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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23810, 17 May 1939, Page 9

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NAZI DEMONSTRATION THE PARADE IN DANZIG POLISH TOLERANCE PROVED (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, May 15. (Received May 16, at 5.5 p.m.) The Times Warsaw correspondent says:— " The Nazi demonstration, held in Danzig to-night, caused no excitement here. Indeed the Nazi organisers unwittingly demonstrated Polish tolerance to the world. " Herr Miller, counsellor to the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, attended a sitting of the staff of the Nazi Party. " The Polish press is not concerned and says everybody knows how Poland would react if anything serious was attempted. It also points out that the Polish army can easily reach Danzig before German troops. Trustworthy non-Polish investigators who visited regions in which Germans were alleged to be victims of terrorism report that the allegations were without foundation." HERR HITLER'S PLANS ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED BERLIN, May 11. Well-informed observers in Berlin are discussing what are described as Herr Hitler's alternative plans for Danzig. In the first place, they declare, an attempt would be made to wear down Polish resistance by a " long campaign of nervous attrition." This would be based on the calculation that Poland's financial structure would begin to totter under the strain of continued mobilisation and military precautions, and the theory that the Slav temperament would be unable to stand ceaseless propaganda, agitation and threats. Secondly, Herr Hitler would attempt to manoeuvre Poland into the position of an aggressor, for which it is stated a nlan has been drawn up provisionally. Herr Forster, the Danzig Nazi leader, and Herr Greiser, the President of the Danzig Senate, would, under this plan, issue a proclamation that Danzigers, of their own accord, want incorporation in the Reich, whereupon German troops would enter Danzig territory, leaving the next move to Poland, which would undoubtedly occupy Danzig. Then the world would be informed that Poland was the aggressor and that German troops must act to protect the lives and property of German citizens. THE FUTURE OF DANZIG NO DISCUSSION BY LEAGUE LONDON, May-15. The League Committee (England, France, and Sweden) will not discuss Danzig, according to the agenda, as the time is considered inopportune. Poland approves the decision.