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Bremen Refueled,

England to Reject Hitler Demand for

Surrender by Poles

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Drafts Answer to Fuehrer’s Call for Rubber Stamp Envoy From Warsaw; Situation Declared ‘As Dark as Ever.

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Herr Hitler wanted a Polish envoy to arrive in Berlin within 24 hours, was that the situation was unchanged so far as

signs of important concession by Germany went. Herr Hitler's communication to

Great Britain was in the nature of [Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax. a Written message and an oral con- Experts of the Foreign Office spent versation with British Ambassador almost all night examining it in Sir Nevile Henderson in Berlin last [the most minute detail. night. Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Hali-| Hitler Seeks Quick Answer Tax i with his key foreign office aids. According to diplomatic sources,| Mr. Chamberlain this morning either orally or in writing, the Nazi | summoned a full Cabifet meeting. Fuehrer specifically suggested that! It was forecast that he would call Britain use her good offices to ar-|Parliament to meet tomorrow or range for a Polish emissary to ar- Friday to hear what Herr Hitler had rive in Berlin “by Thursday” to/said and the British Government's open direct negotiations. reply to him. Various diplomatic sources also] The British felt they had momenhad similar information to the effect | tarily at least gained the upper hand that Herr Hitler asked Britain to hand in a tremendous struggle of answer him in 24 hours, presumably | Wills between Herr Hitler and Mn. before midnight tonight. Chamberlain, on which depended

In explaining details of the Her | ee ®t ¢ H rr Hitler communication, it was reported that [was Still hesitatin : , Wk The he added Silesia to his territorial | omentous Ion phir force demands against Poland. ; ig g land upon Poland.

It was said Herr Hitler made it ; bay v i clear that he wanted Silesia wl Herr Hitler played a trump card

i (i is proffer ot a broad general turned to Gormany but whether it B X : e that would be a subject of further | Anglo-German understanding “‘com-

(plete and of lasting character.” There had been no situation in (many years in which such secrecy |grily against the Bremen's deten-

U.S. TO RELEASE FOREION SHIPS

Searches Nearly Completed; Bremen Operator Irate Over Long Delay.

to to

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negotiation was uncertain. Furthermore, he was described as proposing an ‘economic agreement”

Mysterious Acts of Nazi Ship Probed

which! PHILADELPHIA Aug. 30 (U.P) | —Philadelphia Port Collector A. Raymond Raff summoned an unofficial board of inquiry today to investigate the mysterious actions of a German freighter and the failure of another Nazi vessel to arrive here The freighter Wiegand arrived here last week en route to Norfolk, Va, and while near Delaware Breakwater, put about to Marcus { Hook, Pa. apparently on radio orders from Germany. William R Egan, Philadelphia pilot, said he SAW a man and woman come aboard

