Evening star., 1939-07-01
Reich Envoy Called
By Bonnet 10 Discuss
European Situation
French Cabinet Approves
DoIodier's Intention
To Back Poland
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet
unexpectedly called the German
Ambassador, Count Johannes Won
Welczeck, to the foreign ministry
for conference late today. Ger
man diplomats merely said "they
had general talk on the European
situation"
diplomatic sources considered it
significant, however, that Mr.. Bon
net himself had sent for the German
Envoy.
Apparently he decided to see Won
Welczeck suddenly because some
time after the Ambassador had left
the foreign ministry attaches said
they were not yet aware of the
visit.
Daladier Policy Approved.
The German envoy was called to
the foreign ministry a few hours
after the cabinet in a three-hour
meeting with President Lebrun
unanimously approved Premier Da-
LADDERS determination to back Po-
land fully in whatever action she
may take in event of a German
move against Danzig.
Between the cabinet meeting and
the talk with the German Ambas-
sador M. Bonnet saw the Polish
Ambassador, Jules LukasieWicz, on
the critical Danzig situation.
M. Bonnet was understood to have
told the Polish envoy of the cab
lnets decision to back Poland un-
reservedly.
Gamelin to Return to Paris.
Gen. Maurice Gustave Gamelin.
commander-in-ch chief of Frances
armed forces, cancelled a tour of
Corscia on which he had been
scheduled to leave Marseille Sunday.
Informed quarters said the cancel
.lation was due to French fears over
the Danzig situation.
Gen. Gamelin is now making an
inspection tour of French defenses
on the Italian Alpine frontier. Of
flclals announced that as soon as
this was completed the defense chief
would return directly to Paris.
Both M Daladier and Bonnet were
said to have painted for the cabinet
a dark picture of the Danzig situa-
ton. center of conflicting German
and Polish claims.
DEGREES Are Signed.
M. Bonnet reported on the Brit
lsh- Russian negotiations at
Moscow for a mutual assistance
pact, on the Far Eastern situation,
| and on the position of Frances
allies in Eastern Europe in respect
to the Moscow talks.
M. Daladier also obtained the
| cabinets approval and the Presi-
| dents signature on what the COM
munique called "a certain number
OF DEGREES designed to strengthen
the national defense.
Finance Minister Paul Reynaud
told the cabinet that a new issue
OF national defense bonds had been
authorized by publication of a de-
cree in the official journal this
morning. The new issue is to
cover 4400 00O.00 francs (about
S1l6 600, ,000) out of the $4,000, 900 900
| francs tabout S397 500 0OO) already
called for as extraordinary arms
| expenditure for 1899.
/ Move Expected This Month.
| French advices reported a belief
that German move to annex the
city spontaneously" was scheduled
for this month.
In official French circles there
appeared to be no doubt Poland
meant to resist any attempt by
Germany to take Danzig by force
Thus France and Britain would be-
come directly involved through their
guarantees of mutual assistance to
Poland in case of threats against
her independence
Leon Blum. Socialist former pre-
mier, declared there was "a chance
for peace, but only just chance"
as he praised the firm warning in
which British Foreign Secretary Wis
count Halifax said Thursday that
Britain was ready to fulfill her
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