The Archive · 1939

Polish Attitude Clarified

Warsaw, Apr. 29.

Pending serious examination by the competent offices of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, official quarters retrained from commenting today on the Reich's Memo officially denounce ing the 1934 Polish-German nonaggression pact.

Quarters close to the Government recall that both Poland and Germany have always agreed that the "provincial and secondary problem" of Danzig should noi affect Polish-German relations. But the German Government has apparently changed As regards a German road or railway across the Corridor, they said that "Poland is ready to grant the Reich all facilities short of extraterritoriality which does not serve the purposes of traffic and would only tend towards the disorganization of the State, as has been proved by recent experiences."

Rejected were arguments that the new Polish-British agreement was not consonant with the Polish-German pact, which actually provided that Poland could continue her cooperation with the Western powers. These quarters pointed out that the German Government had avoided Polish-German contacts since April 6, for the Reich's Foreign Minister has not received the Polish Ambassador since that time, while the German envoy to Poland has not returned from Berlin.—Havas.

Next German "Victim"

Berlin, Apr. 28.

Poland is marked down as the next victim in the path of the Reich's (Continued on page 12)

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