APPREHENSION IN POLAND

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23438, 30 August 1939, Page 11

APPREHENSION IN POLAND

INCIDENTS ON FRONTIER, By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON. Ang. 28 It is claimed that Germany's military precautions are completed and that all units are at their war stations, says the Berlin correspondent of the British United Press. i. The Hungarian-Slovak frontier was closed last night, says a message from Budapest. German troops have been pouring into Bratislava and leaving for the frontier. A slackening of troop movements in Slovakia indicates that the German preparations are complete, says the Bratislava corres--pondent of the Times. ■ Nearly 300,000 troops are mobilised on the Slovak-Polish frontier, ready to attack in three columns, via the Vag Valley, along the road from Zvoln and along the road from Presov. The Germans control the railways and the post offices. ihe Polish press and politicians have become very gloomy, says the Warsaw correspondent of the Times. The general opinion is that Germany will act, with or without Italian support. ' The Polish Foreign Office to-day presented all foreign correspondents with gas masks, commenting, "You may need them." Three incidents are regarded as aggravating the situation, namely: (1) The arrest of two Polish Customs officers in Danzig. (2) The threatening position of the German ' warship Schleswig-Holstein. (3) The reported mobilisation in East Prussia. The Polish press for the first time admits the possibility of war and describes the German attitude as Imperialism with the mask off. The newspapers assert that Britain will not agree to a new Munich and that Germany has lost the war of nerves.