CONTRADICTORY GESTURES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 193, 17 July 1939, Page 7

CONTRADICTORY GESTURES

GERMANY ANI) POLAND. MORE TROOP MOVEMENTS. LONDON, July 16. Observers in Warsaw say that Geintany has unexpectedly agreed to begin economic negotiations with Poland m August with the primary object ni adjusting the Polisli-Gennan trade balance and placing trade relations generally on a more satis! actory basis, tt is hoped also that the move will beneficia ly affect political relations. Alter keeping m German banks Lo,'■qo 000 which Germany owed to Inland for surplus food exports, Germany has now paid up almost fully, flic Geinian debt lor transport across the Corridor is also being paid satisfactarily. Diplomatic writers regard the moves as a good omen, despite the political tension. . t , lit spite of evidence of bettci lcciing, German military moves are reported, from Prague. There is stated to be great activity on the Polish bordei near Marischostrau. Car owners in North Moravia have been warned that their vehicles tire likely to be requisitioned. The Czech police have been forbidden to go within two miles of the Polish frontier. . , n A Warsaw message states that 10.UUO German “tourists” are reported to have concentrated at Danzig. . hive thousand of them have arrived m the last 36 hours.