Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 August 1939 — Page 3
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French Ambassador Returns to Berlin With France's Reply as Poles Charge Germans With ‘Creating Incidents’ for War.
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their any evidence that Herr Hitler was reducing his demands. Ii was reported in London that the demands brought to London by Sir Nevile were the immediate return of Danzig to the Reich, that Germany be given a free hand to deal with Poland in direct negotiations and that Britain withdraw her guarantee of defense of Poland given
yesterday. It was reported that the BritishFrench reply to Herr Hitler will reject his proposals but make new proposals for the relaxation of the European tension, but it was not thought possible that Herr Hitler would accept any terms that did not provide territorial gains the three allied powers are not willing to grant. | hr Talks Long With King
Before the Cabinet meeting Sir ‘Nevile was in consultation with the King at Buckingham Palace for an hour and a half, giving the King a complete account of how Herr Hitler stood. The Cabinet meeting also was preceded by conferences with heads of the British Government and the Ambassadors of the big powers, including the United States. . It was reported unofficially that Sir Nevile is flying back to Berlin tomorrow with the Cabinet's decision. Simultaneously with sending his proposals to Britain and France, Herr Hitler exchanged secret messages with Premier Benito Musso‘lini and emphasized his readiness for war, if it must come to war, by calling up thousands of army reservists to the colors. Hope that the peace of Europe might be preserved gleamed faintly when it was disclosed that Herr Hitler had made new proposals. Berlin at first called his proposals a peace plan. This term was not used in later discussions.
Will Poland Recede?
Responsible diplomats still hesitated to express undue optimism. Meantime, with 12,000,000 men under arms in Europe, the Governments continued hasty prepartions exactly as though war were imminent. Hundreds of Germans left Long don today for home as the German Embassy advised them to leave and arranged for an extra boat train. -Among those who left were the press attache of the German Embassy, the editor in London of the official Nazi DNB News Agency, and the last remaining mechanic of the German Lufthansa Air Lines. "Out of a staff of 12 men in the Lufthansa offices, only the manager remained.
Tannenberg Speech Canceled
Herr Hitler called off a speech which he ‘had been scheduled for months to make tomorrow at Tannenberg, celebrating a World War victory there against his new friend, Russia. It was reported that he might issue a proclamation to the German nation during the day. Authorities were not yet certain what had happened. But that something new had developed, something which gave the first hope in days ithat war might be averted, was: certain. There was something of a sensation during the night when Germany suspended telephone service for hours from Germany to foreign countries, while continuing to route through calls, such as from London to Warsaw. Service was restored without explanation. Censors Installed
It was understood that the authorities of Britain intended to put censors: in all postal and telegraph offices today, not to go to work at once but to acquaint themselves with routine in event of war. It was understood also that Prime ‘Minister Chamberlain had made plans‘ for a “war” Cabinet, and was now contemplating the inclu‘sion of Winston Churchill, leader of the dissident Conservatives; Arthur Greenwood, Labor Party leader, and Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Liberal Party chieftain.”
British Warships Off Panama Canal CRISTOBAL, C. Z.,, Aug—268 (U. P.) —Ship passengers airiving today reported that six British cruisers
were standing off the (terminus of the Panama Canal in the Atlantic,
presumably to intercept German ships if war broke out. Simultaneously there were reports from several South American ports that German ships and a German trans-Atlantic air liner had been ordered by the Nazi Government not to venture into the Atlantic. The British cruisers standing by were reported to be the Perth, Orion and four of the West Indies squadron. The Perth is a new ship, was bound originally for Australia and is of the Australian Navy. She had been due af Cristobal yesterday but failed to arrive, and a radip message to her from the zone port captain was not answered: :
Declaration of War
On MacKenzie King’s Desk
OTTAWA, Ontario, Aug. 26 (U. P.)—Prime Minister W. L. MacKenzie King appealed today to Adolf Hitler, President Ignace Moscicki of Poland and Premier Benito Mussolini to “prevent impending disaster and catastrophe.” Cabinet circles reported that Mr. King had a declaration of war against Germany lying on his desk and planned to send it to Parliament -the moment Britain declared war. The Defense Minister Ian MacKenzie announced that leaves of all members of Canada’s permanent Army had been canceled and that seven units of the Royal Canadian Air Force wére ready to take up stations selected as best for defense. In the first public declaration that Canada stood ready to join Britain if war breaks out, Premier King’s messages said that Canadians are prepared to “join what authority and power they may possess to that of other nations of the British commonwealth in seeking a just and equitable settlement of the great proplems with which nations are aced.”. >
British-French Mission Leaves Moscow MOSCOW, Aug. 26 (U:°P.).—The British and French military missions, which came here to negotiate a military alliance and remained to see Russia sign a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany, left for home today. There was a glaring contrast hetween the departure of the mission and its arrival. ‘The admirals and the generals and their staffs had come in splendid uniforms, glittering with medals. They left, early this morning, as Moscow slept, in civilian clothes. The newspapers began today to carry more detailed news from Europe. But the Russian public was still ignorant that the PolishGerman dispute had reached a dangerous stage. . : It was reported Germany was putting pressure on Japan to sign a non-aggression pact with Russia, but Japanese sources said Germany did not understand the complications in the Far East. Such, a pact was impossible, they said.
