Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-28 | Page 2 | Poles Assail Terror Tales

POLES ASSAIL TERROR TALES W WARSAW AnsA W Aug 28 UP The Polish government J I Issued s a s sue u e d a strongly worded statement nt tonight prot protesting German atrocity propaganda propaganda propaganda prop prop- against Poland and sped sped- tIdally asserting that Adolf Hit mt- Jer ler either lack lacked Information or had been misinformed by his ministers It i Is a t terrible thing that such charges should be beus used be-used used as a basis for war var the statement said re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding German Gennan reports of frontier frontier fron fron- tier Incidents The statement Issued by the foreign foreign for for- eign office was wu made public while government were erectIng erecting erect- erect Ing sandbag barriers at power stations stations stations sta sta- and around other Important buildings and as the press emphasized emphasized sized to the people the danger of war Reports In official sources said that Germany had ordered complete mobilization In East Prussia Prussia sia Frontier Closed The German Cerman frontier was closed dosed at some points Referring to reports here that Hitler had told an Important personage personage per per- that 24 Germans had been slaughtered near and eight others near the foreign office of ot- flee fice said We are powerless against this sort of thing but we must protest against either the lack Jack of Information Information Information tion or the misinformation given the fuehrer by his ministers For some time the German press has been accusing Poland of brutal treatment of the German minority quoting facts that are not only untrue but definitely and entirely Imaginary As As long Jong as this campaign had the character of press propaganda even en though it was carried on by bya byn a n press entirely dependent on the government the Polish side re restraIned restrained restrained re- re strained Itself to a mere refutation and to informing those people who wanted authentic information of the facts During the last few tew days how how- however however ever these invented facts of ot untrue un t true rue Information appeared In statements of ot the highest authorities ties of the German reich retch who apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap were tendentiously miss mis Informed In such sudi a way the retch reich government government government gov gov- wants to Use them as a anew anew anew new element In Its ItJI diplomatic gam gain ble Protests Method l Faced with this situation the Polish government Is forced to deny and protest emphatically against methods wilfully Intended to misinform and Influence International international inter Inter- national public opinion and the governments government of foreign states Putting aside minute Investigation tion of or details quoted by German Cerman authorities it ItIs is necessary to emphasize emphasize em ems that such sue perverted pieces of Information as the slaughter of 24 Germans in the neighborhood of and eight others in the vi vicinity vI of ot Bielsk Bielek legally enforced castration concentration camps for speaking German-speaking Polish citizens etc de to are are pure invention None of the mentioned above-mentioned facts are are true Similarity Noted Newspaper Ne correspondents who were In Jn Berlin during the Czech crisis from May of last year until March 15 this year noticed a similarity similarity sim sim- between German press reports reports reports re re- re- re ports in m the campaign against Poland Poland Poland Po Po- Po- Po land and those which appeared In Inthe Inthe Inthe the campaign against Czecho Railway service to Germany was gradually reduced during the after after- noon A train from Vienna by way of remained in the Warsaw War War- saw Uw station because of bf Information that the border at had been closed dosed The frontier at on the Slovakian border however re remaIned remained re- re open y Premier Faces Future Calmly f 1 y r rk Ir k t K M t w f a l z I h t CC S J I a. a r t t e f t l r t tS S. S 4 S 1 r il S. S 5 r m m 1 S m R HEAD BEAD OF FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND AIDS LEAVE CABINET MEETING 1 Premier Edouard center and Camille Camilla Chautemps vice premier right others in group not identified