PEACE EFFORTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 28 August 1939, Page 7

PEACE EFFORTS

' ROOSEVELT’S APPEALS REPLY BY POLAND ! WILLING TO NEGOTIATE U.P A. —by Electri. Irtra.apl, WARSAW, 26!.h August. President Moscicki sent a message to President Roosevelt, emphasising that his Government had always considered direct negotiations the most appropriate method of solving difficulties, and for that reason had concluded non-aggres-sion pacts with Germany and the Soviet. "We consider the method of conciliation through a third party, as disinterested and impartial as your Excellency would be, just as equitable a method of solving the controversies,” he added. President Moscicki said Poland was not proffering claims or demanding concessions in this crisis, and therefore it was natural that she should refrain from a positive act of hostility, provided the other party did likewise. He hoped President Roosevelt’s appeal would assist the sorely-needed return to the blessed path of progress and civilisation. ANOTHER APPEAL TO HITLER MESSAGE FROM ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON, 26th August. President Roosevelt has again appealed to Herr Hitler urging Germany to accept the Polish agreement to settle the dispute by direct negotiation. "All the world prays that Germany, too, will accept,” he said. President Roosevelt also cabled Herr Hitler the text of President Moscicki’s reply in which he agreed to direct nego-

tiation or the process of conciliation. The text of President Roosevelt's second message is:— “I have this hour received from the President of Poland a reply to the message which I adressed to your Excellency and him last night. The text of President Moscicki’s reply is as follows . . (President Roosevelt here quotes the entire reply and continues): "Your Excellency has repeatedly and publicly stated that the ends and objectives sought by the German Reich were just and reasonable. In his reply to my message the President of Poland has made it plain that the Polish Government is willing, upon the basis set forth in my message, to agree to solve the controversy which has risen between the Republic of Poland and the German Reich by direct negotiation or through the process of conciliation. "Countless human lives can yet be saved and hope may still be restored that the nations of the modern world may even now construct the foundation for a peaceful and happier relationship if you and the Government of the German Reich will agree to the pacific means of settlement accepted by the Government of Poland. All the world prays that Germany, too, will accept.” SUPPORT FOR KING LEOPOLD President Roosevelt cabled King Leopold assuring him of the wholehearted support of the United States people and Government in his peace efforts.

GERMANY’S ANSWER TO COME FROM HITLER OR CHANCELLERY STAFF LONDON. 26th August. The Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain states that the Government spokesman said the answer to President Roosevelt’s second peace message would come from Herr Hitler personally or the Chancellery staff because of the delicacy of the situation. LEOPOLD’S APPEAL REPLY BY BRITAIN BRUSSELS, 25th August. Britain replying to King Leopold’s message, said she was always prepared to do everything to contribute to the creation of conditions enabling free negotiations to be carried out to a satisfactory conclusion.

FRANCE’S POSITION GUARANTEES TO BE FULFILLED PARIS, 27th August. Diplomatic circles thus describe France’s position: First, France does not want war, but she has given Poland a guarantee and intends to fulfil it. Secondly, if Germany wants a peaceful solution of .he crisis she must negotiate a settlement directly with Poland as an equal dealing with an equal.