POLISH FRONTIER

Grey River Argus, 30 August 1939, Page 7

POLISH FRONTIER

Several Killings REPORTS ABOUT DANZIG. WARSAW, August 28. Three incidents are regarded as aggravating the situation: (1) The arrest of two Polish Customs officers in Danzig; (2) a threatening position at Danzig on the part of the German cruiser Schleswigg-Holstein; (3) a reported mobilisation in East Prussia. 4 1.-v One report here says that young Brown Shirts in Danzig distributed circulars reading, “Germans! Historic events will occur to-morrow. Keep calm, and firm in spirit.” The circulars added, it is stated, these events would not occur in Danzig, but elsewhere, with Italy simultaneously moving against Yugoslavia. A Warsaw Opposition newspaper, “Wieczor Warszawski,” publishes a circumstantial report from Danzig, stating that 20 Storm Troopers, when appealing from a lorry to people to keep calm, were fired on by German citizens, and that three were killed in an exchange of shots.

Danzig Blockade OF POLISH GOODS. (Received August 29, 6.45 p.m.) WARSAW, August 29. The Danzig Senate has forbidden the passage of a goods train from Danzig to Poland. Warsaw Anxiety AIR RAID SHELTERS MADE. (Received Aug. 29, 11.50 p.m.) WARSAW, August 29. Warsaw is in a tense but calm 'state. The digging of air raid shelters has been continued all of the past night. The frontiers of Poland are being closely watched. 100 Polish Soldiers CAPTURED IN SLOVAKIA. GERMANS SHOOT THEIR LEADER. (Received August 29, 11.10 p.m.) BERLIN, August 29. It is officially stated here that one hundred Polish soldiers crossed the Polish frontier of Cadaca, near the Jablunka Pass, into Slovakia, and that they were taken prisoners. It is also stated that the Polish officer in command tried to escape and was shot. It pointed out, however that the Cadaca is not clearly marked, and the Polish men did not know that they were on foreign soil. Bomb Outrage IN POLAND. . GERMANS ARRESTED (Received Aug. 30, 12.10 a.m.) WARSAW, August 29. Two Germans are reported to have been arrested after a bomb explosion at a railway station at Tarow, near Cracow yesterday, when seven were killed. The explosion occurred in a luggage office. (Received August 30, 12.10 a.m.) WARSAW, August 29. Seven were killed in the time bomb explosion at the railway station ar Tarnow. In addition to the two Germans arrested, a third has been detained at Katowice. It is alleged that they have confessed to planting bombs to blow up ( public buildings in Biala and Dielsko. CORRIDOR “ANNEXED.” BY DANZIG SHOPKEEPERS. (Received August 30, 12.40 a.m.) WARSAW, August 29. In the Danzig shop windows new German maps have appeared, not showing the Polish Corridor. WARSAW PRESS. REPLIES TO GERMAN PROPAGANDA. (Received August 30, 12.40 a.m.) WARSAW, August 29. The morning papers vigorously attacked what they term “the campaign of German lies” concerning the treatment of the German minority in Poland.

Germans Shot ON POLISH BORDER. (Received August 30, 12.40 a.m.) WARSAW, August 29. Polish border guards at Lansberg shot and killed five minority Germans. The latter were swimming down the Warthe River, attempting to escape to Germany. Poland’s Population OVER 32 MILLIONS (Recevied Aug. 30, 12.10 a.m.) WARSAW, August 29. Poland’s population in the 1931 census exceeded thirty-two million people, of whom 740,000 were Germanspeaking people. The Polish Corridor had 976,499 Poles and 109,645 Germans. The 1929 census of Danzig gave approximately 387,000 Germans and 15,000 Poles. GERMAN FORCES. DANZIG DISPOSITIONS. (Received Aug. 29, 3.42 a.m.) DANZIG, August 30. German field headquarters have been' established at Gootswalde, nine miles from the city. Travellers report the airfield in the East Prussian town of Elbing, is crowded with aeroplanes and is closed to the public.