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Show mis ii ti mm mm ' '. . : Prime Minister Raps Reds for Cynical Attack' French to Continue War Until Victory Is Complete By JOHN H. MARTIN PARIS, Sept. 20 (AP) The French government, facing collapse col-lapse of its Polish ally under combined German and Russian assaults, adopted measures today to-day to pursue the war "to definite defi-nite victory." Premier Daladler's new war ministry min-istry at tht same time reaffirmed Its union with Great Britain and pledged that Poland, now facing dismemberment, would eventually be reconstituted. French attention shifted to the Aachen sector opposite Belgium, where the Germans were reported massing reinforcements coming from Poland. French advices asserted as-serted that precautions already had been taken to meet any German repetition of the 1914 attack through Belgium to outflank the Maginot line. The cabinet communique, which was the first formal statement of French policy since the start of the European conflict September .1, Implied firm rejection of any German overtures for peace on nazl terms such as were read here into Adolf Hitler's speech at Danzig Dan-zig yesterday. On the western front, where the French general staff's morning communique reported only German Ger-man artillery fire, the armies appeared ap-peared to have been held In leash pending clarification of the diplomatic diplo-matic situation. The French press published dls- (Cotillim. m hw Two) I Column On I Germany Cannot Starve England, He Tells Commons By WEBB MILLER LONDON, Sept. 20V(UP) Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Cham-berlain today denounced soviet Russia's "cynical" but decisive intervention in Poland, assured the world that the allied powers will vigorously carry on the European war and said that six or .seven German submarines had been destroyed. Adolf Hitler's speech at Danzig;.' offering peace on his dwa ' terms or years of war, will riot change the determination of the allied powers to crush Hitiarism, Chamberlain Cham-berlain told the house of commons. The achievements or the British navy and th . royal air fore against U-boats, which hava been chiefly responsible for the sinking of 31 allied or neutral ships aa well as th British all-plan carrier Courageous, was described by the prim minister as exceeding anything any-thing achieved In much longer periods pe-riods during th World war. Chamberlain aaid that, so far, 139 British and neutral Uvea had been lost and 44 persons were missing aa a result of U-boat attacks, at-tacks, excluding th Courageous casualties. Th dead or missing on th Courageous total 578, thus making a total of 761 dead or missing. Naval Program Th British policy la to crush German warships and prevent th enemy from getting supplies from overseas while protecting British and neutral shipping, th prim minister said. Crews of German submarines hav been captured In some instances. in-stances. Chamberlain said, and th allied strength on the sea strongly strong-ly supported by airplanes already has made clear that the navy and merchant marine will be abl to maintain th flow of essential supplies sup-plies of raw materials and food to Britain. Thus Chamberlain Indicated that the government was confident th German U-boats would fail to starve England as they had threatened threat-ened to do at on time during th World war. Denouncing as "misstatements" various parts of Hitler's speech at Danzig, Chamberlain aaid that Britain did not speak with "boss Is or threats." He referred to th German fuehrer's indirect threat to loose th nazi aerial armada on England If th British blocked of Germany is continued. A Misstatement Th prime minister said that Hitler's statement regarding alleged al-leged willingness of France to ac- (CmIiihimI mi P,c Two ) Co i uk Four) Chamberlain Assails Russians, Vows Fight to Crush Hitlerism i FRANCE SEEKS 'FINALVICTORY' CUSmmS Proa run On) j patches from Brussels reporting i that Germans were concentrating j around Aachen, which. It was ' pointed eut, la not on any of the direct routes leading to the fronts further south where the French and German armies are fighting. The French general staff, watching watch-ing the situation closely, was re- ported taking precautions to meet "any eventuality." Measures Secret What measures were being taken remained a military secret, but Informed In-formed persons believed they included in-cluded strengthening French positions posi-tions along the French-Belgian frontier with the British army cooperating. co-operating. The text of the communique: "The ministers met this morning morn-ing in council at Elysee palace under un-der the presidency of M. Albert Lebrun. "M. Edouard Daladier, president of the council, gave an amply documented doc-umented account of the entire military mil-itary and diplomatic situation. "Adopting unanimously the conclusions