NOT RELAXED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19994, 20 July 1939, Page 7

NOT RELAXED

DANZIG TENSION ALL-ROUND DENIALS DEMAND BY GERMANY BRITAIN MUST RETREAT PROPAGAND A 1X TEX SI FIE D

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(Reed. July 19. 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 18.

It is firmly denied in London that there has been any discussion of possibilities of negotiations between Germany and Poland. Rumours of Anglo-German negotiations are equally without foundation. Both London and Paris are satisfied with Poland’s attitude. Warsaw reports state that Poland insists that any gesture to discuss the position must come from Germany. The newspapers continue to stress that Sir Edmund Ironside’s visit aims at preparing a force capable of victoriously resisting any aggression. A message front Berlin states that the spokesman at the Wiihelmstrassa emphatically contradicted the impression that there was a relaxation of the Danzig tension, declaring that nothing had happened to justify such a conclusion.

Anti-Polish propaganda in. the German press continues, declaring that Germany’s so-called change of attitude is merely the thinking of others. Dr. Ley told the German workers that Britain was preparing a brutal blockade of Italy and Germany if they do not submit to British leadership. Britain had purchased Poland as cannon fodder and would like to purchase Russia. She was prepared to use money to seek economic superiority and starve the German workers and force them to their knees, but British threats would not shake the determination of the Danzig Nazis. It is stated in Berlin that Britain's only opportunity of improving the position is to cease backing Poland.