AUTO PARTS STRIKE PARLEY RESUMED
MUNCIE, Ind. Aug. 26 (U. P.).— Negotiations were resumed today tc settle the three-week-old strike at the Warner Gear Co., a Borg-War-ner Corp. unit, as two additional walkouts in Detroit and Racine, Wis., were threatened by the United Automobile Workers (C. I. 'O.) Union. Union officials said that unless the Muncie dispute is settled, strikes will be called Tuesday at the Detroit Gear Co. and the Nash Motor Co. of Racine, Wis. A horizontal wage increase for non-production workers of the company is the only point. at issue. Studebaker and Dodge plants have been forced to halt production through lack of parts which
were made at the Warner Gear Co.
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PARIS HINTS NEW MOVEBY LONDON
Action Communicated to Washington, High Circles Maintain.
PARIS, Aug. 26 (U. P.).—A new move by Great Britain in the European crisis has been discussed in the British and French capitals and has been forwarded to Washington and Warsaw, it was reported persistently in high circles today. The Government today called up three more classes of Reservists, comprising those holding mobilization cards one, five and six. It makes nine classes now called to the colors. The German Embassy advised Germans in France today to return home.
With the French ambassador to Berlin, Robert Coulondres, back in Paris and the British ambassador, Sir Nevile Henderson, home from Germany, speculation centered on the possibility that the new British move might be connected with President Roosevelt's appeal. Mr. Roosevelt directed personal appeals to President Ignace Moscicki of Poland and Fuehrer Adolf Hitler on Thursday night urging that arbitration or direct negotiation be attempted by Germany and Poland to settle their territorial quarrel.
Moscow Envoy Returns
~ Paul Naggiar, French ambassador to Moscow, is returning immediately to report on the unsuccessful negotiations for a British-French-Russian non - aggression treaty, it was disclosed today. . However, it was declared there is no question of an indefinite recall. Intense ~diplomatic activity preceded the reports of the new peace moves. ‘French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet conferred at length with the Polish Ambassador, Jules Lukasiewicz, before reporting. to his chief, Prime Minister Daladier. Sir Eric Phipps, British Ambassador, held a two-hour conference with M. Daladier, and was followed by U. S. Ambassador William Bullitt, who lunched privately with the Premier. 8 It was this last visit that aroused speculation over a new move to keep the peace. Authoritative sources said that M. Coulondres reported to the Quai d’Orsay that Herr Hitler, in his meeting with the foreign diplomats yesterday, had communicated no positive program for solution of the Polish-German difficulties.
Door Not Closed
The conversation with the German Fuehrer was said‘to have been “atmospheric,” and intended to put pressure on France to get Poland to cede Danzig, the Corridor and Polish Silesia to the Reich. It was reported that M. Coulondres had reported to his Government his impression that the German leader had not closed the door completely to possible negotiation of the dispute. : ‘
NIPPON GLOBE FLIERS LAND
TOKYO, Aug. 26 (U. P.).—The airplane Nippon, attempting the longest round-the-world flight in history, landed at Sapporo, Hokkaido, today from Tokyo. The twinmotored plane, flying under sponsorship of the newspapers Osaka Mainichi and Tokyo Nichi Nichi, will fly nonstop from Sapporo to Nome, Alaska.
