The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17
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many desired peaceful solution of the Danzig problem but that Poland did not.
 Seeking to counteract the alleged plan, political quarters said, the government had started negotiations thruogh Chodacki and Arthur Greiser, president of the Nazi sen- ate, ruling body of Danzig, to settle disputes regarding Polish customs officers in Free City territroy, and also sought to keep Polish press comment temperate.
 At the same time, it was said, the government maintained its military preparedness to guard against any one-sided attempt at solution of the Danzig problem.
 Britain Assures Poland
 London, Aug. 17.-(UP)-Great Britain is prepared to give Poland and unprecedented guarantee to go to her aid if she is forced to de- fend herself against an attempt to impose upon her an economic dom finance which would threaten her independence, usually reliable in- formant said today.
 It was reported that the pledge would be contained in a formal British-Polish alliance whcih it is hoped will be signed here next week. replacing Britain's temporary guar antees.
 The economic pledge was said to have been inserted in the draft treaty at Poland's request. Other features of the impending treaty. as outlined, are:
 1. A mutual promise that Britain and Poland will aid each other with all heir armed forces if either IS victim of direct aggression.
 2. A guarantee of mutual aid against indirect aggression. It was believed that this clause would in- clude an invasion of Lithuania or even, possibly, of Hungary which Poland construed as a threat to her , independence.
 3. Poland would agree to aid Bri- tain If Britain became involved in war as the result of her pledges to France, Rumania, Turkey, Belgium or Greece.
 4. In event of a common war l 1Ol 1Uclll dllo Loldlld WOuN PlOAAkoV to refrain from concluding a sep- arate peace.
 5. The treaty would be effective for five years and would be sub ject to renewal.
 Italy Hits Poland , Rome, Aug 17.-(UP)-Italian newspapers practically unanimous ly attacked the Polish attitude on the Danzig question today and some of them described Danzg as the most urgent problem of Europe at present.
 Asserting that the Danzig problem had virtually reached the breaking point unless Poland was disposed to face reality" and come to terms direct with Germany, editorials took serious view of the outlook 1 An editorial in the Giornale D. Italia, whose editor Virginia Gayda is regarded as often a foreign of- flee mouthpiece, warned newspapers of democratic countries against speculating about possible confer ences on Danzig.
 "There are claims which do not requier conferences to recognize them,' said the editorial, land these claims must be satisfied, such as Germany's claim on DanZig, which is German by populaton and history and is eager to return to the Fath- erland, and Italy's rights in the Mediterranean and Africa.
 "The Poles failed to understand the warning embodied in the recent Italian German talks. preferring to delude themselves by bohsting of the strength of their arms and Bri- French assistance"
 Newspapers emphasized again the solidity of the Rdne-Berlin axis and invited Poland to remember Czecho- slovakia.
 Grave Situation Exists
 The newspaper Telegrafo of Leg horn, organ of Count Galeazzo Ci- ano. foreign minister, said:
 Under the apparent summer sleepiness there exists one of tn: gravest situations since 1918. We dare say 1t Is just as grave as the crisis of last September"
 The newspaper said that If wal broke out over Danzig 1t would be general war. The German-Italian conferences last week end and of- flcial statements regarding them represented "an extrem warning to everybody Interested to adapt them selves and accept e natural. just so. luton of the Danzig question and renounce the encirclihe policy against the axis powers" the edi.