PEACE OR WAR?

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20890, 23 August 1939, Page 7

PEACE OR WAR?

RESTS WITH HITLER

LABOUR’S GRAVE VIEW CONFIDENCE OF BRITAIN (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 23, 11.20 a.m.'; LONDON. August 22 Mr A. Greenwood, Ipader of the Labour party in the House of Corn■nons, in a statement, said: "I take the most grave view of the international position. 1 consider it the duty of nil citizens to remain calm and steadfastly withstand further acts of aggression, as the only way to maintain the peace of Europe. It is not 'too late for sane counsels to prevail. “The issue of peace or war rests with Herr Hitler. If the blow falls our consciences will be clean. “1 am sure our people will face the future with confidence and determination.”

CRITICISM OF M. STALIN

1 AUTOCRACY ESTABLISHED i LEADERS’ AUTHORITY UNDERMINED United Press Assn.—Elec. Te*. Copvrlgß*.) SOFIA. August 22 Reports of a possible Russo*German rapprochement, have been circulating in Sofia for days. M. Fedor Haskolnikoff, former Soviet Minister to -Sofia, in a letter to the Bulgarian newspaper Utro, said: “ Sta-

lin destroyed the Communist Party and established a personal autocracy. He continues to undermine the authority of the military leaders, in spite of the threatening international situation."

GERMANY’S DEMANDS

MORE TERRITORY CLAIMED BACK TO 1914 FRONTIERS (Independent cable) LONDON, Aug. 22 Germany’s minimum demands in the Polish conflict are reported to have grown past Danzig and the Corridor, says the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Express. They now include all the territory the ex-Kaiser lost to Poland after the Great War. It is claimed that, in the event of a military conflict, German troops would light their way to the 1014 frontier and remain "on the defensive.” Even conservative circles consider that this territory would be recovered within five days from the beginning of hostilities, without plunging the whole of Europe into war. DUTCH FRONTIER GUARDS ALL LEAVE WITHDRAWN United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 23, 11 a.m.) THE HAGUE, August 22 All leave of Dutch coast frontier troops has been withdrawn.

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