DANGER OF WAR

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20887, 19 August 1939, Page 7

DANGER OF WAR

DANZIG CORRIDOR PROBLEM OVER-RIPE FOR SOLUTION i United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, August 18 The Voelkischer Beobachler says the Danzig Corridor problem is overripe l'or solution. Every day wasted increases the danger of war. The Polish Commissioner, M. Chodacki, has gone to Danzig, where the Poles are indignant over German persecution, says a despatch from Warsaw. The German news agency says that 4461 German refugees from Poland have been accommodated in camps across the frontier. The total number of refugees since the beginning of August is 76,535, most of whom have been given work. The Polish press claims that 386 Poles were arrested between January 1 and July 1, while 417 families were j forced out of the Free City, and Polish I children were ordered to attend Ger- ■ j man schools. ‘ I Reported to have been the result of ; ! the discovery of a widespread plot centred in German Silesia to undermine Polish authority, hundreds of Nazis have been arrested, including Jankowski, leader of the German Workers’ Union. Herr Rudolf Weisner, leader of the Young German Party, and several others have been released by the Poles, says Reuter’s Warsaw correspondent. NEW ARMY COLOURS SWASTIKA AND DEATH’S HEAD 1 ABLE TO PROTECT HERSELF (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) | (Received August 19, 3 p.m.) DANZIG. August 18. I | Ilerr Focrster handed -over Dan- | zig's now army colours, a Swastika i surmounted by a death's head. Thousands of people watched a | parade of 1500 men, with machine i and anti-tank guns. Herr Foerster said Danzig was able ! to protect herself and no longer needed a note-writing League of Nations,