MARTIAL LAW
~~, DECLARED IN POLAND ?/. COMMAND OF ARMED FORCES LONDON, September 3. -i- -- The Havas agency reports that there is martial law throughout1 Poland. The Polish President, M. Moscicki, has — -designated Marshal Smigley-Rydz to -i-:' succeed him in the event of his death. —-> The nKrshal has been appointed Com- * "" mander-in-Chief of the Polish armed —.. "'-forces. * •""'-■ Warsaw's shortwave station early this -morning broadcast Marshal SmiglyRydz's salutation to the heroic garri- ~ " son at Westerplatte for repelling four -:-"~" German attacks. "Poland expects you ■—.' to hold the fort to the last," he said. ,•;.."; Westerplatte guards the entrance to ~ Danzig Harbour. ;, ," The Polish spokesman in Warsaw itated that the Poles informed Herr -:-.-:, cutler of their readiness to negotiate --« .yt Herr Hitler did not reply-
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 56, 4 September 1939, Page 12
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119MARTIAL LAW Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 56, 4 September 1939, Page 12
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