TROOPS READY.
WATCHFUL WAITING. Readiness To Move In Event Of Nazi Coup. GERMAN ARMY LEADERS MEET. * (Received i p.m.) LONDON". -Inly 2. It is reported that Polish troops are in readiness to occupy Danzig in the event of a Nazi coup there, states an Independent Cable Service message, while frontier garrisons have been heavily reinforced. According to a message from Warsaw, a Polish Government spokesman save any act of violence in Danzig, whether initiated from within or without, would be regarded as ground for
Although reports were current in London and Paris yesterday that a Nazi coup in Danzig was contemplated this week-end, says a Press Association message, and the British and French Governments consulted late on Friday evening, to be ready for any eventuality, there was no news from Danzig overnight, indicating that all is quiet at present. German Army leaders arrived in Danzig yesterday in mufti to take over command of the Free Corps, says Reuter's Danzig correspondent. A corps of Storm Troopers is already patrolling the streets under the guise of a Home Army. The Xazi leaders met in conference. Herr Albert Forster presiding, and representatives of all Xazi party formations attended, as well as the newlyarrived Free Corps officers. Rifles a nit machine-guns are being distributed all over the city, and th« City Hall has been converted into an arsenal. Twelve trucks conveyed arms last night to the Werder district, in the southern corner of the Free City. J A Whitehall spokesman, says an Indei pendent Cable Services message, stated I ! that if the Danzig Senate voted to i include the Free City in the Reich and ! Poland inarched on Danzig as the result. Poland would be supported to the hilt by Britain and France. ''Let there not be the faintest doubt about that," added the official.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 154, 3 July 1939, Page 7
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