SORE SPOT IN EUROPE
CANAL TO GDYNIA SUGGESTED "LESS THAN COST OF DAYS WAR ’ U P A ~Hv Electric Telegraph - f'opvright (Received sth July. 11.35 am.) SUVA, sth July. Sir Walter Carpenter, a passenger on the Marioosn. in an interview with the 'Fiji Times-Herald’" said that the sore spot in Europe is Danzig. It is composed almost entirely of German citizens and it would never incorporate with Poland. To give it to Germany at present would block Poland’s only access to the sea. Sir Walter suggested cutting a canal from the Vistula to Gdynia, connecting Poland’s port with Vistula, and thus eliminating the necessity of using Danzig, and Germany England. France and Poland being invited to contribute to the cost, which would be less than one day s war. Sir Walter Carpenter commenced business at Thursday Island and founded J. B Carpenter and Sons in 1899 He was Mayor of Thursday Island for j two years.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 5 July 1939, Page 7
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156SORE SPOT IN EUROPE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 5 July 1939, Page 7
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