Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-08 | Page 1 | Danzig Leader, Hitler Confer

DANZIG lEADER LEADER HITLER CONFER German Germa Press Warns W Hns Poles of Danger By JOSEPH W. W V. V GRIGG JR BERLIN Aug 8 UP Nazi newspapers loosed a a furious editorial editorial edi edi- tonal bombardment a against Poland Poland Poland Po Po- Po- Po land today as Adolf Adof Hitler was reported to be in conference at B Berchtesgaden with Albert Forst Forster For- For st ster r Danzig nazi leader Comment was identical all Instances based on an alleged statement by the Warsaw newspaper newspaper news news- p paper per Czas a progo org org organ or or- g gan n that Poland Pol nd would bombard Danzig If Free Fre City authorities in their desire to unite with Germany attempted to confront nt Poland with an an accomplished fact Typical al of all comment was the statement Germanys pati patience nce will not last forever When it comes to an end it will write the the closing losing sentence on modern Polish history Threatens Retaliation The Boersen Boersen threatened If one Polish gun fires on Danzig Danzig Dan Dan- zig the German people will draw their newly fo forged ged and gleaming sword most promptly to show Poland Poland Po Po- land that greater Germany is a power which knows how to bring criminals to justice It should not be thought that German patience may be irritated forever with impunity Our patience patience patience pa pa- tience will one day be ended Then brazen provocateurs can hope for forno forno forno no mercy The official nazi news agency sa said d Poland Let realize that one cannot cannot cannot can can- not unpunished pi play y with a burning burning burn burn- ing fuse luse near a powder keg The Deutsche Zei- Zei tung he headlined Polish Paper Threatens Bombardment of Danzig Danzig Danzig Dan Dan- zig Challenge to German Arms Peace Peate Called Impossible The n newspaper s statement t tat a t e em m e n ii t proves there can be no mention of an any peaceful sentiment in Poland said the Yo Vo official nazi party newspaper Polish and cannon fever come from Polish support by the western powers There can be be no question that the support Poland has received from Great Britain and France has contributed ed cd l in inthe the greatest measure measure to Warsaw's Warsaw's Warsaw's War War- saws saw's most dangerous provocation The military correspondent of th the took occasion as the nazi organ at attacked attacked attacked at- at tacked Poland to complain that Germanys Germany's military might is underestimated underestimated underestimated under under- estimated abroad Making a com com- Continued Continue on Puce Pane Two Column Coluin Six I GERMAN PRESS FLAYS POLAND Continued from Pare Pace One Ont parison of the French and German frontier defenses he held Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's to oe De superior Obviously we gathered much experience experience experience ex ex- ex- ex by observation of the Maginot line wrote the he correspondent corre corre- But the chief differ are I Germanys Germany's western wall was produced by a concentration of la labor labor labor la- la bor the extent and performance of which would be unthinkable in a Democratic state 2 Thus 2 Thus it has been possible al already already already al- al ready to build concrete fortification fortification for for- structures on the western wall whereas there are only one- one fifth as many comparable French structures 3 Instead 3 of consisting of a principal line the German line consists consists consists con con- of ot several deep defense areas 4 The 4 The French think that they have a great advantage with walls 11 1114 h feet thick They surely must know that th the German line is even stronger in many places in addition addition addition addi addi- tion to possessing many times more structures 5 Comparison 5 between manpower manpower manpower man man- power and actual military effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness of many large French units appears to be unfavorable Germany has far more large units which are stronger 6 The 6 The French themselves are not with their steel antitank defenses compared to the concrete defenses of Germany