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Hitler Calls Reserves to Back New Proposals; May Beckon Reichstag.
BERLIN, Aug. 26 (U. P.).—Adolf Hitler sent new proposals to Great Britain and backed them up by calling tens of thousands of men to the colors. An unconfirmed report was circulated that he intends to call the {Reichstag into session today. -
The foreign press was informed officially that, so far, nothing is known about the reports.
Air Minister Hermann Wilhelm Goering decreed today that only German Government airplanes will be permitted to fly over Germany. ‘Posters .were displayed in railway stations announcing that beginning tomorrow, civilians will have no claims to transportation. The Railway Administration will not give any guarantee of transportation of travelers to the terminus mentioned on their tickets. | Sir Nevile Henderson, British Ambassador, flew to London personall with the Fuehrer’s new proposals.
‘Wake Up and Report’
As he left, registered letters were delivered to thousands of reservists ordering them to report. Policemen were detailed to wake up others during night and tell them you have been called up and you must report at once.” : : Disclosure of: this new call for men came just after Sir Nevile left for London. An official informant said that the proposals were for settling the dispute “by negotiation rather than by force.” A propaganda Ministry spokesman had called the proposals a peace plan. . : Airplanes patroled over Berlin throughout the night. Anti-aircraft guns, mounted on roof tops, were fully manned. All Berlin busses were filled with small blue lamps for use during air alarms.
Await Sir Nevile’s Return
Diplomats awaited eagerly all news of the British Ambassador's visit to London and his return, expected some time today. Robert Coulondre, French Ambassador to Germany, returned to Berlin from Paris today and was received at the Chancellory by Fuehrer, Hitler at noon (Indianapolis Time). : M. Coulondre was received by a guard of honor, Herr Hitler's personal bodyguard, and was given the usual roll of the drums accorded ambassadors. Yesterday M. Coulondre conferred with Herr Hitler a few hours before the latter’s consultation with Sir Nevile. The nature of the French envoy’s discussion with the Fuehrer was not disclosed; After he talked to Sir Nevile, Herr Hitler canceled his plan to make a speech tomorrow at Tannenberg, East Prussia, seven miles from the Polish frontier, celebrating the anniversary of a World War victory over Russia, Nazi Germany's new friend. Diplomats had awaited this speech in the’ belief that it would’ mark the climax in the PolishGerman dispute, and that in it Herr Hitler would announce to the world his plans. Nazis said that Herr Hitler probably would postpone the Nazi party annual rally set for Sept. 2. (A postponement of this rally would be taken to mean that Herr Hitler was not certain that the climax of his dispute with Poland would be reached by Sept. 2.)
Japanese Outraged
It was said officially that Herr Hitler canceled his Tannenberg speech because 0f the tense European situation. Well-informed Nazi quarters reported that, instead of making the speech, he would make a formal proclamation of some sort to the German people toda : It was reported that many Japanese residents, outraged by the German-Russian non - aggression pact, were leaving the country and that members of the Japanese embassy staff might leave. : An Amsterdam dispatch quoted Netherlanders returning from Ger-
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the Fuehrer by the Italian Ambassador Attolico at 6 p. m.
the German Ambassador again. The Ambassador gave him another message which had been received by telephone.
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many as saying that they had seen German soldiers hastily constructing barricades and digging trenches along - the Netherlands-Germany
Official ‘orders had been flashed to German merchant ships to re‘main in port or, if at sea, to rush home. There was unusual activity in the Wilhelmstrasse, the = Government street, during the night. But there was not a “crisis” atmosphere. Germany was cut off from telephone communication with all of Europe for hours during the night. Why, it was not known. Telephone operators said it was merely because of heavy business, but it was learned that even foreign embassies, normally given priority, were denied calls. Also, for hours, even urgent press dispatches were held up.
