The Archive · 1939

Fuehrer Quietens Polish Fears

and. Munich talks, Colonel Joseph During Inst woak's. Berchtesgaden London, Jan

Beck, Polish Promien, received from Herr Hiller assurances that, Gore yarly's plana. for" Eastern Europe Wwore hot directly hostile to. Poland, Sceording.to, the Warsaw correspond: ent. of the "Daily Telegraph "This Is interpreted to mean, be! adds, that they' will not. be host the early stages, 'Assuming that' the visit of atr. Neville Chamberlain, British Prime! Minister. to Home causes no. drest revision of his present ideas, the Correspondent continues, i appears Herr Hitlers intention 10" extend German infuonce-political ax" well, ceonomiesto the' boundaries of the Soviet Union, but not across Polish territory.

Latvia and Estonia in the north Rumania in the south, he explains, would afford points of contact New R.A.F, Aerodrome For Malaya Singapore, Jan. 13.

Continual strengthening of British defences in the Far East was in evidence again here today when the Government Gazette announced the acquisition of more than 00 acres at Kluang, Johore, for a new Royal Air Force aerodrome for the accommodation of one RAF. squadron. The now British air base will cost £585, 000 and will be the first of a chain of new—acredromes throughout the Malay Peninsula to protect the "backdoor" approach to Singapore—United Press. with Russia without touching Polish territory. The road to Bessarabia, declares. lies through Carpatho= Ukraine and Ruthenia Eastern, Tt scorns fo have been assumed in Berchtesgaden, the correspondent concluded, that Germany's Eastern. Europe pians could, with the sood-will of Poland, be realized by strong. iplomatie action, backed up by all the resources of the German ptopaganda machine—Reuter. y Annexes Land sto, Jan. 15 has officially annexed new territory in the Antarelie. A state. ment, sued yesterday by the Cabinet, says that the Government has decided place under Norwegian sovereignty that part of the coast of the Antarctic Continent stretching from the border of the Falkland Islands Dependencies, fu the west near Coats Land, to the border of the Australian Antarctic he cast, together with and. the sea alony, sector was only explored, and mabi Jout, by Norwegian expeditions at the beginning of 1929. The staten Hory has been, in recent years, a mest portant area for Norwegian whaling.

Norway, it concludes, does claim the right of excluding. other [nations from whaling there, but Norwegian whalers must be assured that other nations will not interfere with their lawful activities—Reute Nazi Made Presid Memel Directory Kaunas, Jan. 28 "The Governor of Nemel has agreed tothe appointment of Herr Willy Bertuieit'9 Nasi, as President. the Memel Directory. the ether members of which are also Nazis. The newly-elected Diet, in which the Nazis hold almost all the seats, is, expected to meet at the end of this Shot in Accident London, Jan. 10.

Major-General Sit Charies Edward Corkran, "Sergeant-at-Arms to the House of Lords since 1036, was found fatally shot og a result of an accident here today.

Major-General Corkran was the father of Me. Charles Corkran, who was Kidnapped in China in 1992, together with Metntosh and Mrs. Paw-ley. 'The Major-General commander the Grenadier Guards Regiment in 1919; he was Commandant of the Senior Omleers' School from 1019-21, Commandant of the Royal Military College, Sanahurst, from 1025-27, and General Oficer Commanding the Lon don District from 1928-32, He retired in 1932—Reuter.

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