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GERMANS IN DANZIG ' MILITARY REGISTRATION OFFICES IN POLISH TOWNS "SOON BELONG TO GERMANY" (Received August 30, 5.30 p.m.) LONDON. Aug. 30 It is reported that many, local Germans have been ordered to apply at military registration offices in certain Polish towns on various dates between September 10 and 15, says the Danzig correspondent of the Independent Cable Service. Danzig police told inquirers that "in fact those towns are still Polish, but on the date fixed in, the order they will belong to Germany." Polish reports state that the population in Danzig is becoming unnerved, says the Warsaw correspondent of the Times. Shipyard authorities are .alleged to have dismissed Poles without notice. The Poles confirm the report that citizens of Danzig have been ordered to report for service between September 10 and 15 in Polish towns and territory.

SMALLER NATIONS SWISS TROOPS MOVE 100,000 FOR FRONTIER LUXEMBOURG AND GREECE (Received August 30, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. "29 The Swiss Federal Council has ordered the partial closure of the frontier, says a message from Berno, The 100.000 men who have joined the colours are moving; to the frontier. France has promised to respect the neutrality of Luxembourg, provided that the other Powers do likewise, says a message from Brussels. A similar guarantee has been given by Germany. Greece has prohibited the expoirt of foodstuffs and fuels, states a despatch from Athens. EXCHANGE MINORITIES WARSAW AND BERLIN SENSATIONAL POLISH OFFER Independent Cable Service "WARSAW, An,?. "29 The official Polish organ, Gazeta Polska, makes a sensational offer to Germany, gradually to exchange, mutual minorities, consisting of '750,000 Germans in Poland, for 1,500,000 Poles in Germany. It is felt at Warsaw that if Germany rejects the offer and proclaims a war of liberation for the German minority, it would definitely prove that the Reich aimed at aggression and imperialism. The population of Poland at the time of the 1931 census exceeded 32,000,000, of whom only 740,000 were Germanspeaking people. The Corridor had 976,499 Poles, as against only 109,645 Germans, while the 1929 census of Danzig gave approximately 387,000 Germans and 15,000 Poles. WAR ANNIVERSARY CAPTURE OF SAMOA COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY (Received August 30, 8.30 p.m.) APIA, Aug. *2!) A ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the landing of New Zealand troops in Samoa was held this morning, when the flag was hoisted and a salute of 21 guns was fired. The Sanioan local defence force, approximately 160 strong, under the command of Colonel W. C. Harley, and the police force paraded. The actingAdministrator, Mr. A. 0. Turnbull, inspected the forces and took the salute. Commemorative stamps were issued today.