NO EARLY MOVE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23419, 8 August 1939, Page 9

NO EARLY MOVE

GERMANS IN DANZIG FORfTER TO CONSULT HITLER INCREASING MILITARISATION; STAFF OFFICERS . ARRIVE LONDON, Aug. 2 Although the Germans are continuing to arm in Danzig, the Times implies that the Free City is not likely to break Europe's peace at present. Danzig's Nazi Senate ex r peets to mobilise 5000 more men by Friday. All men below the age of 40 will be conscripted b,v the'end of August, but no major development is expected earlier, says the Danzig correspondent of the Times. The leader of the Danzig Nazis, Herr Albert Forster, is taking a holiday at his birthplace in Bavaria. After that he will see Herr Hitler and discuss with him plans for the vital autumn period. Troops and Guns

"The police force in Danzig," writes the Warsaw correspondent of the Times, "now consists of 4500 men organised in three regiments wearing the skull and crossbones of the Death's Head Hussars -stationed in Danzig during the Great War. There are also two or three batteries of field artillery, six anti-aircraft batteries and 36 anti-tank guns, mostly from Czecho-Slovakia, which have been landed at Danzig by night. The Polish Government has received a full report from its representatives in Danzig concerning the strength of the German troops there. It is believed that the report says that the Gorman troops greatly exceed 20,000, the number hitherto reported. Probably there are 20,000 uniformed, trained, and fully equipped troops in the city alone.

In addition, it is believed, 40,000 are quartered in school buildings, and barracks in outer localities. Some of these troops are in the police. Some are Storm Troop and some Reichwehr units. Inspecting Fortifications

Danzig's militarisation has been underlined by the arrival of General von Bodenschatz, and other members of the German General Staff, who are inspecting fortifications along the entire border between Poland and

Danzig. The Danzig correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that 6000 tons of petrol and 2000 tons of oil have entered Danzig by sea during the past week, and have been stored in tanks guarded by armed men. - Danzig is short of labour, because of the conscription of thousands of Germans and the dismissal Poles.