DANZIG TENSION
40,000 GERMANS ENTER
BIG PARADE TODAY
PUTSCH NOT EXPECTED
(By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright.)
(Received May 15, 12.30 p.m.),
WARSAW, May 14:
The Press reports that 40,000 young Germans, ostensibly tourists, have entered Danzig during the past ten days. It is expected that they will participate in a parade of Danzig's Brown Shirts and Black Guards tomorrow which the authorities are not seeking to prevent. ■■ ~■ '■■ ■ ■.. - v-;. :. -
Political circles do riot expect a putsch at present, but. voting papers similar to those used in the Nazi plebiscites are reported to have been printed in Danzig. An official communique says that any attempt to alter the present state of affairs in Danzig will result in immediate action by the Polish military forces, which at present are in readiness for war.! '
The communique was issued because of reports from Danzig that the Nazis were hopeful that Poland would, remain inactive if a putsch were staged. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 112, 15 May 1939, Page 9
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