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DANZIG_ CITY NAZI SHIPMENTS JIIENCHES BEING BUG ' j POLAND'S NEXT MOVE ■LEADERS' DISCUSSION jy Teletrrapfi—Press Association—Copyright (Received July 7, I 1 "> a.m.) / ' LONDON, July 0 A temporary respite characterises the Danzig situation, although the militarisation of (he city by Germany continues. Nazi sentnVs are guarding the entrances to the Schichau shipyards, through which arms from Germany are being landed, says the Danzig correspondent of the Times. More than 100 Poles who had been • employed in the yards have been dismissed. All Poles of Danzig nationality employed on complementary works have been given a fortnight's notice. Warning Shot Fired A Polish battery fired a warning shot when a German bomber flew over the village of Orlowo, midway between Danzig and Gvdnia. The aeroplane returned to Danzig. A number of Germans engaged on fortifications on Bishop's Hill, behind Danzig, have been dismissed because of indiscreet remarks about the work. The Danzig newspaper Yorposten reports that Polish soldiers and labourers are digging trenches in the north-west corner of "lie city. Poland's next move to meet the German challenge was discussed at a series of important conferences yesterday, says a despatch from Warsaw. Decision Reached The President, Professor lgnacy Moscicki, conferred with Marshal Smigly]{ydz, Army Chief, and Colonel Beck, Foreign Minister, also the War and Finance Ministers, and discussed a report from tho Polish Ambassador in , London.

An inspired'statement in the Warsaw newspaper Kurjer Warsza'wski says it should be pointed-out with all emphasis that Poland' is not sending a Note to Danzig at the moment. The Polish Government hiis decided on a plan of action, but this does not mean immediate action, and the public will not at present be informed of the Government's moves. Whitehall quarters state that Britain and Prance &re at present contemplating sending Notes to Berlin, again emphasising their determination to stand by Poland and warning Germany of the serioua consequences likely to follow overt action. All religious services in the Polish language have been suppressed in German Silesia.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23392, 7 July 1939, Page 11

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MORE ARMS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23392, 7 July 1939, Page 11

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