Polish Government Surprisingly Calm
Showdown Not Expected Till Late Summer Received Thursday, 11.30 p.m. AVARS AAA 7 , June 29. Poland is celebrating “The Day of the Sea” throughout the country to-day, when demonstrations and speeches stress the necessity for Polish access to the Baltic.
... ls Relieved here that a German-Polish showdown is unlikely until the late summer. Government circles are surprisingly calm. They consider the recent G erman action at Danzig to be merely a gesture.
As a climax to Navy Week 80,000, including a delegation from Danzig, demonstrated in Granwald Square at Gdynia and took a mass oath to maintain Poland’s access to the Baltic. The Square commemorates the Polish victory over the Teutons'
M. Moscicki, in a broadcast, said: “The nation’s war-won coast and corridor are the air and sun of our existence. AA r e will preserve our outlet no matter how great the adversary and how heavy the pressure.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 152, 30 June 1939, Page 7
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