con-clusions of this account, the cabinet cabi-net paid homage to the heroism of Poland, which will find In com-. com-. mon victory the Just redress of the right. It apuiused military, emiwmlt and financial measures destined to carry on the war to definite victory. vic-tory. "It reaffirmed with this Intention Inten-tion the solidarity, closer dally, of France and Great Britain." Big Push Expected A major nazl offensive was expected ex-pected with the arrival of troops released from the campaign In Poland. Po-land. Official reports on the progress ef hostilities claimed minor successes suc-cesses and voiced satisfaction with imiw iimiwmmmwmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmm0mm aim us m r t W JJL tCeeUaasd Tnm rise 0l eept a peace settlement which Britain refused was a misstatement. misstate-ment. Chamberiain aaid that Britain did not seek war, but was forced into the conflict by Germany's "ueprovoked" aggression against Poland. He quietly pointed out that Hitler's Hit-ler's statement that Germans were following "humane" methods of warfare could not affect the "ao counts of bombing of open towns and machine' gunning of refugees that have shocked . the whole world." On the western front, he said, the French have gained valuable tactical objectives In the face of strong German resistance. Chamberlain said that the whole British empire was mobilizing its strength and already was far more powerful than at the outbreak of any past war. Unity Needed "The whole British commonwealth common-wealth of nations and the empire la Indeed at this moment Intensively Intensive-ly engaged In mobilizing Its strength under cover of our naval and military and air forces forces which In the aggregate are stronger strong-er and more 'powerful than at the outbreak of any past warhesald. The house of commons was crowded. Ivan Maisky, the soviet ambassador, was in the diplomatic gallery for the first time since the soviet-German nonaggression pact was signed. Chamberlain's deflnlatlon of war alms was In reply to a question. Chamberlain, beginning his formal for-mal statement, said that events of the past week had been of such far-reaching Importance that It was not yet possible to estimate their effects on the war and on the attitude of other countries. PLEDGES TO CONTINUE WAR ON HITLER Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addresses commons operations on the naval front A semiofficial announcement said "four or five" German submarines had been sunk by French warships these In addition to a U-boat destroyed Monday night Although France and Britain have accepted Russia's declaration et neutrality and are maintaining diplomatic relations with Moscow, sources close to the government said the allies had refused to let soviet intervention in Poland affect af-fect their war policy. A commentary issued to the press rejected a bid for peace on Germany's Ger-many's own terms, which the French said was Implied In Fuehrer " Hitler's Danzig speech yesterday. Soviet Intervention In Poland, ne said, had a "decisive effect" In the war on the eastern front The soviet action was not unexpected, un-expected, he added. There still remain "Islands" of Polish resistance "such as Warsaw, War-saw, which refuses to be ijii-merged," ijii-merged," the prime minister said. The tide of German Invasion." he said, "has reached eastward to an approximate north-south line through Lemberg (Lwow) and Brest-Lltovsk." Cynical Attack' Chamberlain called the soviet action a "cynical attack." He declared that, if Great Britain and France had been unable to avert defeat of the Polish armies, they had nevertheless assured her that they have not forgotten or weakened In their determination to carry on the struggle. "Our general purpose In this struggle is well known," the prime minister said. "It Is to redeem Europe from perpetual and recurring re-curring fear of German aggression and enable the peoples of Europe to preserve their Independence and liberties, ffo threats will deter us or our French allies from this purpose. pur-pose. "Against the background of these events Herr Hitler chose yesterday yester-day to addresa another speech to the world." It is not our way in this country to speak with boasts and threats. "Perhaps for that very reason the German leaders have difficulty In understanding us, but In such comments as I have to make on the chancellor's speech I shall not depart from our custom of speaking speak-ing soberly and quietly." Chamberlain rejected Hitler's account ac-count of recent events. "Among the many misstatements misstate-ments of fact I wish to refer In particular to the statement that the French government agreed to Italian mediation while his majesty's majes-ty's government refused It." Chamberlain said that the white paper on Anglo-German relations which is to be published tomorrow will make clear the true course of recent events. |