DANZIG NAZIS

Grey River Argus, 28 August 1939, Page 7

DANZIG NAZIS

RIDE HIGH HORSE Poles Warn Them Again [Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.j (Received August 27, 10.15 a.m.) WARSAW, August 26. The Polish representative, M. Chod-j acki, has sent a note to the Danzig Senate protesting against Herr Foers-| ter’s appointment as head of the; State of Danzig, which is not provid-l ed for in the Free City’s statute. He also has protested against the arrest of Polish railway officials. The Nazi police in Danzig have confiscated oil tanks here belonging to the Polish Government Company, Polmin. The Danzig police also have confiscated five thousand tons of rye, and one thousand tons of barley that are stored with the Polish Agricultural Company. , Frontier incidents have been increasing in number and. in seriousness. Germans early this morning fired on a Polish railway station across the Slovak frontier in the vicinity of Baskidy Czarne. Germans on the Polish frontier in East Prussia are reported to have fired on Polish frontier guards, one of whom was killed. It is stated that Nazi Storm Troopers have been placed at four stations on the Polish railway system in Danzig-. The Poles emphasise that, while they are waiting fol* Herr Hitler s proposals, they will not acquiesce in a change of the status of Danzig.

FRONTIER “SCRAPS” LONDON, August 25. It is officially, stated in Warsaw that a German military patrol penetrated into Polish territory for a distance of one kilometre near the village of Penta, a few miles north of Ostrolenka. Encountering a Polish patrol, the Germans used a sub-machine-gun. The Poles returned the fire. The Germans eventually withdrew, leaving their leader, Corporal Kastenhagen, dead on Polish territory. The Polish Ambassador to Berlin has protested against the German ma-chine-gunping a Polish borfler post in the Rybnik district. The Polish Ambassador to Berlin has protested against five jfrontier incidents which allegedly occurred during the day. Poland has protested against the Senate’s elevation of Herr Forster and the confiscation of a Polish munitions train yesterday.

POLISH BATTERIES FIRE ON- GERMAN PLANES LONDON, August 25. I{ Four new cases are reported of Polish anti-aircraft batteries firing qn German war aeroplanes which it is stated, were flying over Polish territory. The Berlin radio announces that Polish anti-aircraft guns fired on a German ’plane flying over Danzig. One of the occupants was the State Secretary (Herr Stuckart), It is not stated whether the aeroplane was struck. The announcement was followed by the declaration: “This is intolerable provocation and against all international law.”

POLES AT FRONTIER. GERMAN VERSION. LONDON, August 25. “It is now certain that the Poles are planning to attack German territory,” declares the official German news agency, in a statement. “The Polish troop concentrations and military preparations are in no wise defensive. The Poles have brought up much cavalry within striking distance of the border. Three Polish assault divisions and an armoured brigade are concentrated at the Prussian frontier. The preparations are noticeable in Upper Silesia.”

Exodus from Warsaw RUSH ON SHOPS. ROAD SUPPLIES DELAYED. LONDON, August 25. The Warsaw correspondent of “The Times” says that as a result of a ban on alcohol, the inhabitants of Warsaw have at last realised the gravity of the situation. They rushed the shops, causing long queues. There is a shortage of bacon, butterfats, tea and sugar already apparent, partly owing to the failure of supplies to arrive at the capital in consequence of congestion of tiie roads. A run has begun on the Savings Bank. Shopkeepers hoarding goods are being sent to concentration camps. An exodus of the people from the capital has begun. International trains were stopped at the frontier and the carriages shunted back to preserve the rolling stock.

GERMAN ALLEGATIONS. AGAINST POLES. LONDON, August 26. The Berlin paper “Der Angriff” claims that twenty-four minority German. Ukrainian reservists were ma-chine-gunned and killed in a provisional military camp at Lodz for refusing to be shifted to Northern Poland. The Polish terror campaign is reaching its climax, states a message from Berlin. It is the theme of special hourly editions of the German newspapers.

GERMAN FORCES MOVING EASTWARD. (Received August 27, 7.0 p.m.) PRAGUE, August 20. Columns of military lorries are traversing Moravia to the Slovakian frontier. All nurses have been ordered to report.

GERMAN PREPARATIONS. LONDON, August 25. The German naval forces were seen getting up steam from a Dutch airliner this afternoon. The General Staff of the Air Force has transferred, its headquarters to Gatow, outside Berlin.