Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY HENRY JV PORTER germany opens war on poland acts as warsaw spurns terms britain mobilizes its forces EDITORS NOTE when opinions are arc expressed in these columns they are arc those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper released by western newspaper union caw lith 6 Z V i 56 S 1 D 4 0 V j I 1 I 1 rz fetn t RUMANIA p ta 04 r 41 t A self explanatory map of the he european continent describing the strength of the berlin rome kome axis with that of great britain france and poland the strength in man power planes and ships is shown by tho the inserted figures on the map WAR hitler strikes adolf hitler issued a proc proclamation lamat on to the german people that war w with ith poland had started he ordered the german army to meet force w with ith force his order to the army read the polish state has rejected my efforts to establish neighborly relations and instead has appealed to weapons germans in poland are victims of a bloody terror driven from house and biome ionic A series of border violations unbearable for a great power show that hat the poles no longer are arc willing to respect the german border to put an end to these insane nothing remains but for L me to meet force with force from now on the german army will conduct a fight for honor and the right to the life of the resurrected german people with firm determination I 1 expect that every soldier mindful of the great traditions of the eternal german military will do his duty to the he last remember always that you are representatives of the national socialist great germany long live our people and our reich just before he issued his order to the german army directing it to meet force with force fuehrer hitler issued a 16 point pence peace program announcing that he had planned to submit it to polish ne it if poland had sent emissaries to berlin as hitler had requested all air traffic above germany was forbidden except for government military planes berlin heard the noise of nazi war planes dro droning ning above all german ships were warned not to enter the port of danzig all ships german and foreign in the baltic were warned to keep out of 0 the polish port of gdynia which was blockaded by the german navy all ali schools in germany were ordered closed until further notice because youths were needed for dut duties acs ics in civilin anti air raid organizations the german army was massed on polish frontiers from the baltic sea to the high batra mountains in slovakia and in east prussia germany announced that all neutral planes flying over the polish corridor were in a dangerous zone in this zone neutral airplanes expose themselves to the danger of being shot down in announcing the union of danz danzig ig with the reich corsters For decree suspended the constitution ot of the free city immediately the german government announced that the german russian russ lan pact had been ratified simultaneously in berlin and moscow it was understood that a I 1 russian military delegation including ud members of the general staff will arrive in berlin to conclude a I 1 military alliance with the reich GREAT BRITAIN great britain standing pat on her pledge to fight for or polands bolands Po lands independence pen dence received the news of ger banys latest moves in the european crisis with the deepest gravity attention was attracted by the speed with which hillers Hit lers army order and the harbor blockade followed a german broadcast which said hitler had proposed to POL poland and that danzig be returned to the reich and that a plebiscite be held to decide whether the polish corridor should be polish or ger man territory the british government took drastic steps to put the count rys fighting forces completely on a mobilized footing after the already desperate international situation had taken an uglier turn one of the greatest mass movements of population in history is un ft der way in great britain it is the evacuation under government order of little children invalids women and old men from congested areas from london birmingham manchester liverpool edinburgh glasgow and 23 other cities the great exodus Is going on three million persons are being taken out of the danger of enemy bombs nothing like it has ever been attempted anywhere yet it is going on without mishap so far indeed without serious confusion this sudden burst of preparations for war came after hopes of peace had been revived when it became known that an appeasement move was under way the pence peace hopes were based on the belief that the poles would send a negotiator to berlin the hopes for a peaceful solution however were shattered when warsaw announced emphatically that no concessions would be made thus setting in motion the new british war measures high british officials did not view fuehrer hillers Hit lers 16 point proposal for negotiations with poland as an answer to britaina Brit ains latest note in in the exchange which has been go going ing on between berlin and london until their announcement on the german radio the 16 points had not been communicated officially to the british government POLAND the conditions of fuehrer hillers Hit lers proposals for settlement of the po lish german dispute such as immediate return of danzig to germa germany ny are unacceptable to poland a government spokesman said the spokesman emphasized that poland was determined to keep the polish corridor and her rights in in the free city of danzig of hillers Hit lers proposal for a plebiscite in Po morze one reaction here was germany can begin with czechoslovakia czecho slovakia if she is inte interested reste d in in a plebiscite germany last march established a protectorate over the czech inhabited lands of bohemia and moravia in reply to hillers Hit lers terms as announced by the german radio it was stated poland will insist upon full restitution of her rights in danzig hitler insists on poland yielding danzig and c as a preliminary to negotiations the spokesman said poland has not given up danzig and Po morze and will not britain in a second reply to hitler has m maintained her yielding unyielding position without vit hout change britain is bound to assist pol poland and in in war under un der the terms of a recently concluded mutual assistance pact the spokesman emphasized that poland always has been interested in a peaceful settlement but that the conditions of the proposals c could not be accepted FRANCE an unexpected meeting of the cabinet suddenly was as called but out of this meeting there appeared only an announcement that france would bide abide by her pledge to assist poland in the war alter after the cabinet meeting premier edouard deladier Da ladier conferred with finance minister paul reynaud and with the minister of 0 marine cesar then da ladler had a long talk with georges bonnet foreign minister following these conferences conference s the rumor spread in diplomatic circles that france and england were standing firm on their positions and refusing to nibble at the so called totalitarian peace bait part ot of which came in the form of hillers Hit lers 16 point proposal to poland ITALY italy speeded to put the nation on a war footing as pope plus pius XII il issued an eleventh hour appeal to save peace meanwhile reliable diplomatic sources asserted that britain france and poland had turned down last minute offers made by fuehrer hitler through italy return of danzig to germany and negotiations on all other issues were the terms of hillers Hit lers suggestions it was said UNITED STATES president roosevelt directed that all naval ships and army commands be notified at once by radio of ger man polish hostilities |