(Continued from. Yesterday)
ITH the threat of war hanging low over Europe there was much diplomatic activity in the German capital after Sir Nevile Henderson, British Ambassador to Berlin, had conferred with Her: Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German Foreign Minister at midnight on August 30, the date which had been set by Ge leaders; for the arrival of a Polish plenipotentiary to consider German hich had been read over at top speed by Herr von rep to the British Ambassador at their meeting. In the owing article on the British White Paper, which had been compiled from Sir Nevile Henderson's reports to Viscount Halifax, British Foreign Minister, of events leading to the outbreak of war, the diplomatic drama in Europe is carried on from the meeting with Herr von Ribbentrop to the German invasion of Poland on September 1 and Sir Nevile Henderson's final departure from the country with the British Embassy Staff as the threat of war became a reality.
Referring to his visit to Herr von Ribbentrop Sir Nevile Henderson wrote: to His Majestys Em-that night with the feeling that the last hope for peace had vanished. I nevertheless saw the any
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