Strength to be Augmented Gradually Berlin, Aug. 1, The number of German troops in the Rhineland is to be" increased, according to an official announcement which says that they will be aug-Jmented gradually.
This step follows the lapse, at midnight, of the four-month period during which Herr Hitler promised to refrain from sending more troops into the Rhineland, While no precipitate steps are! planned for this week-end, it is the intention to increase the forces as occasion demands and circumstances permit.
There is apparently no intention of stationing troops any closer to the French frontier than they are at
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