AT HITLER’S DESIRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 August 1939, Page 8

AT HITLER’S DESIRE

MEETING IN DANZIG FUHRER DICTATES LINES OF SPEECH. NO EASING OF TENSION IN BERLIN. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, August 9. The Berlin correspondent of llie “Doily Telep'riiph ’’ says that the meeting', at which Herr Foerster is to speak tomorrow is being- held at Ihe express desire of Herr Hitler, who laid down the lines of the speech. No slackening of tension is noticeable in Berlin, where it is still believed that if the worst comes, England and France will not support Poland.

Italy and Germany are understood to have reached "full agreement.”

Reports in the German Press of the ill-treatment of Germans in Poland continue to inflame sentiment.

The Warsaw correspondent of "The Times” says it is announced that Polish Guards fired on three Germans who crossed the frontier on August 6, wounding one. The fact that the incident was hushed up for three days indicates the care the authorities observe and the restraint that England and France are urging. The Warsaw correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain says leave of absence will not be granted in the Polish Army after August 15, owing to a belief that a showdown is likely, though not necessarily war. OPTIMISM IN FRANCE M. DALADIER PROLONGS HOLIDAY. (Received This Day, 11.35 a.m.) LONDON. August 9. The Paris correspondent of the British United Press says the decision of the Prime Minister, M. Daladier, to prolong his holiday, confirms an impression in Paris that the Danzig situation is not expected to become acute. “WALL IN THE WEST” SPEECH BY GOERING. ASSERTION OF DETERMINATION. (Received This Day, 11.35 a.m.) BERLIN, August 9. The wall in the west keeps watch on the Rhine and Ruhr," said Marshal Goering, after a long inspection of the air defences. Foreigners, he said, should send special correspondents, who were welcome to see everything and note the determination of the people to defend peace under the conditions the Reich wanted, or the Fatherland if others foolishly plunged Europe into war. IMPRISONED OFFICIALS AN EXCHANGE EFFECTED. (Received This Dav, 12.55 p.m.) ■ . WARSAW, August 9. Jan Lipinski, a Customs inspector- at | Danzig, who was sentenced to 18] months’ imprisonment for insulting! Herr pitler and Dr. Goebbels, has I been freed in exchange for a Danzig Customs officer whom the Poles imprisoned.