MILITARY ACTIVITY

Evening Star, Issue 23324, 21 July 1939, Page 9

MILITARY ACTIVITY

GERMANS ON POLISH FRONTIER ANTI-TANK GUNS BROUGHT UP SOLDIERS TRAINING IN DANZIG SUBURB frees Association—By Telegraph—Copyright DANZIG, July 20. German sappers are speeding up the anti-tank defences facing the Polish frontier near Gdynia. Military lorries without registration plates brought 20 anti-tank guns and ammunition to Danzig. Several hundred soldiers took part in military exercises in Langfuhr, which is a Danzig suburb. They wore field grey uniforms, with the sign S.S. and the swastika on them. They had steel helmets and carried new rifles.

BORDER GUARD WOUNDED SHOT BY CUSTOMS OFFICIAL. DANZIG, July 20. (Received July 21, at 8 a.m.) - A German news agency reports that a Danzig Customs official shot and wounded a Polish border guard near Postelau. It is alleged that the Pole, standing on Polish territory, fired without warning. Then the Danziger fired in self-defence. REPORTED ARREST OF POLISH ARMY OFFICER WARSAW, July 20. (Received' July 21, at 8 a.m.) The Danzig police are reported to have arrested a Polish army officer, Colonel Sobocinski. No details are available. RELEASE AHNOUNCED WARSAW, July 20. (Received July 21, at 10 a.m.) Colonel Sobocinski has been released. It is alleged that he contravened the prohibition relating to the military area. TENSION INCREASES SHOOTING OF POLE REGARDED AS INEXCUSABLE PROVOCATION DANZIG, July 20. (Received July 21, at 10 a.m.) The shooting of a Pole at the village of Postelau has suddenly increased the 1 tension. The Danzig Senate apologised to Poland, where the incident is regarded as inexcusable provocation. HITLER TO COHFER WITH DANZIG LEADERS BERLIN, July 20. (Received July 21, at 10 a.m.) Herr Hitler again confers with the Danzig leaders at Berchtesgaden next week. Nazi circles are again alluding to the Hitler plan of a peaceful Danzig. " OLD GERMAN LAND " WARNING TO POLAND (Independent Cable Service.) BERLIN, July 20. (Received July 21, at 11 a.m.) General von Brauchitsch, in his speech at Tannenberg, rejected the alleged Polish claims in East Prussia, and warned Poland, “ We are not seeking war, but fear it even less. We want to emphasise that this is old German land.”