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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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King George Prays for Pe ace

King George and Dean Labillier leaving Westminster Abbey.

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English Naval Reservists Debark in France

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British Naval Reservists land in France after Britain's “No” to Hitler.

Danzig Ready for Clash With Poles

DANZIG, Aug. 28 (U. P).—All schools were closed teachers had been conscripted into the Army and schoolhouses

needed for barracks.

Many were

today.

This “free port area” was completely ringed with guns and barbed wire, and its leaders awaited only the signal from Adolf Hitler to deliver

it to the Reich and fight off Poland until German troops came to the rescue. It was estimated that 20,000 Danzig men with shining new equipment were guarding the 75-mile frontier facing the Polish Corridor. On the other side were the troops and guns of German East Prussia. Preparations were so complete that troops were given a practice alarm last night. Soldiers on duty rounded up all those on leave from streets and cafes to determine how quickly they could get into their barracks. As a means of enforcing food con-

servation, it was announced that|the Buenos Aires peace treaties and |

the names of known hoarders would be published. Danzig authorities, all Nazis, took over railroad stations at Hohenstein, Troyl and Kaiserhaven, charging that Poles had tried to ship contraband munitions. Poland is supposed to control Danzig railroads. It was reported that men and

equipment of the Germany Army

was moving into Danzig from East Prussia.

Britain Mobilizing Assets in U. S.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (U. P.) —|

Officials believed today that Great Britain has begun the mobilization of billions of dollars of British assets in the United States to finance purchase of war materials in this

country. That was tjge interpretation they placed on a British Government ban on trading in most foreign securities without permission of the British Treasury. U. S. securities were ingluded in the order which applied to British holdings both in Great Britain or elsewhere. It was expected here that if war comes, the British Government will set up an agency to handle the liquidation of foreign securities. In this way, dumping of securities will be prevented and thus insure against violent price drops that would depress the value of British assets abroad. British holdings here were believed to exceed two billion dollars.

ROOSEVELT DELAYS TRIP TO HYDE PARK

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the President had not moved to consult the governments of the Latin-

certed action in behalf of peace. Such consultation was provided in

|the Declaration of Lima. Unconfirmed rumors had circu(lated that the President was con= | sidering asking the American re[publics and Soviet Russia to col[laborate with the United States in a new appeal to the European governments preparing for war, Mr. Roosevelt received additional information continuously from State Department sources informing him |of the trend of events in the European crisis. His secretaries said that in the event of any developments of major significance, Mr. Roosevelt may meet newspaper correspondents immediately to inform them of the situation, It was learned on high authority that all sailings of American passenger vessels to German ports have been suspended. The work of evacuating American nationals from Europe went on, Officials were said to feel that sufficient American vessels are now in regular service on the North Atlantic to accommodate the swollen homeward-bound passenger (traffic. Maritime Commission of(ficials said Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy in London had made no request fer additional ships. The Army announced it had assigned additional men to guard | Panama Canal locks, control houses {and the like during the present crisis and increased vigilance against possibility of sabotage or espionage. Officials withheld comment on the exchange of communications between Fuehrer Adolf Hitler and Premier Edouard Daladier of France.

American republics on possible con- |

EMPEROR SEEKS TOKYO CABINET

Commands Gen. Nobuyuki Abe, Exponent of Affiliation Policy.

TOKYO, Aug. 28 (U. P.).—The Emperor today commanded Gen. Nobuyuki Abe to form a cabinet in succession to that of Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, which resigned because of the change of policy necessitated by the Soviet-German non-aggression | pact. Gen. Abe was formerly Vice Minister of War. He is generally believed to favor closer co-operation between Japan and third powers, [particularly the United States and [Great Britain. In the midst of the Cabinet change, heavy fighting between Japanese and Russian forces was reported on the Manchukuo-Outer Mongolian frontier. It was asserted that 5000 Russian troops had crossed the Khalka River on the frontier and that Japanese troops were attempting to encircle them. Dispatches said that the biggest artillery duel since border clashes started was now in progress. Japanese had expressed concern lest Russia attack in the Far East because it now felt secure in the West.

