| Show Hitler Determined To Regain Land BERLIN Aug 22 UP UP-Ger- UP Ger Germany many called up thousands of reservists reservists reservists re re- re- re today for immediate service service service ice as reliable sources declared Fuehrer Adolf Hitler was determined determined determined deter deter- mined to take back from Poland every very inch of soil which belonged to Germany before the World war Nazi sources which last year correctly predicted the fate of Austria Austria Austria Aus Aus- tria and Slovakia Czecho-Slovakia said to today today today to- to day that Poland in its present form formis is finished and that partition is imminent The nazi sources Indicated that the future form of Poland depends on whether she resists Germany Germany- if she accepts the inevitable Germany would occupy only those regions which were German before the war if Poland resists the German German German Ger Ger- man man drive would be toward Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw War War- saw and even beyond On the basis of indications to today today today to- to day observers expected that the decisive stage of the present crisis will willbe be reached almost immediately after Foreign Minister Joachim von concludes negotiations in M Moscow scow for a pact between Germany and Russia Well informed nazis expected this settlement to be almost exactly exact exact- ly like last years year's settlement of the which ended in inthe inthe inthe the dismemberment of Czecho Blow to Dem Democracies While there ther was was was' no no Indication of the methods to be used the combination combination combination com com- of Russian neutrality and the strategic emplacement of German German German Ger Ger- man troops on almost the entire Polish frontier obviously was counted on to discourage Polish resistance as well as to induce Britain and France to arrange a peaceful solution Premier Benito Mussolini Is known to be strongly in favor of the Russian-German Russian agreement German Russian collaboration was expected in many quarters here to be more reaching far-reaching than thana a mere pact and to extend rapidly into the realm of active political cooperation The calling up tip of the German reservists swelled the ranks of German troops under arms al already already already al- al ready estimated at Thousands Thousands Thousands Thou Thou- sands were called in Berlin and presumably thousands elsewhere Reserve Call Dramatic That the diplomatic triumph was not alone occupying the minds of nazi leaders was made plain by the dramatic nature of the call for re re- re Many received notices in the a. a m. m mail to report at once Some city and suburban elevated and subway stations were crowded crowd crowd- ed with reservists carrying small suitcases containing a few civilian necessities Competent German quarters said the Moscow negotiations would not take too long adding ironically certainly not four or five months They referred to the protracted French Fren h. h and British negotiations in Moscow Honesty Stressed A statement given to th the foreign press regarding the pact said The open and honest attitude of both parties was welcomed by byboth byboth byboth both sides as a means of establishing establish establish- ing the greatest confidence and made it possible for the negotiations negotiations to proceed so rapidly The present circumstances are regarded in political quarters here as an historic turning point in that both powers now return to their traditional good relations A political spokesman said Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many is preserving a waiting attitude attitude attitude at at- until the pact has been signed and added The crisis Is not settled yet and Danzig must come home to the reich We have perhaps interesting interesting interesting inter inter- I esting developments ahead Poland is in the bag bag it it will be bean an another ther Slovakia Czecho-Slovakia said I nazis The first reaction in diplomatic quarters was that the bare a an announcement announcement an- an had strengthened Adolf Hitler's hand immeasurably and that he would at afonce once pre press his drive against Poland with even greater vigor Next came the question whether Great Britain and France would now maintain their resolute resistance resistance re re- re to German ambitions toward Poland and central and southeastern Europe Diplomats asked whether Poland would be demoralized to the extent of negotiating with Germany on the basis Hitler had demanded If she did not diplomats said Hitler seemed determined to go to the limit to attain his ends Foreign military experts heard that the first phase of Germanys Germany's military preparations ons would have been completed by this afternoon and that by then the eastern wall opposite Poland would have been fully manned |
