POLISH CABINET

MOMENTOUS SITTING AMBASSADOR FROM BERLIN EMERGENCY PRECAUTIONS BRITONS ADVISED TO LEAVE (Received August 22, 10.15 p.m.) LONDON. Aug. 22 The Polish Ambassador to Berlin, M. Lipski, arrived in Warsaw at midnight by a special aeroplane from Berlin, and -immediately conferred with the Foreign Minister, Colonel Beck. The Government, in the early hours this morning, discussed the situation in view of the report of the Russo-German nonagression agreement. The Polish press to-clnv advised the public to store a fortnight's food against emergencies. The British Consul-General has issued a message to British citizens in Poland advising them that, while he does not wish to cause alarm, he thinks the situation such that they should leave Poland, unless they have special reasons for staying, while communications are still good. British journalists have not received official warning to prepare to evacuate, hut a meeting was hold last evening to discuss methods for the quickest means of evacuation in the event of war. ft is reported that Polnnd is not surprised at the Russo-German agreement, as it has more than once been pointed out that the Soviet did not desire to involve herself in European affairs, and other countries might have spared themselves disappointment if they had heeded the Polish views. It is stated that the Polish programme of policy never envisaged Russian help. GERMANY'S DEMANDS REPORTED EXPANSION TERRITORY LOST TO POLAND RECOVERY THE OBJECTIVE Independent Cable Service (Received August 22. 0.50 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 22 Germany's minimum demands in the Polish conflict are reported to have grown past Danzig and the Corridor, says the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Express. They now include all the territory the ex-Kaiser lost to Poland after the Great War. It is claimed that, in the event of a military conflict, German troops would fight their way to the 1914 frontier and remain "on the defensivo." Even conservative circles consider that this territory would be recovered within five days from the beginning of hostilities, without plunging the whole of Europe into war. MOSCOW STAFF TALKS (Received August 22, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless LONDON, Aug. 21 Ihe British and French staff talks in Moscow were resumed to-day.