130 Russian tanks and 19 Russian airplanes had been destroyed by Japanese gunners.

Hungary Arrests 66 Nazi Rioters

BUDAPEST, Aug. 28 (U. P)).—The Hungarian high defense council met [today under Admiral Nicholas de |Horthy, regent, to discuss national (defense measures. | Police held 668 members of the Nazi “Arrow Cross” organization for |questioning after breaking up dem|onstrations in front of the German and Italian Embassies, in which the |Nazis chered Hitler and Mussolini land the Soviet-Geérman non-aggres-{sion pact. The Government organ, Uj Maglyarsag, said today: | “Obviously a German-Polish war [could not be localized. Hungary [would demand a decisive answer [from Rumania regarding her old demands, while Bulgaria and Rus{sia probably would demand a simi‘lar answer.”

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record DEATHS TO DATE

County City | es, 490 | Barbara Johnson, 2%,

3 AUG. 26 AND 2% 19 Accidents... 39 0 Arrests ...124 SATURDAY TRAFFIC COURT

Cases Con- Fines

Tried viet. Paid 2

Violations— Speeding Reckless driving. . Failing to Stop at Through Street. 5 Disobeving Traffic Signal Drunken Driving. 1 All Others 8

bh. 24

$20 $3

0 0

$60

1 0 0 9 18

MEETINGS TODAY

National Association of Power Engineers, convention, Murat Temple, all day, Scientech Club, luncheon, Board of Trade

Yoon : Service Club, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln

on Republican Tab, meeting, Washington St.

54361 se

North Side Realtors, Cottage, noon. : : Central Labor Union, meeting, Plumbers Hall, 8 p.m Industrial Amalgamated He Indianapolis Monument Circle,

. m. eon, Canary

Connell, meeting

m Club, dinner, 48 p.m

MEETINGS TOMORROW National Association of Power Engineers,

snvention, Murat Temple, all day. ® Thdiana Tomate Show, Claypool Hotel,

11, day. Aolaks Club, Iancheon, Claypool Hotel, "Gyre Club, luncheon, Spink-Arms Hotel,

Yoon. - Mekcator Club, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln, HO Riversal Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, noon

Y Men's Club, luncheon, Y. M. C. A,

PR mights of Columbus, luncheon, Board of |

Trade, noon

Lutheran Service Clad, luncheon, Canary |

Cartage, noon. Fine Paper men's grille, t noon.

Credit Group, he William

H. Block

MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records th the County Court House. The Times, therefore, is not responsible For errors in names and addresses.

28, of Terre Haute; 21, of 2002 Audubon of nN God Revils man, 21, of 526 Yoodlett. Mmem PB Alexander, 32 of 1227 Bellefontaine: Elsie M. Turner, 28, of 2224 N LaSalle

thal H. Thomas, 28 of Chicago: Anna Mae Benjamin, 18. of 934 Favette. Kenneth Sauer, Cy of 3 E pC Ya sther Crenshaw, woof ark. PE E Raley. 27 of 184% Ludlow: Anna R. Olson. 22 of 1921 N Olney. Chaties R. Pyatt, 22 of 238 N. Neview: Margaret L. Kard, 20, of 551 More-

land, ; A . Nrurphy. 28, of 680 Arch: LL] Boon Ear The Shemerd, Clarence Minnett, of 2014 Barth; Ger tarde ro an, 26, of 1328 8. Belmont, omas KE, RChinson. 2%. he 51 Cen: tral; Rose E. Adams, 27, of . Penntivanis,

D. d L.

Pajmer, Calvin, s E. Britt, 29,

Tuncheon, | Co.,

1. Edna I. LaFary, 24 of 1850 S. State; Fred E. Geldmeier, 29, of 1317 Spruce. Everett J. Nauert, 23 of 820 E._ New York; Margaret IL. Shaw, 19, N Bradley. James C, Duk 32. of Beech Grove: of 1039 W. New York. 73 Terre Haute;

52, of E 21 Meridian St stand

Charles H. Vaughan, 21, of Mars Hill; .. Brudine, 18, of 808 Marion. | H, Collier, 23, of 374% N. Merl | : Beatrice Howard, 22, of 2315 N.

1. Gilbert C. Oberle, 29, of 1557 Blaine: Dorothy P. Williams, 21, of 1981 N. Taco- | ma. |. .Leon E Blume 22 of 1601 N. Delaware; Vivienne M. Lockwood. 22, of 1528 Roache. | Vernon Radclifte, 25. of 17 N. Parkview; | Jeanette Kissinger, 22, of 2110 N. Tacoma. | Donald E. Briggs, 2¢ of 1001 W. 35th {St.; Genevieve Slagle, 19, of 55 S. Fre-

| moht. | Meredith E. Mikel, 20, of 1436 Marlow; 18, of 728 Lexington.

