Berlin, May 30.
Poland replied today to the Danzig Senate's Note of protest against the May 20 Kalthof incident, when one citizen of Danzig was killed by the chauffeur of a Polish diplomatic representative, the official D.N.B. news agency reported tonight.
The Polish reply was forwarded through the Polish High Commissioner in the Free City, M. Marian Chodacki.
It affirmed that "it was natural that the Polish officials were armed when they went to Kalthof." And it failed to recognize any fault committed by the officials in question, D.N.B. reported.
The Polish Note also did not admit the Danzig Senate's claims concerning the recall of the officials involved in the incident, The Kalthof affair began on the night of May 20 when a Polish Custom House was attacked by a mob of Nazis and eventually wrecked.
The Polish Vice-Commissioner in Danzig had been sent to the scene to investigate the affair. On the way. it was claimed, his car was attacked by a group of threatening Nazis.
Protests and. counter-protests followed. with Poland demanding "guarantees of her Customs system in Danzig territory, while the Free City's Senate made representations over the killing of a Danzig citizen.
Havas.
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