POLISH FRONTIER INCIDENTS

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22801, 29 August 1939, Page 9

POLISH FRONTIER INCIDENTS

German Sergeant Shot Dead VIOLATIONS BY AEROPLANES (WHITED PRESS A-BSOCIiTIOK —COPTEIGHT.) (Received August 28, 9 p.m.) WARSAW, August 28. There have been 34 frontier violations by German aeroplanes during the last 24 hours. A German cavalry sergeant, who lost his way on patrol duty and went four miles into Polish territory, was shot dead near Dzieiesnie. Poles and Germans exchanged shots at Ryduik, Silesia, several being injured on both sides. It is officially stated in Warsaw that German police surrounded the Polish Consulate at Marienwerder, in East Prussia, prohibiting egress, and disconnected the telephones.

The Gestapo raided the Marienwerder secondary school, the only Polish education establishment in East Prussia, and arrested the teachers and pupils. The Germans also isolated the Polish consulate at Maehrisch-Ostrau and Breslau.

Germans armed with rifles attacked a Polish factory at Lignozar.' Szyglowski and penetrated into Poland 100 yards, throwing bombs. Soldiers and militia repulsed the citt>cick> It is claimed in Berlin that Poles blew up the Jablunka Pass tunnel connecting Slovakia with Poland. The Warsaw correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain estimates that nearly 300,000 Poles, mostly women and children, have taken refuge in the country. There are no plans for a mass evacuation. The Danzig representative of the Associated Press of Great Britain says that intensive military activity prevailed throughout the .night. Barricades were thrown up on the western frontier. Patrols of soldiers tramped through the streets to the frontier, . The police commissioner in Danzig has proclaimed an air ban over the Free City. International trains were held up at the German frontier, including the Berlin-Bucharest and BerlinWarsaw expresses. Telegraph and telephone communication with Bohemia and Moravia has been suspended since yesterday.

DENMARK TO BE NEUTRAL

COPENHAGEN, August 27. “We are convinced that we can preserve our neutrality,” declared the Foreign Minister (Dr. Peter Munch). He added: “We hope to maintain our trade with Britain and Germany along the usual lines. We have an army and navy but shall not have to use them since both parties are interested in the preservation of our neutrality; “The same applies to Norway, Sweden and Finland. We shall favour neither side and will deal impartially with both by prohibiting the export of arms to either side.”

CONFERENCE PLAN

FIVE-POWER TALKS SUGGESTED . REPORTED PROPOSAL BY ITALY (UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION—CO PYIUGHT.) (Received August 28, 2 p.m.) LONDON, August 27. It is reported from Rome that Signor Mussolini, in the presence of the Italian Foreign Minister (Count Ciano), received the German Ambassador, who handed over the fourth of a series of messages from Herr Hitler. There are persistent rumours in Rome of the probability of a fivePower conference attended by Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia in an endeavour to arrive at a solution of the Danzig problem. The Italian press, is hinting at such a conference. . It is stated, however, that a five-Powe'r conference at which Poland is not represented will be unacceptable to Britain. Signor Mussolini has cabled to the Prime Minister of Canada (Mr W. L. Mackenzie King) declaring that he will leave no effort untried to safeguard a just and lasting peace. Many Italian residents in Paris are offering their services to France. The Riviera organisation, representing thousands of Italians, ■ has issued a manifesto of loyalty to France and willingness to fight for the democracies. ... The corresponding organisation in Lille has invited its members to volunteer for the French Army.

FOOD RATIONING IN GERMANY

LIMITS ON SUGAR AND MEAT RAILWAYS NOW CLEARED FOR TRAFFIC (UNITED PHESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) ( (Received August 29, 12.30 a.nu) BERLIN, August 28. ■ Restaurants in future will hav® restricted menus, riot exceeding 10 dishes.' Bread, flour, fruit, and vegetables are excluded from the rationing system. A special permit is meeded to get shoes resoled. ■ : • The railways are mow cleared for “important traffic.” , The Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press of Great. Britain