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just before it crossed the German border into Poland. Official quarters told another story of trouble. They reported that 160 Germans had approached the border at Kamiensko at 6 a. m. today and that later 30 of them crossed the frontier aking up positions on the Polish side. They said that in the Mlawa district Germans fired on a Polish border post, killing a sergeant named ‘Grabowski and wounding a second. The shots, officials charged, were fired from ambush 200 meters inside Poland. A Polish military patrol near Dzialdowo on the East Prussian frontier surprised a German artilleryman on horseback early today as he was riding one kilometer inside Poland and killed him, it was said. Reports of shooting affrays in a dozen other places filtered in, many of them from Silesia and the Polish Corridor. There, officials said, the German minority set fire to or caused explosions in their own homes in an effort to prove they were being oppressed by the Poles. A Polish post at Czarne, on the Slovak border, was raked by heavy machine gun fire at 4 a. m,, it was charged. Poles said that German “Diversion. Bands” (apparently similar to the “Free Corps”) had attacked numerous spots in Silesia. One band of 50 stormed the railway station at Czarne in an attempt to take over a locomotive. _ Border Areas Closed : A reported explosion of the Volksbund headquarters at Kattowitz, said by the German minority to have been the work of Poles, was characterized here as a “manufactured. incident.” o Several explosions were reported from Teschen, where it was claimed Germans had attempted to blow up a monument to the composer, Franz Schubert. Germans began closing certain sections of the border today, including that at: Zbaszyn where the main highway to Berlin crosses. Diplomatic quarters said there was no lessening of the tension despite reports of new peace moves abroad. Poland’s position was again stated as still not yet ready to yield anything important to Germany. These quarters reaffirmed the Government’s intention of protecting its own interests in Danzig. : Polish officials said today that only their earnest desire for peace had moved them to acquiesce to Albert
| Forster, Nazi leader, becoming chief
of state for Danzig. The action, Poles said, was admittedly a long step toward Danzig’s union with Germany. They said they were still determined not to countenance any change in Danzig’s status. 3
DENY BREMEN TURNED ABOUT
Liner to Dock Monday With 1200 Fleeing Americans, Owners Say.
NEW, YORK, Aug. 26 (U. P.)— The New York offices of the North German Lloyd Line said today that the liner Bremen was expected to dock here Monday despite reports she had turned back to Germany in response to Government orders. A spokesman for the line said it had not been considered necessary to contact Capt. Adolph Ahrens of the Bremen, who earlier was reported not available when Independent éfforts were made to reach the liner in mid-ucean.
The Bremen is carrying a erisis passenger list of 1600, some 1200 of whom are Americans fleeing possible hostilities. They include Theodore Weicker, chairman of the board of E. R. Squibbs & Sons, Attempts to reach Mr. Weicker also failed, but no explanation was given. The recall of German and Italian ships caused confusion throughout the seas at the height of the returning tourist season. The German Hamburg-American line today canceled the sailing of its liner St. Louis as 600 passengers waited at the pier. The St. Louis had been scheduled to sail for Bermuda, a British possession. No explanation for the cancellation was given,
Canada Holds Nazi
Freighter Captive
: QUEBEC, Aug. 26 (U. P.).—The German freighter Koenigsberg was held captive today by Royal Canadian Mounted Police until her master agrees to unload the rest of the cargo and posts $12,000 bond on a theft charge of having tried to sail for Germany without unloading.
The 7000-ton North German Lloyd Line ship had just started to unload at Sorrel last evening when orders came from Germany for all Nazi merchant ships to hurry home because of the European crisis. Her 400-ton cargo, ‘mostly zinc oxide, had been paid for in advance by a Montreal firm and because of that, Adelard Paulhus, national revenue collector, revoked the Koenigsberg’s sailing papers. : The ship’stmaster, Capt. Wilhelm Siegert, ordered her mooring lines cut nevertheless, and she pulled out and started down the St. Lawrence. In short order, C. R. MacKenzie, lawyer representing the company that owned ‘the cargo, got a theft warant from the Admiralty.
