Oficial circles in London point out that if) Herr Hitler's proclamation today, in which he declared that the Reich' would "meet force with force," means, as it seems to mean, that Germany has declared war on Poland, cane stated on the highest authority that Britain and France are Inflexibly determined to fulfil to the utmost' their obligations towards Poland.
"The German account of the negotia-tons between Poland snd the Reich, these circles declare, is "wholly misleading."
Herr Hitler, the same circles con~ tinue, also demanded the dispatch of an emissary to accept terms wholly unknown (9 the Polish Government. The Polish Government, they emphasize, is naturally unwilling to place usself in this humiliating position, It is not customary, they state, to demand even from a defeated enemy that their negotiators should not re-for their instructions to their Government,
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