Paris, June 20.
France, Britain and Poland made every effort short of formal. diplomatic notes today to warn Chancellor Adolf Hitler that a Reich attempt to seize Danzig would make a world war inevitable.
High diplomatic officials urged that Britain and France jointly' present a demarche to Chancellor Hitler, emphasizing that Britain and France would support Poland in her fight over the annexation of Danzig by Germany.
The British and French Governments, however, have apparently at present decided that the wisest course to adopt in sounding warnings to Chancellor Hitler would be through the making of public statements such as the addresses of Mr. Edouard Daladier, French Premier, Mr. Winston Churchill Lord Halifax, British Foreign Secretary, Professor Ignacy Moscicki, Polish President, and Mr. Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister.
The acceleration of German preparations to seize Danzig was confirmed in semi-official reports reaching here from Hamburg, Berlin and Rome.—United Press.
Berlin Say Not Yet Poland's Position Vis-a-Vis Germany Berlin, June 30.
The Danzig question is not likely to become acute for several weeks although Germany will continue to arrange for eventual incorporation of the Free City into. the Reich, most reliable political circles told the the next United Press here last night.
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