THE NAZI CLAIMS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 70, 20 September 1939, Page 10

THE NAZI CLAIMS

HITLER'S DANZIG SPEECH

NO UNLIMITED EXPANSION

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) (Received September 20, 2 p.m.) DANZIG, September 17.

Herr Hitler said he had tried to reconcile the economic demands of Poland with the German character of Danzig. He had been all too< modest in his claims. He repeated the German version of the last proposals to Poland and added: "It was j clear that Poland intended to incor- j porate East Prussia and annex Pome--1 rania. The only, question was whether the Elbe would be a better frontier than the Oder. Negotiations with Poland in August would have been possible had the Poles been prepared to negotiate. "At last I decided to speak to Poland in a way she could not misunderstand. Yet, even then, the peace could have been saved. Britain refused the plans II Duce worked out with France and myself and sent an ultimatum instead. Now the Poles are defeated, we hope to arrange a situation by which a tolerable solution will be found by reasonable means in the future, but those in the west need not imagine that it must always be so. If they want it otherwise, they can have if. UNDERSTANDING WITH RUSSIA. "Germany's political aims are limited. We will reach an understanding with Russia, as she is our nearest neighbour. Such an agreement should , set at rest England's fears of unlimited German expansion. Germany and Russia have guaranteed that Poland will never again rise in the form the Ver"sailleo Tre?ty laid down." The democracies would find out for . themselves the ultimate aim of the German-Russian understanding. Russia remained Bolshevik and Germany Nazi. Let no one think that they would quarrel. Germany did not intend to annex the Ukraine. "Britain has already started a war against women and children," said the Fuhrer. "Let no one remind us of the humanitarianism of the fact that war should not be waged against women and children. It is Britain's business to see that the blockade is carried out humanely. Our ways of fighting will depend on that."

In his speech at Danzig, Herr Hitler, referring to the Versailles Treaty, said: "The war mongers at that time did not solve a single problem but created numberless new problems. It was only a question of time before downtrodden Germany would itself rise once •more and solve them. Eighty-two million people want to live, and %ill live, even if it does not suit the war mongers. The last war had no ultimate winner. Everybody was the loser. This is forgotten by the war mongers." The world did not know what Germany had to sacrifice for Poland. All the territory then incorporated in Poland was exclusively the product of German industry and activity. Poland had been incapable of maintaining this culture. Nevertheless, he had always attempted to find a tolerable solution which might lead to an acceptable arrangement. He had striven to shape definite frontiers in the west and south and safeguard the future of peace. He had made the same attempt m the east.