ECONOMIC RELATIONS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 July 1939, Page 7

ECONOMIC RELATIONS

GERMANY AND POLAND I REGARDED AS GOOD OMEN [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] LONDON, July 16. Observers at Warsaw say that Gerlany has linexpected'ly agreed to bein economic negotiations with Poland a August. The primary object of the negotiaions will be the adjusting of the Pol-ih-German trade balance, and 1 to place Heir trade relations generally on a tore satisfactory basis. It is hoped that the negotiations Iso will beneficially affect their pollteal relations. . After keeping, in German banks loney to the value of . £5,000,000, -hich has been owed to Poland for urplus foods exports, Germany has ow paid up almost fully. • The German debt for transport cross the Polish Corridor is also beig paid satisfactorily.. Diplomatic writers regard these ioves as a good omen, despite connued political tension. —— i GENERAL IRONSIDE’S MISSION (Recd. July 17, 1.30 p.m.) WARSAW’, July 16. General Ironside will arrive by air n July 17. A semi-official cominnique states that his mission is to 3-ordiiiate the military strength of ritain and her European allies, and > translate' the British promise to aid oland militarily, into fact. General Sikorski, in an article in ie semi-official Press, expresses the pinion that Germany is expected to lake a new effort to create a local ar with Poland, in the middle of ugust. Herr Burckhardt conferred with the enate President, Herr Greiser. The azis, meantime, are awaiting Herr oerster’s return from Munich, believily with new instructions from Herr itler. GERMANS IN DANZIG.

WARSAW, July 16. Seventeen thousand German “tourts” are reported to have coneentrati in Danzig. Five thousand of them ive arrived during the last 36 hours. MILITARY ACTIVITY.

; LONDON, July 16. While there are evidences of bet»r feeling, German military moves ive been reported from Prague, it bejg stated that them isi great activity i the Polish border near Marisch strau. Car-owners in North Moravia ive been warned that vehicles' are kely to be requisitioned, and Czech Mice have been forbidden to go with- ! two miles of the Polish frontier.