with whatever might be left of Po. | Surrounded diplomatic negotiations. tion and Coast Guard boats moved land after such territorial changes False reports and half truths were alongside to see that she did not one-third of the present Poland had Brave, So susceptible to an explosion| Capt. William Drechsel, superinbeen whittled away. The impression | hough an ill-advised move, that tendent of North German Lloyd A sort of German protectorate ovel Nobody ‘can keep Britons from the prolonged search and inspecwhat was left of Poland. although it betting, and despite a complete lack tions were “outrageous, unfriendly man newspapers this afternoon (hey were betting today on chances German Embassy in Washington to talked about the “common interest” Of war. Some bet even money; protest to the State Department. Poland. against war. {has been under steam, ready to i ; re |speed back to Germany without Earlier British Offer Cited | passengers The German communication to WPA ALLOTS 26 129 customs authorities permitted. Britain was understood to have] | he searches were related to the cited a British offer in an earlier] European crisis and the detention of | | : between” for Berlin and Warsaw, if ON 2 CITY PROJECTS ing some possible effect on it. Gerboth parties desired. It was on this Ci many has called all her ships home Britain hasten to ask Poland tion today announced at Washing- ua ne Dey Biush ay send a representative to Berlin ton the allotment of $18 350 in Fed. | SHDS i event of war, 3 y y a po ne Tse as woulq and $6779 for the Indianapolis NaXpeet some such Polish qQignitary | ional Guard Armory, Cb Gd CRA Ea. seven Bien Miwater Jeet” Beck to, make |[hroIehott the State for gn p hh eo aRE rinds were alloted circles saw as a repetition of the . : Technical High School is to be used limax of the 1938 partitioning of fama oh ! E to finish the construction of the Hacha made the trip from Praha ; L to the Reich's capital |art class room building, according (to Principal H. H. Anderson. bilization, would not even consider| The Armory funds are to be used] such a move. it was believed Here to purchase equipment including new Britain kept in close touch with | General's office France on the developments and HOOSIER CIVIL WAR U. 8. Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy visited the Foreign Office for An informant said he understood| PITTSBURGH, Aug. 30 (U. py to search for the Wiegand. that Herr Hitler already had re- The Grand Army of the Republic According to Mr. Raff, the Wienot be feasible for a Polish Yepre- of canes and the military tunes of Putting into Marcus Hook. The myssentative to go to Berlin within the fife and drum corps terious visitors boarded her from a tion alse was received With reserve of the G. A. R.—about 140 who are received here. One customs official pending official comment attending the 76th annual encamp- Mentioned the word “spies in parading at least part of the dis- Aachen, had failed to arrive at the Before the Cabinet meeting the tance Jacob Mooker. 97. of val- | Breakwater from Progreso, Mexico Government had communicated the tance, hobbling along on a cane CeiVed Wireless messages from Gererment, through Sir Howard Ken- prachioned from a discarded Christ. Many and their agents said they nard. ambassador ta Poland, and to and blve, | abouts, high commissioners, Who met with c kin Colonial Secretary Sir Thomas In- | ih its (Indianapolis Time) CHOPPY SEAS DELAY Sailings of British A little while before the Cabinet] ly ‘ter r= A meeting a specially chartered ai MONTREAL, Aug. 30 (U.P) Local agents for the C Hite in the north Diondon suburbs, from] 1 age for the Cunard White “Ay SH . xr Na & Tempelhof Airdrome, Berlin, with TY te tp Seas today the scheduled sailings of the liners navy salvagers to postpone Britannic and Sev : Berlin confirmed that the plane p 3rita and Sevthia from Eng 5 " ( “4 ‘ & h 5 . had left there at 5 a.m. (10 p. m.| preparations for & new attempt to! have been canceled. No reasons raise the sunken submarine Squalus were given that no member of the British ¥m- | : : i bassy staff was aboard it. Identity] Choppy seas not only made it im-| SOUTHAMPTON, Aue. 50 (U.P). possible for divers to work but pre- | —The Queen Marv sailed for New Herr Hitler's answer to the British message which Sir Nevile Hen- | the Se Falcon at the record. The Cunard-White Star scene. Squalls prevented delivery liner has a normal passenger capachad taken to Herr Hitler by air- ! plane Monday, arrived last night. to be attached to the submersible's improvised cots set up on every bow. available part of the ship.

