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Show BRITISH URGE . POLES TO TRY UIATIOII Beck Expected to- Refuse Nazi Claims, Offer Mediation rARIS, May 4 .T France renewed re-newed her pledge mt support to Poland today the eve at Polish Po-lish Foreign Minister Joseph Beck'a reply to Adolf -Hitler's f ttemanda for Dansig and a route through the Polish corridor. WARSAW, Poland, May 4 I (UP) Great Britain has urged Foreign Minister Josef Beck to use moderation in his speech tomorrow to-morrow answering Germany's demands, and Beck is expected ' to proclaim Poland's readiness to continue a policy of friendship friend-ship toward Germany, it was understood today. At th seme time, Beck will refuse re-fuse to surrender Danzig a demanded de-manded by Adolf Hitler, it waa aaid, and will propose negotiations. Sir Howard Kennard, British ambassador, am-bassador, talked for an hour with the foreign undersecretary. Count , Szembek, yesterday and was reported report-ed to have suggested a conciliatory speech by Beck. May Suggest Parley Beck, It waa said, will insist on restricting the Dansig problem to k liquidation of League . cX Jtfaiiona control and announce his readiness to confer with Germany and other interested powers on the aubject Beck's proposal would b for withdrawal of the league high commissioner com-missioner In Damig, abolition of ' the league protectorate over the free state and substitution of a German-Polish guarantee of the state. . Under the league rules, Poland haa wide economic advantages in Dansig, port privileges and control of foreign affair. Th state is an area of 791 aquar miles, with a population of 384.000 at the last census. M per cent of the people being German. T Dispute Alliances Beck also Is expected to devote much of hie speech to Polish relatione rela-tione with Britain and France, especially espe-cially the British defense agreement agree-ment the status of the Polish-French Polish-French military alliance and event of recent weeks In central and eastern east-ern Europe. Well-informed sources believe Beck'a speech will be conciliatory rather than challenging. - The government proceeded, meanwhile, mean-while, with it military preparations, Including the maintenance of Poland's Po-land's 1,300.000 troops on a war footing, foot-ing, and with plana to obtain for Premier Ignaey Mosclcki powers to rule by decree until November L 'Peace or War' Hinges On Beck, Say Nazis BERLIN, May 4 Iff) A diplomat with intimate knowledge of the uermsn situation cxpreaecu ine conviction con-viction today that the tone of Polish Foreign Minister Josef Beck's speech tomorrow would decide whether war fear again would be lifted from Europe for the time (ConUnned on Pace Two) iColuni Blxl British Caution Poles To Assay Conciliation however, that the Rome-Berlin axis waa undergoing a (train. Carman officials rtmainad tlght-lippad tlght-lippad regarding th terms of Hit-lar'a Hit-lar'a offer of nonaggressioa pacts to Scandinavian and Biltlc etataa Tha major purpoaa, however, ap-. pearcd to b that of assuring their completa neutrality In event of a conflict between the treat power. (Cestaroe Frees Peas Oee being, or whether Adolf Hitler tion against the free city of Dan-sig Dan-sig and Pomona (the roiisn cor-ridor). cor-ridor). If Beck la moderate and leaves the door open for negotiations between be-tween Germany and Poland, this source predicted, tha specter of war once mora" will have been banished. British and Italian diplomacy. It waa believed In reliable quarters, was urging the Polish statesman to make every concession compatible compati-ble with national dignity. Troope May March The diplomat, however, gave his opinion that if Beck should disregard dis-regard theee warnings and deliver an uncompromising speecn, then German troopa may be expected to march against Dansig and Pomona almost immsdlately. He aaid he had authoritative Information In-formation that German armies In East Prussia were ready for action at any moment. Germany's ambassadors to Paris and London, Count Johanna von Welcseck and Dr. Herbert von Dirksen. will return to their posts this week end, since the French and British ambassadon to Berlin have returned here. British AmbaasadofSir Hsvlfa Henderson and French Ambassador Robert Coulondre were called to their homo capitals March 14 to report after Germany's dismemberment dismember-ment of Cxecho-81ovakla. Sir Ne-vile Ne-vile returned to Berlin April 23 and Coulondre arrived three days later. The retirement of Maxim Litvlnov ae soviet Russia's commissar of foreign affain. meanwhile, was' Interpreted In-terpreted In diplomatic quarters ss, in the words of one source, "a hard blow. If not a knockout out" to attempts at-tempts to expand the Anglo-French front. Foreign office officials were more cautious, however, saying that final judgment on the development must be withheld until It waa clear whether Lltvlnov's departure from the poet would be followed by ending end-ing of negotiations for Inclusion of Russia In tha front Nails generally were enthusiastic. Litvlnov. It was believed here, waa the man upon whom Britain depended depend-ed for Including Russia In tha Anglo-French front In what German call the "encirclement" policy. Sir Nevile. on the other hand. It was fslt In diplomatic quarters, throughout haa favorsd aa understanding under-standing with Germany. It also waa believed here that Premier Mussolini was pressing tha Poles to be "reasonable." But at tha same time there were signs that he was using his Influence Influ-ence equally In the direction of urging urg-ing Hitler not to do anything Chat might lead to a world conflict There were no indication here, |