Helen M. Michel BIRTHS

Bovs

Fred, Ruth Fox, at Herbert, Alpha Moel Robert, argaret Francis. Charles, Susie Tramer, at St, Herman, Dorothy Abraham, Francis. John, Alma Kirch, at St. Francis. R. C, Pauline Kidd. at Coleman. Floyd, Frena Jones, at Coleman. Malum, Stella Barnett, at Coleman. Edwin, Helen Cox, at St. Vincent's. James, Delia Heneghan, at St. Vincent's William, Selma Toda, at St. Vincent's, Paul, Helen Cox, at St, Vincent's, Vergil, Cecila Knopp, at St, Vincent's. John, Edith Kirkpatrick, at St. Vincent's Robert, Bertha Long. at 2640 Rose PC a Opaline Smith, at 231 WwW. MeCarty.

ee . Whitney, Helen M. Demmon,

City. Ter, at St. Francis, Hamblin, at St

Francis, at 8

Girls

Theodore, Mary Domi, at 3338 W. 10th, Fred. Edith Benedict, at 186) Applegh te St. vin-

Gordon, Katherine White, at cent'’s Joseph, Anna Marie Tracy, at 8t Vine cent's, ore, Thelma Creason, at St. Vincent’s. Jack, Wilma Posner, at St. Vincent's. Horace, Hazel Adams, at St. Vincent's, Morris, Dorothy Fox, at St, ANCis, Llovd, Georgia Candler, at St. Francis, William, Francis Fields, at St. Francis William, Elizabeth Kraber, at Coleman, Charles, Mary Converse, at Coleman.

DEATHS Carl Andra, 7. at 1132 N. Denny, coroclusion. Edith O. Neely, 28, at City, pelvic periJ. Fuller, 66. at 133% Kentucky, 82, at 2362 English,

nephritis illiamson, 79. at 1327 E. Minneve,

carcinoma 93.

Jane M. Monday, SOLA, carcinoma. Quint T. Carver, peritonitis, Ida M. Wangelin, chronic myocarditis Mettie Roberson, diabetes mellitus

at City, general

68, at 34% 8. Grace,

uremia. William White 82. at 1151 Maple ar-

terigsclerosis. Joh

acute mvocarditis. Laura Smeltzer, 55 at 943 Park, carei-

n a. Wiliam H Klein. 53. ab 884 B. Wabash, onary occlusion. fo v8. Methodist

Vanarsdall, > . 53 at _332 Berwyn, uremia. Lionise Chevalier, 75 at Central Hospial, myocarditis, Curtis Kimberiin, 74 at 1202 Spann Ave, chronic nephritis. FIRES Saturday 11:01 A. M Barn, 4302 W. Morris St. cause unkown, loss not ah

1:05 P, NMI. Automobile. Noble and Washin ts. overhea

3:33 P {Alabama

t.|Aves.,

at 1308 Edwards, | Luly Stanley, 68. at 8730 Creston Drive, |

n J. Buckner, 86 at 920 N. West, |

3:03 P. M.—Residence, 1419 W. Ohio St, kettle of tar on stove. . _M.—Mattress on truck, 200 N. St., cause unknown. 8:41 P. M —Residence, 1141 N. Tacoma St., steam from sewer, 7:52 P. M.—Alley, 4141 Park Ave. waste paper. Sunday 10:42 A, M. —Automobile, Tlinoit and Michigan Sts, defective wiring. 10:55 A. M. Garfield Park amphitheater, defective wiring, $25 loss. 11:44 A M. Garage, trash pile. 12:21 P. M Garage, 246 N. Belle Vieu Place, cause unknown, $300 loss. 12:52 P, M.— Garage, 242 N. Belle Place, communication from fire at 2 Belle Vieu Place, $25 loss, 1:08 P M Autcmobile, 3819 College Ave, cause unkown, 1:11 P, M.—Vacant lot. Monon Railroad and E_2 re 2:21 P

1542 Reisner St.

Vieu 46 NWN.

Sth St., grass x : . M.—Drugstore, 47 W, Washington St., paper chute, cause unknown, loss not estimated. 4:07 P. M.—Residence, 754 Grove St. lace curtains, wind blew into stove, loss $i 6:10 P. M.—Coal company, 2012 Roosevelt Ave, wooden fence, cause unknown,

11:48 P.M. — Columbia and Roosevelt false alarm.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

By U. 8 Weather Bureau

FORECAST FOR INDIANAPOLIS —Fair tonight and tomorrow: moderate temperature.

