“DOWN WITH GERMANY”

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 27 February 1939, Page 7

“DOWN WITH GERMANY”

j DEMONSTRATIONS IN POLAND ATTEMPT TO ATTACK CONSULATE CLASH WITH POLICE U P A.— By Electric Telejjrapb— Copyright l (Received 27th February, 10.40 a.m.) WARSAW, 26th February. Over 10.000 students parade through the streets this afterntion shouting “Down with Germany! Danzig must be Polish!” Strong forces of police prevented ap--1 proach to the German Embassy. | Twenty thousand first met in the university courtyard and passed a resolution banning German students from Polish universities for one day as a reprisal for anti-Polish activities of German students in Danzig. Such action hitherto his been reserved for Jews. Colonel Jan Tomaszevski, commander of the Academic Legion, urged the meeting to break social relations with German students.

An earlier message states:— Students all over the country renewed the demonstrations to-day, denouncing the recent anti-Polish scenes in Danzig. After the meetings they marched to the German consulates which were heavily guarded. The marchers clashed with the police at Cracow and Lwow. Several were injured and a number arrested. The police dispersed 5000 demonstrators who were attempting to attack the German consulate in Poznan, where a mass meeting of students demanded the | expulsion of Germans from the university. GERMAN STUDENTS BEATEN WITH STICKS ‘ (Received 27th February, 12.10 a.m.) BERLIN, 26th February. ; A German news agency alleges that [ twelve students were beaten with sticks at Cracow, and that Polish students also scattered the entire furniture of a German high school students’ hostel.