were made and presumably about easy to get. This situation was so slip away without clearance papers. in London was that this would mean [S6Q€CY Was maintained. Lines, the operators, protested that was considered significant that Ger- of knowledge of the inside situation acts,” and said he had asked the of Soviet Russia and Germany in Some bets were made at 9 to 1| Since 2 a. m. yesterday the ship or cargo the moment note to Herr Hitler to act as a “‘go- the Bremen was considered as havbasis that Herr Hitler suggested The Works Projects Adminictia- from the Atlantic, fearing that they It was believed that Herr Hitler eral funds for Technical High School as President Ignacv Moscicki, Mar- | The projects Were Among the trip to h w ritish | n rp Berlin, which Bi tush) The WPA money approved for Czechoslovakia when President Emil third floor of the new Milo H. StuPoland, which continued its moand had so intimated to Germany. | lockers, according te the Adjutant also filled in other governments i reigy . VETERAN MARCHES a 30-minute talk this afternoon. i ceived an intimation that it would went on parade todav to the tap-tap gand violated maritime customs by specified time limit. This informa- Automobiles carried the remnants Small boat, according to information Plane Arrives From Berlin [ment—but a small number insisted! Meantime the other ship, the i paraiso, Ind.. walked the entire qig- | It was believed both ships had reFuehrer message to the Polish Govmas tree. Tt was painted red. white Nad no knowledge of their wherethe British Dominions through their skip. at 4am SQUALUS SALVAGING Ships Canceled plane arrived at Heston Airdrome, —ee PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Aug. 30 Star Line announced today that three passengers. for at least another 24 hours final|jand to New York on Sept. 10 and 11 Tuesday Indianapolis Time) and and its 26 dead. of the passengers was not disclosed vented dispatching of other men to] York today with 2200 passengers. a derson, ambassador to Germany, yesterday of two additional pontoons ity of 1800. Passengers slept in It was put at once before Mr.

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Detained by the U. S. customs service at New York during a search for arms, the German liner Bremen took on fuel oil from a tanker alongside and made other preparations for a dash back to Germany without passengers or cargo.

the ship. Coast guards were asked |

Awaits Release by U. S. . .

| Earlier, anxiety plainly written on their faces,

were seeking relatives who fled Europe following the

Passengers Scanned by Anxious Relatives .

camera as they scanned the hundreds of tourists debarking from the Bremen,

Ul, S. INDUSTRY PREPARED, WAR AID ANNOUNCES

‘Hull Reveals Knowledge of to Britain,

— Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson said today that plans for | Industrial mobilization in event of ti (a war emergency involving this [country are in complete readiness. He made that statement after a * | half=hour conference with President | Roosevelt and the new War Res (sources Board. Mr. Johnson said the mobilization plans “were coms plete when the Board was appointe ed” approximately three weeks ago, Other developments, here were: Times-Acme Photos 1. Secretary of State Cordell Hull these people were caught by the |disclosed that the U. 8. has been They | informed of the general nature of | Adolf Hitler's latest note to Great

unsettled condition,

| Britain, He declined to reveal any | of its terms. He said the situation

Drowns During POLAND SCORNS | Hitler May Leave Berlin ei

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Called Insult by Leaders: Warning Mints Mining Of Danzig Harbor,

WwW: SAW, Ind, Aug. 30 (U. | P)-—Lavaughn Friend, 26, of Pittsburgh, Pa, drowned late yesterday in Winona Lake while [ swimming. His body was recovered immediately, He was a delegate to the Brethren Church national conference.

[Seshifiation would be.

dav. each car owner, be issued. Meanwhile information was made ‘ CE . . available to the Foreign Press today engaged in harvesting, as well as all that “well informed sources state automobiles, motorcycles and bi- (hat the offer of mediation in the cycles placed at the disposition of the | Polish dispute by King Leopold and Government within seven days. A Queen Wilhelmina was received very Government commission will decide favorably in German political

| rm (what will be requisitioned and will cireles.” ed | reimburse the owners, (Information is customarily “made

s | ailable” to the Foreigh Press in Apr ol Pam Delayed; Close to Full Strength Jy ire by Pacpited Nazi ‘Western Frontiers’

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Placards were posted in the streets sources under official guidance.)

calling the reservists. The Govern- Efforts Appreciated ment announced over the radio that As “German aggression” made ade-| The informant said: quate defense imperative. “Efforts by both sovereigns to Troops hitherto have been pation preserve peace and the econsciouss up without public announcement. TT. \ dvs LO meant abandonment | ness of responsibility for Europe ba chi : hi BAS bilizati which these efforts reveal are apsia’s position in the European sit- of the unobtrusive mobilization | eeiated.

