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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 194, 18 August 1939, Page 7

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Germans Hope For Bloodless Settlement.

ITALIANS IN SUSPENSE.

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LONDON", August 17

Bnlli official London and the general public hit unperturbed by the growing Kuropean tension. ' Wither Mr. Chamberlain mjr Viscount Halifax intend-; breaking his holiday before next, week, while the seaside resorts are crowded with lesser folk equally resolved not. to allow war scares to spoil their enjoyment.

liven the dramatic appearance of genres of French bomber* over London evoked only mot icntary interest.

Foreigners long resident in (iermanv note the growth oj' public uneasiness as the Pre»s campaign Follows the lines of last year's crisis. The man in the street is pinning his faith to the belief that. the. Fuehrer is pla lining a dramatic move which will result in a bloodless

solution. The strcngtli of Hie democracies is now becoming realised. The majority of (loniums do not want war, which might brill); disaster to tlie nation. Kin nee is slightly more optimistic fts rcpoi Is nn i\c concerning anxiety in Germany. The < iovcrninent is following with interest all suggestions of a five I'ower conference, but will not participate unless Poland is agreeable. A feeling of suspense is reflected in Italian newspapers, which generally admit, that the tension has most dangerous possibilities.