REPORTS OF SETTLEMENT IN DANZIG DISPUTE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 168, 19 July 1939, Page 7

REPORTS OF SETTLEMENT IN DANZIG DISPUTE

STATEMENTS MADE IN ROME POPE AND MUSSOLINI SAID TO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE ANTI-GERMAN FEELING IN TRIESTE Kc < ivcd July I s . 11.30 p.in. I.< iX'DIiX, July 18. Reports of a settlement in the Danzig dispute are most frequent in Rome, where well-informed circles believe that an agreement between Poland and Germany was reached in principle when Herr Hitler met Herr Forster, Nazi leader in Danzig. It is understood that the Pope and Signor .Mussolini have been actively engaged in the negotiations. The Vatican is reported to be favouring the view that the status quo in the Free City should remain unaltered until 1944, when it is hoped that the present tension will have ended. It is also stated that Signor Alfieri went to .Munich bearing Signor Mussolini s views regarding a Danzig settlement. Reports from Berlin, howev, r. say that a settlement is officially denied. Other Rome sources claim that the Italian people are reluctant to fight for Danzig ami the Italians are not sympathetic toward the tierman exnansionist aims. Anti-German feeling is especially evident in T v, here Italian trade has been severely hit by the Berman m- upation of Austria.

POLISH DENIAL NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH GERMANY REPORTS ATTRIBUTED TO NAZI PROPAG \NDISTS Received July IS, 11.55 p.m. WARSAW. July 18. Statements that negotiations have begun for a settlement of the Danzig dispute, are described as a move by German official propagandists aimed at dividing Britain and Poland. !♦ is pointed out that the Poles will not negotiate on any terms until Herr Hitler withdraws his demand for the inclusion of Danziz in the Reich. HONOURS FOR DUCE PLACE NAMES IN BERLIN Received July 18. 7.35 p.m. BERLIN. July 17. Herr Hitler proposes that the ne\ Berlin railway station shall be calle Mussolini Station and used for th arrival of State guests The adjacer street will be Mussolini Street. Ado! Hitler Square being renamed Mussc lini Souare.

HITLER S OPTIMISM SETTLEMENT BY NEGOTIATION HERR FORSTER’S REPORT Received July 18. 6.30 p.m. DANZIG. July 17. The Nazi leader in Danzig, Hen Forster, has returned to Danzig It is understood that he indicated that he found Herr Hitler optimistic that the Danzig problem can be settled by negotiation between Germany and Poland provided there is no outside interference. MILITARY TALKS BRITISH GENERAL’S VISIT TO POLAND. LONDON. July 17. The visit of General Sir Edmund Ironside to Poland is described as a continuation of the contact between the British and Polish staffs, says the Warsaw correspondent of The Times. In addition to military talks with the Polish High Command. General Ironside will inspect centres of military activity and attend military exercises at Rembertow and Modlin. The newspapers welcome the visit as tangible evidence of the identification of British and Polish purpose.