Sunrise

“hiv. 5:09 | Sunset .. 6:28

TEMPERATURE —Aug 28, 1938

6:30 a. wm... 30.0

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... Total precipitation since Jan, 1 Excess since Jan.

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana Fair tonight and me are temperature, linois— Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer in north portion Lower Michigan Fair in south portion, partly cloudy In north portion, probably | scattered showers in extreme north portion tonight and tomorrow: warmer in south | portion and cooler in extreme north por- | tion tomorrow. Ohio Fair tonight and tomorrow with oderate temperature, | _ Keneucky-— Fair tonight and (oh moderate temperature. WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES 6:30 A. M. Station Weather Bar. Temp.

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Showdown Between Nazis And Democracies Due In Few Hours.

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stood that the Fuehrer had taken, in vague language, the same position that he announced in his published letter to French Premier Bdouard Daladier. That was that Germany must have back Danzig and the Polish Corridor. In addition, he sought to eliminate the BritishFrench announced intention of supporting the Poles in a war, possibly by signing a non-aggression treaty with Britain. In reply, the British left no question that they would not renounce their pledges to Poland but they emphasized that war" was not inevitable.

Britain Willing to Mediate

A solution of the Polish-German quarrel by direct negotiation was urged, it was understood, and in addition Britain expressed willing-

quested to do so. Although suggestions for a truce in the present war of nerves had (been urged by some Cabinet members, it was believed that the proposal was omitted from the final draft of the message. The mesage was said to deal in detail with Herr Hitler's “sugges- | tions” regarding Poland and regarding relations with Britain, which the Fuehrer offered to discuss in a conference after the Danzig and Polish Corridor areas have been returned to the Reich. The questions which would be discussed with Britain were understood to include colonial questions, reduction of armaments and improvement of trade. Sir Nevile was expected to see Herr Hitler at the Reich Chancellery about 2 p. m. (Indianapolis Time) to delivet the British reply, which Prime Minister Chamberlain (and Foreign Secretary Viscount Hal|ifax will reveal to Parliament tomorrow, together with the communication from Herr Hitler sent last Friday.

War Cabinet Talked

While Sir Nevile flew to Berlin, the Government pressed steadily ahead with military preparations. The Admiralty temporarily closed the Mediterranean and the Baltic to British shipping after reports had been received that German submarines had entered the Mediterranean, Drastic emergency regulations were issued by the Government under the new defense bill giving the King in Council dictatorial powers. The pound slumped to a new recent low and regulations to control exchange dealings were issued. Arthur Greenwood, Labor leader, and Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal leader, visited Mr. Chamberlain while rumors flew that an eightmember “War Cabinet” within the Cabinet was to be formed, including both of them and Winston Churchill, dissident Conservative. Mamoru Shigemitsu, the Japanese Ambassador, called at the Foreign Office coincidentally with reports from Tokyo that a new Government more favorably inclined toward Britain was being formed. Herschel V. Johnson, Counsellor of the U. S. Embassy, visited the foreign office during the Cabinet meeting for an “exchange of information.”

Sweeping Decrees Issued

Closing of the Mediterranean may be only temporary, as it is under- | stood the Navy feels it could eventually assure safe passage of the Mediterranean. All British ships were warned not to enter the Mediterranean, which is the vital “ali Red route” to the Far East, by either the Suez Canal or Gibraltar. All ships now in the Baltic were ordered to leave at once. A series of sweeping Government decrees under the new emergency defense bill forbade any British ships to leave any port without Admiralty authority, authorized the Board of Trade to direct any Brite ish ship to any port to load goods or people, authorized the censorship of foreigh mail and the searching of people entering or leaving the kingdom. The pound sterling slumped from $4.40 to $412. The Stock Exchange suspended dealings in United States and other foreign currency bonds pending registration of British holdings with the Bank of England.

