Evening star., 1939-09-17
Berlin
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hour notice began with their dis
tribution.
German military headquarters
said a negotiator was sent to the
Polish lines at m. yesterday with
a request that he be taken to the
commander of Warsaw's defense.
At $3.50 a m. the German officer
found Polish infantry commander
who forwarded the German request
to the city.
After wait of an hour and a
half, it was reported, the answer
was received that the request was
rejected.
In German quarters, it was said
the ultimatum gave the civil popu-
lation short but sufficient time to
escape. 1t was added that yester-
days warning was the last and that
If unheeded the authorities of War
saw would be "completely response
BILE" for what might happen.
The German command was quoted
as saying its patience had been
exhausted by sniping and by mill
tary opposition that served no pur-
pose and that it now was determined
to smash an annoying but insignifi-
cant hindrance which is an inhuman
crime against the civil population, :"
Former experience, it was said,
justified the high command in be-
lieving that the Polish population
had no information of the impend-
ing danger. Therefore, the PAM
phlets, it was added were addressed
to citizens of Warsaw and scat
tered in every part of the city.
Rules Broken, Say Germans.
The leaflets said Your govern
ment has made your city war
area. Your military leaders not only
shot into the city with heavy ar
tillery but it was demanded of
you that you erect street barricades
and present the greatest opposition
to German troops
by the demand that the civil
population seize weapons and con-
duct a warfare of sniping your gov
eminent has violated the common
ly accepted rules of humane con-
duct
THE fact that part of the pop
ulation needed this call to arms
makes Warsaw war area. In spite
of this the Germans up to now, in
conformity with the command of
the Fuehrer, bombed only the OBJ
jects of military significance, such as
railway stations, airfields, barracks,
arterial highways and sections of the
city in which military establish
ments were situated"
Germany earlier yesterday threw
additional divisions of fighting
troops against Kutno, Poland, in
the hope of crushing a Polish "lost
army" reported engaged in a bitter
sevenday defense of the city.
A German communique, reveal
ing the new move, indicated the
army's design was to destroy the
Polish divisions at Kutno quickly,
at the same time tightening the
ring of steel around Warsaw. Kutno,
IS miles from Warsaw, is a Polish
buffer between Warsaw and the
German army to the west.
| Another section of the German
eastern army was reported press
ing southeast toward Lwow, Po-
lands second largest city and capt.
tai of the Polish Ukraine, 225 miles
from Warsaw. The communique
said the Poles still hold Lwow but
that scattered divisions of their
army were being swept backward
Przemysl, so miles west of Lwow
was announced to be in German
possession, as was Bialystok, 100
miles northeast of Warsaw.
During fighting at Praga, War
saw suburb, the German announce
ment said 5000 Polish prisoners and
126 cannon were captured.
Neutrals Are Warned.
Meanwhile, renewal of activity
on the diplomatic front was seer
in a semi-official warning" to neu-
trail states not to submit to the Brit
ish blockade"
This came as official circles said
they saw in the Russian-Japanese
armistice the most important dip
lomatic event since the outbreak OF
the European war" The armistice
they said, was greeted in Berlin as
"the first step toward further bet
tering of Russian Japanese rela.
tions."
What role Germany played ir
bringing Russia and Japan together
could not be acertained, but Joachim
Won Ribbentrop, German foreign
minister, Immediately after thu
signing of the Russo-G German non
aggression pact last month, attempt
ed to induce Japan to follow suit.
Then Japan appeared disappoint
ed that the NaZis had embraced th'
Soviets and q certain GOODNESS to-
ward Germany was expressed.
It was expected q Russian -Japa'
nese non-asgression pact would b