FUHRER WATCHING

ADVANCES REJECTED

ENCIRCLEMENT MOVEMENT

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.))

(Received April 8, 12.30 p.m.), j

BERLIN, April 7. '

The official spokesman said that tha Fuhrer would naturally keep in tha' closest touch not only with the situa* tion created by. Poland's support of the British encirclement policy, but also of Albanian developments. The country can be assured that the head of the armed forces, General Keitel, made contact with the Fuhrer after his discussions with the Chief of the Italian General Staff, General Par i ana. - Whatever counter-measure Ger« many nfay contemplate probably cannot be expected during the faster holiday. The official spokesman stated yesterday: "The die is cast. Poland should not forget that the Polish-German nonaggression treaty rests on mutual cooperation." Talk of denunciation of this treaty and also of the Anglo-German naval treaty has been revived. CESSION OF DANZIG. It is authoritatively stated here that, before going to London, Colonel Beck rejected a three-point settlement which Germany proposed and which included the cession of Danzig. Other points in Germany's proposal were that Poland should allow Germany to build a motor road across the Corridor and that an immediate resumption should be made of the negotiations to settle minority questions. It is stated by Government sources that Germany asked Poland for a reasonable and peaceful settlement on these lines, but that Colonel Beck's reply was that he was going to London. Poland, it is stated, has now linked herself consciously with the aggressive, anti-German encirclement movement. , Germany is not likely -*o denounce the Polish-German treaty of 1934, but as Herr Hitler emphasised, when one party to an agreement infringes the spirit of it, the agreement is null and void. GUARANTEE FOR "HALF A GENERATION." The official journal, "Voelkischer Beobachter," says that Germany offered to guarantee Poland's complete independence and territorial integrity "for half a -generation" and asked for the return of "a small compact area inhabited exclusively by Germans and free passage to the German north-east.' This was described as a modest proposal for the solution of the last question remaining between the two peoples. The newspaper added,, that Poland's reply had been mobilisation but Germany could not imagine that Poland wanted to exchange the chance of a lasting understanding between Poland and Germany for an, adventurr ous policy in the west. : f ,<'.;,-.