Hitler Commits Himself

This meant mobilization of billions of dollars in foreign assets for the purchase of war supplies. It was a situation that caused all to fear for peace. Herr Hitler in a formal letter to Premier Daladier of France had stated publicly and officially for the first time a demand not only for Danzig but for the Polish Corridor. Thus he committed himself. Before he had retained leeway for negotiation. Diplomats said this was the gravest single development since his non-aggression pact with Russia. Diplomats asked ho Hitler could

ness to mediate the conflict if re-|

‘Poles Have Rights, Too,’ eply to Hitler

bow recede or how Poland could accept his drastic public demand, which had included a threat to Poland's very existence as an inde-

pendent state if it resisted. They predicted that Britain's

reply to his suggestions would be sharpened. Britain began calling up territorial soldiers, to what extent was not known, by telegraph. * Hospitals began evacuating noncritical cases to make room for any air raid casualties.

School Children Drill

Scores of thousands of school children in London and 30 provincial centers held a dramatic full-dress rehearsal of air raid evacuation to

safe countryside areas. Embassies and business institu tions completed arrangements to leave London for provincial towns. The Admiralty assumed charge of all British merchant shipping. An anonymous spokesman speaking on the official British Broadcasting (Co. network announced that the [Navy was on full war footing. The most serious dispute in Europe in 25 years had taken a turn ‘for the worse over the week-end. There was a distinct belief in ‘diplomatic quarters that the British Government was playing for time. | Political quarters here believed [that the really crucial stage of dip- | lomatic maneuvering would begin [when Sir Nevile handed to Herr | Hitler tonight the British Govern ment’s reply to his suggestions.

Britain Seeks Delay

The belief was that the British would word their message sO as to draw a reply from Hitler, if pos |sible, and for that reason the possi[bility was seen that Sir Neville ‘might be back tomorrow with a new message as Parliament opened. | There were strong indications [that the Cabinet was working on a |cold=blooded strategic plan as part lof which it was putting the brakes

ments. Diplomatic quarters saw two reasons for this. One was that the Cabinet thought there was a bare hope that something might happen inside Germany. The other was that the international situation seemed moving in favor of Britain, France and Poland. In this war of nerves, their nerves had shown no sign of cracking. As to the first reason for deliberation, reports reached London that Herr Hitler had contemplated military action against Poland on Saturday, then yesterday, but that action had been postponed probably for 48 hours at least.

Demands Still Gossip

There had as yet been no official announcement of the suggestions which Herr Hitler made. However, an authoritative source told the United Press they were vague but that Ambassador Henderson, who heard them verbally, had tried to outline them concretely to the Government substantially as follows: 1. Hitler offered to “guarantee the British Empire,” perhaps for 50 years. 2. Herr Hitler demanded concession of Danzig and the Corridor in advance of an international conference on the entire Polish problem. 3. As regards colonies, Herr Hitler said he would not demand the actual return of Germany's pre-war colonies but that other colonial territories might be offered at a conference. The Government was understood to have communicated everything on the German-Polish dispute to the United States and it was even’ reported that yesterday's Cabinet meeting was deferred until reaction from Washington was received.

on the speed of diplomatic develop- |

GERMANS’ WAR MACHINE READY

All Men and Equipment at Proper Posts; Hitler Angry at Paris.

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exchanged expressions of a will of peace and friendship but that M. Daladier reaffirmed France's pledge to aid Poland against attack and Herr Hitler said that he must have Danzig and the Polish Corridor. Herr Hitler said that he saw no possibility of influencing Poland to correct, in a sensible way, a situation which is insupportable to the German people and the German Reich. Tension in German-French relations increased sharply. Herr Hitler had been busy at his Chancellery when news came of the French communique. He had summoned available members of his Nazi Reichstag to the Ambassador's Salon of the new Chancellery and addressed them secretly concerning the ‘gravity of the hour.” Then came news of the communique. Herr Hitler went into conference with his close advisers, including Field Marshal Hermann Goering, Nazi No. 2, and decided to publish the full text of a letter M. Daladier had sent him, in reply to suggestions he had sent M. Daladier through the French Ambassa(dor to Berlin, and the reply he sent to M. Daladier. Men and women of all ages, most of the lower and middle class, stood impassively across the street from the Chancellory. There was not much talk in the crowd, but occasionally conversations exclusively concerned “the situation.” All seemed to believe a decision must come today and many openly expressed wonder that Herr Hitler had not decided long ago. There was a crowd in the Chancellory corridors. Many of Herr Hitler's close associates already had doffed their gaudy uniforms and put fon the Army's field gray uniform. | All members of the Cabinet were

|gathered in the Chancellery, pre- | sumably to receive Sir Nevile's message from London. As the hours rolled by, the tension among crowds in the street mounted steadily. Several women fainted. One woman who fainted and was revived, returned to her place on the crowded sidewalk with the explanation: “I have no peace at home. I want to be here when the decision is reached.” There were no cries of “Heil” as the Government officials went into the Chancellery, Faces in the crowd were serious as were the faces of the officials. There was a buzz of activity also at the Soviet embassy, where it was understood Soviet Premier Viacheslav Molotov may arrive in Berlin this week to ratify formally the new German-Soviet pact.