: nN : y avs 8 be the otto, |} stew ; nation assumed new interest todav SR Rivas yy Ween ie od Av | “An exchange of views which is because Poland wanted to avoid an now taking place between Germany

(because of three developments, each charge of aggression. land Britain sroves. it is emphasized (of which was of potential im-| The mobilization proclamation ap- Lote that An efforts Fun in | portance: [peared on huge sheets of pink paper the ‘Same direction as the above 1. Russia was delaying ratifica- “ith startling black letters reading, || oo co bas offorts and that Gers o | “The President of the Republic has had taken an initiative whose tion of non-aggression treaty ordered general mobilization.” I depends on the dex with Germany. | The fact is that it is not London, which must be 2. Russia announced that it was general mobiiization but that no strengthening its troop positions on i I es In eles) “western frontiers.” to its full strength of trained ye. that Queen Wilhelmina of Holland The German Nazi Parly of- | apves. In addition to the cards 2nd King Leopold of Belgium had | ficial newspaper organ said the Ger- (here also are white cards with red communicated to Great Britain, man-Russain non -aggression PACt hands and blue cards which have Germany, France, Poland and Italy (was “not one of the usual paper ot vet been called. an offer of their good offices to aid agreements about ‘non-ageression’ "| The calm which has prevailed in|in a settlement of the Polish but that Germany and Russia had | ine capital all through the crisis dispute. common interest in the Polish sit- continued today | Britain, France and Poland had uation. France and Britain were reported intimated their appreciation of the | As to the delay in ratification, the {4 nave sent a joint military mission offer and their willingness to c¢oRussian Parliament adjourned yves- (4 Warsaw. ; operate, it was understood, terday until tomorrow. Then it will discuss the second of three items Regret Tlusions on its agenda, a new military service | Voelkischer Beobachter, official law, and only afterward will it Nazi Party organ, had said today, discuss the third item, the pact. among a concert of Sutomente oy | Nazi papers that Herr Hitler wante Delay Seen as Threat to be reasonable and generous, that | The United Press Moscow cor- the new Russo-German non-aggiess respondent suggested that the delay sion pact was “not one of the usual would enable Premier Foreign Com- paper agreements about ‘mons missar Viacheslav Molotov better to aggression. ” but that Germany and assess the European situation before Russia had common interests in the the Parliament acts. ! Polish situation. Russian quarters here said that “The Polish problem whether ua ah co, Seran ne measures will be ordered today. [viewed from the Oder or the DhiepNAB Ty . ond “In this connection, (he govern er Rivers looks as like as two peas, These quarters said the delay was t t emphasize that its sol it said meant to put pressure on Germany jn Situs BS . 3 : tel “Ne egret if the Western to refrain from ARRIESSion fey has not been changed by this) We should regret f the 4 Rit RRTESY . ob [action. Poland is ready th settle powers, including Warsaw, would on ritish., Polish and other diplo-| ' oan ' AeA | . ‘ e illusions.” matic circles here heard this in| 20% conflict by peaceful methods. this score also again have illu : ( “Poland is ready for any coneil- This view was expresed as Nazis

terpret wit h erest. |... : A : : . But hey ctpremed po I os (lation, as President Moscicki said elung to the belief that current ! ssed skepticis diplomatic exchanges were taking

garding it [in his letter to President Roosevelt, : : {but the duty of the government is Britain and Germany nearer to acs Meaning Poland? 1 .

{to assure its inhabitants of their ceptance of negotiations as a basis As to the troop reinforcements, [Security

by | for settlement of Adolf Hitler's de(the Russian communique announe- Personnel of Mission | ands on Poland. ing it—in the form of a denial that| Maj. Gen. Adrian Carton de Wiant |

By FREDERICK KUH

United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 30.—Soviet Rus-

its yea | CONC us! cision in awaited.” Tt had been disclosed yesterday

16s

Still Favor Conciliation

The Warsaw radio announced this afterncon: | “German aggression on the fiontiers and provocations in Danzig as weil as the occupation: of Slo- | vakia has created a stale of menace for Poland. “The government therefore is obliged to take, in addition to al[ready adopted measures, new measures for the complete defense of Poland. Corresponding military

