NAZIS ARMING

CITY OF DANZIG FORCES INCREASED PROTECTIVE MEASUBE friction with poles . PBOTEST BY WARSAW By Telefrraph-—Press Association—Copyrierhl (Betfcivpd July 20, 11.50 p.m.) LONDON, July 2( The police in Danzig have beer reinforced and now number betweei: 3000 and *IOOO "owing to the necessity for protecting the city from tht Polish Army," says the Danzig cor respondent of the Times. The situation is described a? slightly more tense, says the Berlir correspondent of the British Unitec Press. Military preparations in Dan zig are" being continued and Germany is expected to have 2,000,00( men under arms by the end o; August. ' ■ Heavy troop movements contimu night and day, this corresponded states. ' German sappers arc speeding up nnti tank defences facing the Polish frontiei near the port of Gydnin, and military lorries without registration plate: brought 20 anti-tank guns and ammuni " tion to Danzig. Several hundred soldiers took part ii military exercises at Langfuhr, whicl is a suburb of Danzig, wearing field grey Uniforms with the sign S.S (Schutzstaffel, Hitler's "privat «rmy") and a l 3 ° the swastika on thei: steel helmets. They carried new rifles. The Warsaw correspondent of tin Times says the Polish authorities liavi sent two protests to the Danzig Senat complaining of interference with Cus toms officials and unjust dismissal from shipyards. The police arrested 20 Danzig citizen who formerly were members of Marxis organisations. They are accused o treasonable activities, preparing dyna mite and of attempts to maintain con tact with a hostile foreign Power. The British Cabinet has noted wit! approval the Polish warning against ; Nazi putsch in Danzig. A hitch has developed in the Britisl credits talks with Poland, which insist that she/ must buy arms where sh can. A message from Berlin says Colon'e General von Brauchitsch, Commandei in-Chief of the German Army, will tc day address Military Academy cadet touring East Prussia at Tannenberg, 1 miles from the Polish frontier. Tb tour aims at inspiring the cadets wit ''the heroic spirit." FLIGHT OVER FRANCI ... BRITISH SQUADRONS SECOND DEMONSTRATION RETURN WITHOUT MISHAP Independent Cable Service f LONDON, July 11 Twelve squadrons of Royal Air Fore bombers made a second training High to France with destinations over th Mediterranean and near Marseilles Thirty-sii machines passed over Pari at 11.30 a.m. flying very low. It wa stated later that nearly 100 machine: were participating. , Five squadrons of Wellington bomber flew to Marseilles and back, a distant of 1500 miles, averaging 180 miles ai hour. Other, machines undertook i three-hour flight to Chartres and back , while French anti-aircraft units mannet their defences. All returned by nightfal without, mishap, says the Australia! Associated Press POSSIBLE EXTENSION O.THER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ""•/* ' * ■ ' (Received Jnly 20, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless LONDON, July 1' In the House of Commons to-da; the Secretary of State for Air, Si Eingsley Wood, was asked whether i was proposed to arrange Royal Ai Force practice flights over Poland Turkey, Rumania and other countries He replied that he hoped it would b< possible to arrange for practice flight in. addition to those over France. MILITARY MISSION TURKS IN ENGLAND (Received July 20, 6.19 p.m.) British Wireless LONDON, July 11 The Minfjstcr of Civilian Defence Sir John Anderson, received the Turk 'sh military mission which is visitiiu Britain for the purpose of studying active and passive defence againsl attacks from the air. The mission which is headed by General H. Kilkis 's inspecting the various air raid pre' caution arrangements in England. DEFENCE OF INDIA AGREEMENT WITH BURMA (Received July 21, 12.30 a.m.) '/ * SIMLA, July 20 Complete co-operation in defence was upon, at a conference between Indian and Burinan staff ofiicers. Plans ° r the maintenance of food supplies. B transport of war materials and '•durance of military reinforcements We re discussed, in the light of the recent Singapore conference. floating dock Arrival at Alexandria , •' (Received July 21, 12.30 a.m.) • ALEXANDRIA, July 20 c giant naval floating dock to-day ni pitted its -100-mile tow from Portsmouth, which it left on .June 2-1. . *!* n ty dockyard men lived on board wring the voyage.