IN GERMANY

Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1939, Page 5

IN GERMANY

DUTCH FRONTIER CLOSED TO PREVENT DESERTERS. IJ (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). ' „ LONDON, August 27. Germany Ims, closed the German- ; Dutch, frontier, . This is in order to prevent desertions. ~ A message from Amsterdam says that armed German soldiers have replaced the frontier officers opposite Kerkrade. Barbed wire and other obstructions now block the approach to the frontier on the German side, and traffic has been forbidden in the vicinity. Germany has advised the railway authorities at Utrecht that traffic on the frontier line between Winterswijk and Borken has been stopped. ' Dutch police have raided and closed the offices of the German TransOcean News Service. The equipment was removed.

FOREIGN OFFICE BUSY

BERLIN, August 26

There has been most intense activity at the Wilhelnistrasse, where' the lights burned all night long in- every department, :i ’ 1

There are crowds continually before Herr Hitler’s ; residence. ; 11 This morning the Prbss-' continues it's anti-Polish tirade. It is now hinting more clearly that the German people must be ready for war, which hitherto, they emphasised that Hitier could avoid because he would get satisfaction without going to war.

GERMAN ALLEGATIONS AGAINST POLES.

LONDON, August 26

The Beilin paper, “Dor Angriff” claims that twenty-four minority German Ukrainian reservists were ma-I'hine-gunncd and killed in a provisional military camp at Lodz for refusing to he shifted to Northern Poland. The Polish terror campaign is reaching its climax, states a message from Berlin. It is the theme cf special hourly editions of the German newspapers.

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 lias transferred its headquarters to Gatow, outside Berlin. ' PRAGUE. August 26. Columns of military lorries are traversing Moravia to the Slovakian frontier. All nurses have been ordered to report. BERLINERS OPPOSE WAR. COPENHAGEN, August 27. A Danish woman on arrival here from Berlin, reported there bad been a series of anti-war demonstrations, stating she saw police draw their batons against crowds who were shouting fi We will have no war!” BERLIN, August 27. It is officially ( announced that ration cards for important foodstuffs and also for soap, coal, boots and shoes are being introduced throughout Germany immediately. Eggs, cocoa, bread, flour and potatoes will be exempt.

1 FOOD CARDS ISSUE. BERLIN,, August 27. It has been announced by radio here that the distribution of food ration cards does not represent- an emerency, but is merely a precautionary measure. GERMAN ASSURANCES. AMSTERDAM, August 26.. , It i§ officially stated that the German Minister to- Holland, Herr von Burgersrode, has assured tjueen Willielmina that Germany will reciprocally . respect Holland’s neutrality. BRUSSELS, August 26. The German Ambassador here Herr von Bulow Schwante, has personally told King Leopold that Germany would in no way violate Belgium’s frontier, provided that Belgium observices strict neutrality. FURTHER CANCELLATIONS. BERLIN, August 26. It is officially announced that the Nazi Party’s Nuremberg Congress has been abandoned. The Chief of the General State, von Marshal Brauclntson’s broadcast has also been cancelled.

POLISH CONCENTRATION CAMPS BERLIN. August 27. Herr Hess, delivering a reply to Air Chamberlain, declared that Britain was responsible for Poland’s irresponsibility. He invited Mr Chamberlain to visit fugitives in camps in order to satisfy himself regarding Polish .treatment of Germans. A WAR FOOTING. (Independent Cables). (Received this dav at 9.10 a.m.). LONDON, August 27. The Exchange Telegraph Agency’s Berlin representative states mobilisation is proceeding at lull speed. It is obvious in all directions in practically every form of national activity. Calm prevails everywhere. There is no manifestation of any hind of war hysteria.