The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-30
Prepared For Any War If Poland Is Attacked
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imitation to resist further aggres- sion, may give pause to the quarters to which they were primarily ad- dressed.
 i Lord Halifax spoke for the whole nation"
 Next, and most important of all, was 8 speech by Arthur Greenwood, labor leader, to the India League:
 q hear rumorsS about war break ing out tomorrow.
 "All I know is that British labor would, if the challenge came, stand and fight. If the worst happens, democracy will win. If democracy wins, the victory in the west will be 8 final, lasting victory"
 There was not a single note of dissent in the chorus of speeches and statements and newspaper editorials.
 Newspaper comment, under scare" headlines such as those of last fall when war was believed near, included:--
 Daily Telegraph Conservative, regarded as close to Foreign office) Lord Halifax has nailed the nations flag to the mast. His speech l leaves no room for any but the most wilful misunderstanding. Those who pretend to believe that the British nation is not in earnest wll have to revise their calculations.
 Daily Herald-(labor organ)-The era of appeasement of aggressors, which should never have opened, is ended.
 Manchester Guardian Cinfluent- ial liberal newspaper)- Germany must be left in no doubt that we are ready and determined to fulfill our obligations to Poland, as Poland is to defend it's rights in the Baltic Sea.
 Times = Conservative, generally regarded as reflecting views of in1- portant "appeasement" quarters in the government)-if the Reich chooses to upset the present state of affairs by force and if Poland's independence is thereby threatened then this country will fight with out hesitation by the side of Poland. | In Italian, German
 The British Broadcasting Com pany under the new government policy broadcast Lord Halifax's speech in the German and Italian Languages last night.
 Thus the people of the total- itarian countries learned of such statements as these:
 "We know that if International Law and Order is to be preserved we must be prepared to fight for it.
 "What is now fully universally accepted in this country but what may not even yet be as well under stood elsewhere in that in event of further aggression we are resolved to use at once our whole strength in fulfillment of our pledges to resist it ~.
 What Are The Facts
 "We are told that our motives are to isolate Germany What are the facts? Germany is isolating herself and doing it most success fully and completely The last thing we desire is to see the indivi- dual German man or woman or child suffering privations; but if they do so the fault does not lie with us and it depends on the German government and the Ger man government alone whether this process of isolation continues or not"
 (In this paragraph, Lord Halifax changed his official text to say German Government" the original text merely said "Germany.") France Gets Ready
 Paris, June 30-(UP)-Premier Edouard Daladier today summoned the cabinet to meet, as formal formal council of ministers under President Albert Lebrun, at 10 a. m. 1 tomorrow to consider the Danzig and other European problems and financial matters pertaining to the national defense.
 It was reported that new issue of treasury bonds might be ap- proved.
 Diplomatic sources reported be- fore the cabinet summons that Ger many planned to call additional army reservists early in July.
 The report, coinciding with re- ports of the arrival of large numbers of Nazis in Danzig to join a new l free corps" caused additional an- xiety as to possible move by Ger- many.
 Dispatches from the French front fer reported that six regiments Ger man infantry had arrived at Karls- bruhe, opposite France, that 10000 troops had arrived in the Saar forts from Essen, and that 30,000 motor ized troops had entered the Rhine- land in the last two days. I Nazi frontier control guards had been increased by 200 per cent, 1t was said.
 It has been reported that Ger many had, or would have soon in- cident to summer maneuvers, as many as 1,750,000 men under arms,
 However, France has 1,250, ,000 men under arms, holding the formidable Maginot line Qualifications opposite Germany and other strategic points | Death Blow To Peace
 Rome, June 30-(UP)-ViScount Halifax, British foreign secretary, has dealt death blow to hopes of peaceful negotiations to settle vital European problems, Virginia Gayda said editorially today in the semi official newspaper Giornale DTtalia.
 Gayda referred to the speech of Lord Halifax yesterday in which the foreign secretary warned Germany that Britain is ready for war.
 He denounced the British and French "encirclement" of Germany, which he said is leading Europe into war.
 Europe now is divide dinto two camps," Gayda declared.