The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-27
UNCONDITIONAL
cAPITulIIoIl,
GERMANS SAY
Close Of Battle a
Former Capital Of
Poland IL Virtual
End Of Campaign


nANTxnN vuONT
The city Of Warsaw cApitu-
lated Internationally today.
the Berlin Mani high command
said. on the goth day Of hous-
bariment. fire and starvation. |
Endsnx an eceehai defenss sad
virtually ending aii rssssianrs u
conquered Poland. the deseaisss Il
m rpiish capital agreed 10 snd
th~ir fight against superior Nas
armies sneiFclinw The city
The high command announces
that Warsaw has uncondisioraiiy
capltuistsd.- the offlrial eommunl-
que said In . tsrss. military an
nouneement II the wars mast dra-
matte chapter
Formal surrender II The city
10 the German high command y
sxpeotsd TO occur September -.
tn military garrtsun conastn. a.
cording 10 present estimates. -
more than 100000 man.
Naxis Praise Polss
| Ths announeemeat wAs rcd
over The peEiin rn6ie - n;1o y ~
| f3ifo p. n. n9Tl. Thsu I military
hand played "D<utAchiand Usbsr
Allies" and tho Mar Worst Weasel"
song.
But even among the Nasss. who
had fought for almost three weeks
against thu Polish dsfsndssu. thsrs
was praise for the courage and
bravery Of the troops that heid out
day after day In the sheli-pochsd
and fire-scarred city.
II had been . siege and . d.
Tense to 80 down IN ths pages IT
military hsroism side BY side with
the great battles Of ths past
khartoum, Aafekins. Madrid and
the Alsmo--in which not military
strategy but the determination u
the defenders has been the out
standing factor. win or lose.
Radio Goes Silent
Conditions In warsaw were des-
cribed ~ chaotic. Food was al
most exhausted for perhaps . mill
lion persons. Troops, that had
fought off Naxi attacks for 10
days, were running low on am
munition. Radio Warsaw. which
day after day had broadcast Z
story Of defiance, was silent.
Survivors Of aerial and artillery
bombardment were burrowing into
debris to escape tho rain Of death.
More than 1000 persons were re-
ported killed this week.
Eat Horse Meat
Conditions In the besiegcd city. |
where the population was reported
eating horse meat while many fires
ragged around them. were described |
graphically In an earlier Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Warsaw,
filed at noon Tuesday. It said:
Warsaw passed through an
other unspeakabls inferno during |
the past "a hours. There was
bombing from the air practically |
without a break, coupled with |
heavy. artillery Smelling.
Refugees Are Slain
Use OF incendiary bombs have
increased the number Of fires and
1t will be increasingly difficult to |
extinguish them, owing to lack Of
water.
Crowds OF refugees escaping
from destroyed houses rushed into
the bombed streets and were killed
or wounded. Scenes Of indescrib-
able misery have become daily
routine.
Troops are fighting with marked
heroism and are successfully re-
pulsing the enemy.
Hoped for Help
Warsaw Is being destroyed
methodically, one district after an
other, but the spirit Of the popu-
lation Ii not shaken. Their hero
ism is wonderful.
1.-THE city hopes against hope and
has no doubt there viii be reply
to her sos call for assistance and
that she will receive ultimate de-
llyerance. so that her sacrifice,