SUGGESTED FOUR-DAY TRUCE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 28 August 1939, Page 8

SUGGESTED FOUR-DAY TRUCE

REPORTED PROPOSAL TO TIIE FUHRER (Received 28th August, 9.0 a.m.) LONDON. 27th August. The correspondent of the British United Press in Berlin says it is reliably reported that Sir Nevile Henders:.n, before his departure for London, proposed to Herr Hitler a pledge not to take military action for four days, during which diplomatic efforts could be made for a peaceful solution. Herr Hitler declined to give a formal pledge. HERR lIESS’S STATEMENT BERLIN. 27th August. The deputy leader of the Nazi Party, Herr Hess, delivering a “reply tc Mr Chamberlain,” declared that Britain was responsible for Poland’s j irresponsibility. He invited Mr Chamberlain to visit the fugitives’ camps in

order to satisfy himself regarding the Polish treatment of Germans.

Herr Hitler addressed members of the German Reichstag at a meeting at the Chancellory. A report says that the deputies gave the Fuhrer a wild ovation at the end of his speech, which stressed the seriousness of the present hour. The deputies immediately left for Berlin.