Franco Closes Frontier

In Neutrality Move

HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Frontier, Aug. 28 (U, P.) .—Generalissimo Francisco Franco today had closed the Spanish side of the frontier to Al Spanish and foreign travelers and banned French newspapers in what was described as a move to insure Spanish neutrality in event of war.

Turkey Stands By Pact With Britain

ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 28 (U. P.) —President Gen. Ismet Inonu was understood reliably today to have informed German Ambassador Baron Franz Von Papen that Turkey will “remain faithful” to her mutual assistance agreements with Great Britain and France in event of war.

Follows

master of Europe by relegating Britlain and France to the limbo of |once-great nations that no longer |eount, Thus it is not merely a question {of Danzig, or even of Poland, but of life or death for Great Britain and France as first class powers. After Munich, surrender to Herr Hitler would be as fatal to those two countries as the loss of a war. Today Britain and France are formally and officially allies of Poland. Again and again Premiers Chamberlain and Daladier have reiterated that they would go to her aid. If they shirked these pledges now, as a British official told me in London a fortnight ago, “their very names would smell.” No one would ever take their word again, he said, or believe they “had any guts.” They would be left alone, discredited and despised. If Herr Hitler moves into Danzig, fll Europe is saying, it means he is definitely seeking to make himself another Surrender by

War Must Follow as Day Night Unless—

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Poland, Britain. or France, therefore, would do no good. Instead of satisfying him, Danzig and the Polish Corridor would only whet his appetite—as apparently Austria, the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia and Memel did before. So London, Paris and Warsaw see themselves definitely at the turning point. If they back down, they are lost without even trying to defend themselves. However much they may hate war, therefore, they have no alternative—unless Herr Hitler changes his mind-—save to take their licking lying down and become second rate powers without a struggle. Russia's treachery, of course, only increases their danger and makes a fight in self-defense all the more imperative. For as between two such plotters as the Nazis and the Communists, it is entirely in the cards that a divison of power as well as the partition of Poland may well be among the secret clauses of

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Woman Fears War, Ends Life

ONDON, Aug. 28 (U. P.) Mrs. Ethel Cureton, 30, committed suicide by gas today after reading developments in the European crisis and asking her husband: “What shall I do if they take you away from me?”

CANADIANS GUARD VITAL WATERWAYS

OTTAWA, Aug. 28 (U, P) —Canada created military zones about strategic waterways and harbors today and moved in troops to guard them against sabotage. Large detachments of the Welland and Lincoln regiments took positions along the 27.6-mile Welland Canal, connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Other military zones were created at Halifax, Victoria, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Kingston, Winnipeg, Regina and Calgary. Yesterday, bombing planes appeared in formation over Montreal.

King received yesterday from Benito Mussolini of 1taly a reply to the appeal for peace that he had sent to Italy, Germany and Poland last week. Sig. Mussolini messaged, “I wish to assure you that I shall leave untried no effort to safeguard the peace of the world—a lasting peace that is a just peace.”

Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie

TRUCK COLUMNS ROLL TO BORDER

‘it Must Come Sometime, Sooner the Better, Residents Say.

GERMAN-POLISH FRONTIER, Near Gleiwitz, Germany, Aug. 28 (U, P.).—Long columns of dusty trucks rumbled along German roads to the frontier today. Many towed trailers. Those not covered with tarpaulins revealed cargoes of antie aircraft guns and machine guns. The calvalcades congested roads / and forced civilian cars on a 125=mile tour skirting the frontier that lasted four hours. The atmosphere pervading the border districts was that of calm ness. The poplace was tense and reticent. When one could start a conversation, it almost immediately struck this note: “It must come sometime. soner the better.” It was difficult for civilian auto= mobiles éven to pentrate the frontier zone. All traffic not bearing official passes or not palpably military was shunted either westward or southward upon reaching the neighborhood of Breslau. There was virtually no gasoline available in German Silesia. The Riesengeborge health resorts were empty of visitors for the most part. Few private automobiles were

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