There was still no authentic news

western front troops were being of Britain, who has lived in Poland of the exchanges between Germany moved to the Far East—used the many vears, and Gen. Jacques Faury and Britain except as Mr, Chamber plural “western frontiers.” Everybody of France, former head of the Polish lain referred cautiously to yesterday. thought of Poland. But Russia's Military School, head the military] Despite the interchange, observers, | “frontiers” extend 1800 miles border- mission and several officers and because of the Nazi insistence that ling on Finland, Bsthonia, Latvia, members of it have arrived at the Herr Hitler must get Danzig and the Lithuania, Poland and Rumania. Polish capital, the reports said. Corridor, could see no way in whieh For that reason, authoritative; The Government was ready to de- Herr Hitler could be induced to acquarters here were inclined to i= [cree general mobilization at the cept terms whieh would be accepts rerpret it as a the situation became able to Poland. measure I The official party organ Voelkisehs

precautionary moment leritieal.

Hitler's Previous Actions Regarding Poland Offer Basis for Peace Now

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS

Times Foreigh Fditer WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-—Uniess Adolf Hitler has definitely made up his mind to start a war for the domination of Europe regardless, he can! find a perfectly good basis for peace ue al in his own words and official “Gazeta Polska” of Wars | aeeas, | saw. Said he: On Jah. 26, 1934, a 10-year pes “I am glad that after one vear number of her frontiers. Ciermany of non -agpression between Po ang of the new era in our relations with was determined {o acoept these and Germany was sighed in Beriin, Poland I can look back on the sue«|fiontiers as unalterable and defi | Peace between Poland ON ss of our efforts. We corrected pjte and thereby gave Europe a many, according to the preamble of the erroneous opinion that our two feeling of peace.”

the davs of Polish of Gerinany's frontiers with France, he declared: “At other frontiers also the Reich ordered the same measures to be taken and adopted the same attitude. When in Poland a great patriot and statesman was ready to come to an agreement with Gers many, we accepted this agreement immediately, Germany has defi nitely become reconciled to a large

[survival from ‘subjection and failed to take into account the realities and necessities of Poland's new national existence On the fArst anniversary of the non-aggression pact, Chancellor Hitler gave an interview to the semi-

[that treaty, is “an essential pres

HITLER'S TERMS Soon in Unexplained Moves:

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requisite for the peace of Europe.” Accordingly, it was the detive of the two governments to “initiate through direct understandings” a new phase in their political relaVIGHS On Nov. 5, 103%, Poland and Ger | rs Dae re | many concluded an agreement with | " STORY : i regal ¢ respective minorities will place the finger of guilt directly | IS8AKY 10 tRelt resy upon the Fuehrer if he now plunges “Phe lofty object of the agree: | | Europe into war. Specifically meh: ent (hoh-agRression pact) which | | Reo We Ohman he gi I had sighed with the great leader sol Me : of the Polish Republic, Marshal

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land under no circumstances to re) } |sort to force in settling their dis [BY this mutual declaration in re- |

| putes gard to minorities.” | | Two days after the non-aggression| Speaking of Danzig on Feb, 20, | pact was sighed, a second under (1938 the Fuehrer said: standing was reached by the two/ This most dangerous place for [neighbors They apveed to put a European peace has entirely lost its |eheck on mutually hostile propa. Menace. Poland respects the na- | ganda. [tional conditions in the Free City] | Less than two months later still a of Danzig and Germany respects | third step was taken. ‘They put an Polish rights” end to the eight-year tariff war! In an interview with the London that had been going on between Daily Mail, in March, 1038. Hitler them and resumed trade. | said, “I fully realize that it is ime | Danzig’s commercial and cultural perative for a nation of 35 million interests were specially safeguarded. [to have a free access to the sea. Dr. Hermann Rausohning, Nazi! Next came Hitler's historie propresident of the Free City Senate houncement at Nuremberg, on Sept. made a public speech pleading for 12, last year. This was at the time! a Detter understanding. The Gere of the Sudetenland erisie. Follows | man view of Poland, he said, was a ing a reference to the inviolability

On Jan, 26, this year, to mark the fifth anniversary of the non-aggres= sion pact, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop paid a state visit to Warsaw, There he

[made a set speech.

