Evening star., 1939-09-04
Fuehrer Answers Britain
Rejects Final Request for
Cessation Of Fighting in Poland

FOLLOWING is The tert OF Chan
cellor Hitler's reply to the British
ultimdtum. as broadcast from
Berlin yesterday by Mar Jordan,
N. B. C. representative in Europe:
The German Reich government
has received the ultimatum of
the British government dated
September 3. 1899. The German
government has the honor to re-
ply, as follows:
First: The German govern
ment and the German people re-
fused to accept from the British
government the ultimate requests
or to fulfill them.
Second: Since a good many
months, condition exists at our
eastern borders which, in effect,
amounts to war.
After the Versailles treaty had
cut Germany to pieces, all Ger
man governments were refused
a peaceful solution of these prob
lens. The National Socialist
government, too. has made efforts
after the year 1888 to bring about
a revision of the worst mistakes
committed under the treaty of
Versailles by peaceful means.
British Made Practical
ReviSions Impossible.
1t was in the first place the
British government which made
every practical revision impossible
by their intransigeant position.
If it had not been for the Brit
ish government interfering, the
German people and the German
government are convinced that
between Germany and Poland a
satisfactory arrangement could
have been brought about and a
solution be found which would
have been fair to both sides, for
Germany did not have the inten-
ton and never has demanded
that Poland be destroyed.
Germany only wanted to have
revision brought about Of those
stipulations of the treaty of Ver-
sailles which Well-informed
statesmen of all peoples, for some
time after the dictates of Ver-
sailles had been delivered, con-
sidered as unbearable for a big
nation, as well as detrimental to
the political and economic inter-
ests of the east of Europe, un-
bearable in the long run and,
therefore, impossible to execute.
British statesmen were in line
with these declarations when
they said that the solution i'm
posed forcibly on Germany in the
east would only lead to future
wars. In order to avoid this dam
ger, it was the desire of all Ger
man governments, and particu-
larly the intention of the present
National Socialist peoples gov
ernment here, that a solution be
found.
1t is the responsibility of the
policy of the British cabinet to
have put obstacles in the way of
such a peaceful revision.
Poland Given Powers by
Great Britain to Act.
Third: The British government
In an unprecedented step in hu-
man history, has given plenipo-
tentiary powers to the Polish gov
ernment to undertake whatever
actions Poland might want to
consider. The British govern
ment gave assurances to the Po-
lish government, no matter un-
der what circumstances, that it
could take steps of defense against
no matter what provocative &C
tions. The British government
assured its military support to
Poland in such case.
Thereupon, the Polish terror
against the people residing in the
territories once severed from
Germany and particularly against
the German people there as
sumed proportions which could
no longer be borne.
The Free City of Danzig par
ticularly was dealt with in con-
tradiction to all the legal stipula-
tions, first economically and then
in matters of customs policies and
was even menaced with destruc-
ton. only to be completely subju-
gated in military sense and to
be severed from communications
with the outside world.
All this the British government
knew very well. The British gov
ernment was informed of the in
fringements against the laws
which determined the status of
Danzig, and by giving plenipo-
tentiary powers to Poland the
British government has approved