EARLY TALKS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23401, 18 July 1939, Page 9

EARLY TALKS

NAZIS AND POLES TRADE RELATIONS BETTER feeling shown MILITARY ACTIVITY / i NO CESSATION YET By Tolpsrnpli—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, July 1(5. Germany lias unexpectedly agreed to begin economic negotiations with " Poland in 'August,. says the Warsaw correspondent of the Observer. The primary object is to adjust the trade balance between the two countries and place trr.le relations generally pn a more satisfactory basis. It is hoped'also that the parleys w iU beneficially affect political relations. ' After keeping in German banks £5 000,000,' which was owed to Poland for surplus foods and exports, Germany has now paid up almost fully. The Geriiirfn debt for transport across the Corridor is also being paid satisfactorily. . , ~ Diplomatic writers regard these moves as a good omen, in spite of the continued political tension. An Independent Cable Service message states that in spite of evidences of better feeling. German military moves are reported from Prague. There is stated to be great activity on the Polish border near Marischostrau. Car owners in North Moravia have been warned that vehicles are likely to be requisitioned by the Czech police, " and have been forbidden to go within two miles of the Polish frontier. A message from Warsaw says 17,000 German "tourists" are reported to have been concentrated in Danzig, 5000 of them having arrived in the last 36 hours. AID /OF BRITAIN PROMISE TO WARSAW TRANSLATION INTO FACT MILITARY LEADER'S VISIT WARSAW, July 10 It is reported that Sir Edmund Ironside, Inspector-General of British Overseas Forces, will arrive at Warsaw by air to-morrow. A semi-official communique states that his mission is - to co-ordinate the military strength of Britain and her European allies and to translate the British promise to give military aid to Poland into fact. General Sikorski, in an article in the semi-official press, expresses the view that Germany is expected to make a new effort to create a local war with Poland in the middle of August. A message from Danzig states that Br. Burckhardt. League Commissioner, conferred with the Nazi Senate President, Herr Greiser. The' Nazis are awaiting Herr Forster's return from Munich. It is believed that he will return with new instructions from Herr Hitler. HITLE'K AT MUNICH ROUND OF FESTIVITIES RUSSIAN ENVOY ATTENDS LONDON, July 16 The presence of M. Astachoff, who is Russian Charge d'Affaires at Berlin, at Herr Hitler's favourite opera, "The Merry Widow," and other festivities, has caused surprise, says the Munich correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The guest of honour at Herr Hitler's reception was Signor Dino Alfieri, Italian Propaganda Minister. The Fuehrer opened a National Art Exhibition. Ho delivered a speech, which lasted 15 minutes, but did not refer to politics. ARMS IN LUGGAGE GERMAN IN TANGANYIKA FINE FOR CUSTOMS EVASION ;f , LONDON, July 11 A German, Kurt Modrach, on arriving from Germany, was fined £4O for evading tho Customs, says the Dares Salaam (Tanganyika) correspondent of tho Times. • He had painstakingly hidden in his 20 luggage boxes three pistols, three rifles, 600 rounds of revolver ammunition and. <IOOO rounds of rifle ammunition. MAKERS OF WAR /' STRONG DENUNCIATION WASHINGTON, July 1(J Senator/G. W. Norris (Democrat — Nebraska) has joined President Roose*elt in his stand for neutrality, declaring that the conduct of japan,

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