TEAGHER DELAYS HIS VOYAGE TO ENGLAND
The crisis in Europe temporarily has delayed the sailing of Bjorn Winger, Tech High School teacher, to England where he is scheduled to teach English on an exchange basis ior the next year. Mr. Winger, his wife, their daugh-
mother, Mrs. Minnie Coolidge, left here Sunday and were to sail from New York yesterday on the S. S. American Merchant. a He phoned School Superintendent DeWitt Morgan that he had canceled his reservations. and would await developments next week. Mr. Winger, who served in France during the World War, has been an English teacher at Tech since 1916. His place at Tech will be taken by Eric Leslie Ableson, a British teacher. The exchange was - effected
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10 Quit Spain, Dahl Remains
ENDAYE, France, Aug. 26 (U. P.)—Ten Americans, who crossed the border en route home after being held as Spanish war prisoners, reported today they saw armed Italian soldiers on duty at railroad stations on their journey here from Burgos. Harold! Dahl, - former Butler University student and best known of the Americans captured by the Spanish Nationalists, was not among them despite earlier information that he was. Officials understood he still was imprisoned at Salamanca. Samuel Tole, of Muncie, Ind., was among the returning Americans. The Americans also asserted they had heard that James Lardner, son of the late humorist Ring Lardner, had been shot with several other prisoners. Mr. Lardner, a Loyalist soldier, had been reported killed in battle.
WASHINGTON TAKES A HOPEFUL VIEW
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agreed to settle the controversy by direct negotiation or conciliation. In urgent terms, he asked Herr Hitler to accept too. “Countless human lives can yet be saved,” he cabled Herr Hitler, “all the world prays that Germany, too, will accept.”
Two-Hour Cabinet Meeting
The President conferred for two hours yestérday with his Cabinet. Soon afterwards, the State Department announced an elaborate | plan for evacuating thousands of American citizens from Europe. This plan, the Department said, was
worked out in conferences with the Navy Department and the Maritime Commission. : The announcement said the normal facilities of American flag vessels were sufficient at the moment to bring home all the Americans who wish to come. Only merchant ships and passenger liners will be used. In unusual emergency, the three U. S. warships now in European waters may be used to transport citizens from danger spots to places of safety where they can embark on regular passenger or freight ships for home.
Japan’s Envoy Sees Hull
The Department said the Government would not bear the cost of bringing its citzens home, but arrangements have been made whereby American consuls may advance small sums to Americans who are stranded without funds. Japanese Ambassador Kensuki Horinouchi today assured Secretary of State Cordell Hull that there is no anti-American agitation in the Japanese occupied areas of China. Ambassador . Horinouchi’s call upon Secretary Hull coincided with reports from the Far East that Japanese statesmen have decided to cultivate more friendly relations
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Report Two Troopers Slain By Poles; Fish, in Danzig, . Hits Entanglement. |
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had shot and fatally wotinded .two German soldiers in Danzig territory last night. | fae The Agency said the victims of the Polish attack were SS (Elite Storm Troo and SA (Brown Shirt) rs. One victim was said to be Johann Rusch, who was fired upon at Menzelbach, near Zoppot, but the second was not identified. : Cm The Free City was tense as ree ports of other shootings and troop occupations filtered in. ’ Polish sources said that Storm Troops, in occupying a railway station at Siemensdorf, had wounded a Polish woman during a scuffle,
3. Killings Unconfirmed i
Offiial Polish quarters reported that Danzig Nazi Home Guards and Storm Troops had occupied depot of the Polish State Petroleum Co here and had taken over seven grain silos of the Polish State Gralfi Import Co. \ Pood An extra edition of the Danziger Vorposten today warned that Gere man airplanes fired upon by Poles would hereafter return the fire. - Official Polish quarters admitted that Gdynia coastal defense guns had been fired at three airplanes which they said had been flying over. the city at about 5000 feet. Polish spokesmen declared an investigation had failed to "co n reports of the killing of thé two German soldiers by frontier ‘guards, Rep. Fish in Danzig = «
The Vorposten asserted that Pole ° ish soldiers, heavily -armed, crossed 400 yards beyond the frontier and fired when Danzig guards challenged them. The guards returned the fire, Vorposten said, killed: the soldiers and brought their bodies
here. : ; British and French consuls still were here, although nearly all of the British and French colony have departed. Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York and Rep. and Mrs. Harry Coffee of Nebraska were the only, American tourists here. Ti
Cabinet Shakeup
Rumored in Tokyo
TOKYO, Aug. 26 (U. P.).—The Minseito, one of Japan’s two big political parties, decided today: to petition the Government to call an emergency session of the Diet to consider the situation caused by the Russian - German non - aggression pact. : It was reported that a cabinet reshuffle, possibly “involving - the resignation of the Premier, Foreign Minister and War Minister may be impending. Ce Emperor Hirohito returned to the capital from his summer residence at Hayama to take charge in what was a diplomatic emergency. It was
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