BRITAIN READY FOR EMERGENCY

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 201, 26 August 1939, Page 10

BRITAIN READY FOR EMERGENCY

TROOP MOVEMENTS Territorials Leave Depots In Full War Equipment ! PLAN TO DIVIDE POLAND (I'liilcd ProsM Arisni'intinn.—CopyrijiJit.—Roc. 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 25. Outstanding in a day of official activity in London, directed to putting the country in a state of preparation for emergency, ' says a British official wireless message, were a meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence, which was attended by all the Defence Ministers, and a session of the Privy Council, held at Buckingham Palace in the evening. At the latter the first regulations were made under the Emergency Powers Defence Act. The King gave an audience to Sir Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary. A meeting of Ministers was held at Downing Street at noon. Viscount Halifax received visits from M. Corbin, French Ambassador, and Mr. J. P. Kennedy, American Ambassador. Territorials, says an Independent Cable Service message, are leaving London depots with full war equipment, in which new antiaircraft guns are prominent. Telephones are choked, the most heavy delays being on long distance, while it is becoming increasingly difficult to raise the Continent. Many big London buildings, including the Mansion House, have been sandbagged, and hundreds of women members of the Auxiliary Army nave been called up. , . Official circles in London immensely appreciate" Mr. Roosevelt s initiative, which is regarded as a magnificent effort to save peace at the eleventh hour. l Mr - Chamberlain was at his desk at 7 a.m. after a few hours' sleep Mr Eden was one of the first callers, and then Viscount Halifax and the ELarl of Cadogan.

It is feared that the departure of British journalists from Berlin will result m a serious falling off of news. There was an 5™ "!/" f" Ce IXIOBI ° f th ® due to congestion on the lines, and there is now a three-hour delay. it is reported from a reliable source, but must be treated with <f!" Germany and Ru„,a have agreed to the p.HWon of a big slice of Poland, with Russia taking in some of the eaatern w "' "" m •-»° f f £ message from Munich says that the public is confident Poland is Te'lred' "" KoUgh over

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