Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-25 | Page 3 | Poles Protest Nazi Invasions

POLES PROTEST i I NAZI INVASIONS WARSAW Aug 25 25 The UP-The UP The government today instructed the the- i Polish ambassador in n Berlin to protest pro protest protest pro pro- test to the German Germa foreign office concerning alleged violations violations of of P Polish lish territory The protest was made as as' Poland brought her army to full strength and men and women omen were digging air raid shelters and trenches in p parks and outskirts of cities and towns President Ignace mean meanwhile while responding to to the peace appeal appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal of King Leopold of Belgium declared that Poland believed direct di reet negotiations on equal terms the best guarantee of freedom The announcing ing the protest said five frontier incidents had Occurred today as as compared with only three yesterday The charged charge l that 1 A German bomber was was sighted sighted sight sight- ed over Gdynia 2 At the thc t town wn of on the Polish German frontier a a. band of Germans penetrated OO meters into Poland fired on a Polish Polish Polish Po- Po lish guardhouse and threw four hand grenades r 3 In the upper town town of a German band fired Polish customs custons building witha with with witha a machine gun 4 Near the town of 30 Germ Germans ns armed with six machine machin guns fired ired more more than rounds at Polish c customs st ms officials om the Polish officials returning the fire without casualties on either side 5 At later in the theda theda da day Polish frontier g guards ards were were fired upon The said the airplane airplane air air- plane sighted over Gdynia was fired upon but apparently without without without with- with out effect The ended with the statement that the German military military mili mill tary was wa not involved in any of th the alleged frontier violations