"My visit,” he said, “is the best evidence that the historic peace act (Of 1934) has retained its high value throughout all the difficulties and tension of the last five years... . In accordance with the will of our Fuehrer, the constant strengthening and developing of friendly relations between Germany and Poland on the basis of the non-aggression pact forms a vital task of German for. eigh policy. . . , On the basis of their present relations, Poland and Gers many can look confidently inte the future.” I have just returned from Danzig and the Polish Corridor, Nothing whatever has changed there from what it was when Herr Hitler spoke at Nuremberg or Von Ribbentrop in Warsaw, Therefore if war breaks out now over Poland it must be because the Fuehrer has changed his

{mind in the belief that the moment

has come for him to emulate Na= poleon and make himself master of Burope, all his previous words and acts to the contrary notwithstanding.

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Lothian, Hull Confer The new British Ambassador, Lothian, conferred with Mer, and later told reporters that [the situation seemed "a little | brighter” at the moment. He will

BERLIN Aug. 30 (U. P) Reliable sources said today thal Fuehrer present his credentials to President Adolf Hitler may leave Berlin tomorrow, It was expected that some declaration by Herr Hitler may be broadcast within the next 48 hours. A decree was issued today rationing gasoline, beginning next Fri- | quera Narvarez of Ecuador express= Ration tickets will be good for five iiters (about 11-3 gallons), but it was not stated how frequently the gasoline will | latter's endorsement of Mr

It was not stated what his | Roogevelt later today. 3. President Roosevelt sent a | message to President Aurelio Mos=

appreciation” for the Roose= “| velt's recent peace appeals to Euros {er BeoHachter in addition to its ref-| pean leaders. |erences to the Russo-German pact| 4. The State Department, follows [said of the general diplomatie siting an inquiry from the German uation that “London must now | embassy, said the German liner |choose.” | Bremen and other foreign ships Herr Hitler's latest message, it| Which have been held in New York |said, had said that Germany wanted While U. 8S. authorities searched |peace, a lasting peace, and under-| them for arms, should be able to standing with Britain and France, sail later today. Germany already had made sacri- | F. D. R. Keeps in Touch fices to this end, it said. | President Roosevelt kept in cone “An understanding with Britain | Stant touch with developments and France and perpetuation of the 2broad by telephone, the White German western (French) frontiers |HOUse announced. |does not, however, mean that the |, Ln® White House said that from Reich is also ready to sacrifice ihe | 2:30 Pp. B. unt last midnight, Mr, vital interests and the life and blood | opueve ! ad made 3 telephone, lof German brethren in the east” call on the average of every 15 mins | (Poland), it said. © |utes, It was not disclosed to whom Also the Voelkischer Beobachter these calls were made, but it was

os Is presumed that the President was A the campaign against using the trans-Atlantie telephone oland,

yan . (lo communicate with such diplas= [ "Polish terror claims new death matic representatives as Ambassas [toll of five!” it headlined. “Thou- dors Joseph P. Kennedy in I.ondon [sands of minority Germans in con- and William C. Bullitt in Parte, centration camp. Others were:| Meanwhile, President Roosevelt | "Poland drives women to trench | placed partial responsibility for tos digging” and “Polish orgies of day's alarming European situation | hatred against Ukrainians.” jon Senate Republicans and a mis

| NABH RICAD os | NOrity of Senate Democrats. MAYNARD DIVORCE GRANTED He passed that judgment yesters | HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 30 (U, P,).-

day in his regular press conference Mis, Mary Leeper Maynard held a in response to a question whether divorce decree today from

Ken he thought Congress’ refusal to re(Maynard, 43, cowboy film star, and! vie neutrality legislation was a alimony of 8250 of his $1000 monthly | factor in the existing situation, Mr, earnings. Mr. Maynard did not Roosevelt said that there was gene contest the suit, feral agreement that it was a factor,

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