Attempt Pacific Settlement i NAZI MOBILISATION (United Press Association.—Copyright.—Rec. 12 noon.) LONDON, August 27. It is officially stated in Paris that Herr Hitler has rejected the offer of conciliation by M. Daladier. This entails a refusal of negotiation with Poland. The Exchange Agency reports that the War Ministry officially states Herr Hitler had declared to the French Ambassador that he could not accept M. Daladiers proposal that the Polish and German Governments should attempt a pacific-settlement of their differences.

When M. Coulondre, the French Ambassador, informed M. Daladier of Herr Hitler s declaration, M. Daladier immediately sent a message to Herr Hitler recalling France's profound attachment to peace and fidelity to her engagements publicly contracted with other nations.

Herr Hitler addressed members of the German Reichstag at a meeting in the Chancellery. A communique says that the deputies gave the Fuehrer a wild ovation at the end of his speech, which stressed the seriousness of the present hour. The deputies immediately left Berlin. Italy and Five-Power Parley. A Rome message says Signor Mussolini, in the presence of Count Ciano, received Herr Hans von Mackensen, German Ambassador, who handed over four of a series of messages from Herr Hitler. There are persistent rumours in Rome of the probability of a five-Power conference, attended by Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia in an endeavour to arrive at a solution of the Danzig problem. The Italian Press is hinting at such a conference.

Mobilisation is proceeding at full speed and is obvious in all directions and in practically every form of national activity, ■ays the Berlin representative of the Exchange Telegraph Agency. <-alm prevails everywhere. There is no manifestation of any kind of war hysteria.

Tk* British United Press Berlin correspondent says the Propaganda Ministry denies that general mobilisation has been ordered, or that foreign military attaches have been ordered to leave.

The Danzig representative of the Associated Press of Great Britain says that intensive military activity prevailed throughout the night. Barricades were thrown up along the western frontier while patrols of soldiers tramped through the streets to the frontier.

The police commissioner in Danzig has proclaimed an air ban over the Free City.

A Berlin message claims that Poles blew up the Jablunka Pass tunnel connecting Slovakia with Poland.