Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-26 | Page 2 | Prelude to Crisis in Europe

Prelude Prelude- to Crisis in Europe 1 1 yr yrS i S TM lb TELLING YOU WOULD BE GOOD TITLE FOR FOa TIllS THIS PICTURE Photograph although taken some weeks ago sums up Polish crisis President of Poland right talks to Arthur Greiser Danzig senate president A Warsaw Accepts U. U S. S Offer of Conciliation t By Dy LLOYD LEHRBAS W WARSAW ARSA W Aug 26 AP Poland AP-Poland Poland agreed today to President Roosevelt's suggestion to refrain from any hostile act provided Germany also agrees to retrain refrain tram from any such act direct or in- in direct President Ignace accepted accepted ac ac- Mr Roosevelt's suggestion of conciliation and suggested In Indirectly Indirectly indirectly In- In directly that Roosevelt be the con con- dIlator He voiced approval of Mr Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roose Roose- velt's suggestion that direct negotiation negotiation negotiation ne ne- ne- ne with Germany was vas one possible method of peaceful settlement settlement settlement set set- and added We consider likewise the method of conciliation by a n third power as disinterested and Impartial impartial Ial as your excellency to be a n Just and nd equitable method in the solution solution solution tion of controversies arising between between be be- tween nations 4 A new series of border incidents ng was officially announced today with the statement they took place not only on the Polish Ger man and Polish East Prussian borders borders borders bor bor- ders but also on the Polish vak yak frontier neighboring on Si Si- Si lesia On the Polish East Prussian frontier near German soldiers sol aol diers hidden in the forest of Grun- Grun fluss were reported to have fired across the frontier killing kUling one Polish frontier guard and woundIng woundIng wounding wound- wound Ing another Early today Germ Germans ns were re reported reported reported re- re ported to have fired across the Slovak frontier on the Polish railway rail raU- way station of Windows were reported smashed and the roof damaged At the station of 50 armed men allegedly crossed the frontier seized a locomotive and tried to take it to in Slovakia but were forced back across the frontier by Polish frontier frontier frontier fron fron- tier guards Patriotic Poles crowded Warsaw's Warsaw's Warsaw's War War- I saws saw's Roman Catholic churches where prayers for peace and country were offered In special masses Volunteer workers were digging trenches and constructing air raid shelters In the heart of the cap cap- ital Although It is generally expected expect expect- ed that that that-If if war var comes the comes the Polish capital will be bombed and possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly gassed by enemy raiders these are the first precautions Warsaw has made to protect Its Inhabitants Some gas masks have been distributed dis dis- dis- dis But for the mass of the population here the only protection protection tion against gas is made home masks The Polish army It Is understood understood understood under under- stood preferred to spend available available avail avail- able funds for airplanes and antiaircraft anti antl- I aircraft guns with the object of of- fighting off enemy raiders If any raiders break through the Polish aerial squadrons nearly all Warsaw will be forced to seek shelter sheller in buildings since bombproof bombproof bomb bomb- proof shelters will be inadequate Polish officials declared the nation nation nation na na- na- na tion was united for defense and denied reports of dissension among minorities The Ukrainian democratic democratic democratic demo demo- cratic organization uniting the bulk of Ukrainians in Poland adopted a resolution of ot loyalty