The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-29
Great Britain Makes
 Final Reply To Nazis
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 Every hour of delay was French and British victory.
 They welcomed every hour in which they might negotiate and out wait Hitler.
 Signs seemed not lacking that the mass of the German people was not showing enthusiasm at the possibil- ity of war. Last nights military demonstration through the center of Berlin received a remarkably tepid welcome. The French and British felt that every hour gained would cool tempers and permit time for the consequences of move against Poland to sink into the minds of Germany's leaders and people.
 It would provide the Germans, the British-F French allies believe, an op- portunity to comprehend fully the determination of the British and French governments and peoples to fight if Hitler attacked.
 All Up to Hitler
 It seemed that it was up to Hitler, the totalitarian leader of nation of 8C,000, 900 people, to say whether Eu- ropes peace was to be preserved.
 Henderson was understood to have telephoned the government as soon as he returned to the British em- baSsy at Berlin, just before mid- night, after seeing Hitler.
 A wave of hope, based on uncon- firmed rumors, had risen in Berlin that Britain had modified its stand.
 There was a glimmer of hope in some quarters here, but based on the report that Britain had made some suggestion which, while 1t was not recession from Britain's pledge to Poland, offered Hitler way out by negotiation.
 InformantS said that 1t was up to Hitler to decide.
 Britain was facing resolutely the possibility that a long threatened test of bravery, military power and resources might come at last, and they were confident.
 
 over London through the night.
 Most houses and business struc- lures now had completed blackout preparations.
 Orders Flashed Over World
 Admiralty orders were flashing to all parts of the world directing the movements of thousands of British merchant ships.
 Use of wireless transmitters was denied all ships, British and for eign, in British territorial waters except in accordance with admiralty directions.
 Ships in British harbors and Brit Eh ships on routes along which, in war time, ships would be conveyed by war vessels, were ordered to use only navigation lights.
 Queen Elizabeth, coming down from Scotland, arrived today to join King George. She left their daugh- ters, Princess Elizabeth and Mar garet Rose, at Balmoral castle.
 Crowds In Cheering Mood
 Crowds were reaching the cheer ing stage now, and roar went up as the queen passed along the rail- road station platform to her car and started of for Buckingham palace.
 Plans were completed to impose a censorship as soon as war broke out.
 The London county council was ready to open 300 auxiliary air raid fire stations and 1,700 alarm sta- tions.
 Airplane services to the continent were cut shorply, as were cross channel steamship services.
 War Cabinet Coming
 Chamberlain and others of the more conservative cabinet leaders were understood to be reconciled now to the necessity for war cab- inet immediately if hostilities broke out, to include an inner cabinet of Archibald Sinclair, LlpeIal pity seven or eight men including Sir leader, and Winston Churchill, dis Sident Conservative regarded by many as the most forcetul political such as Anthony Eden, who re- figure in the country. Younger men signed because of Chamberlain's ef- forts to "appease" Mussolini, and Alfred DutI Cooper, who resigned because he could not stomach" the Munich agreement, were expected to be in the general cabinet.
 It seemed all up to Hitler. The British governments message was understood to have been strength ened, rather than weakened, as the result of cabinet meeting at which Chamberlain submitted a draft of it. Despite reports of possible sur prises, it was insisted in all quar- ters that if Hitler attacked Poland Britain would act, and that he had been told he could not expect to be handed Danzig and the Polish Cor ridor or1 a diD1Omatic nlatter