Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-01

fend Poland. and 1t was up to them
now.
After the Reichstag had passed
the Danzig annexation law. Field
Marshal Goering said:
MY Fuehrer:
The German Reichstag, repre-
Senting the German people in this
historic hour, stands behind you
unanimously. 1t represents the
will of the German people to make
every sacrifice for the honor of
the greater German Reich. 1t
pledges obedience and blind faith
to you, the Fuehrer, We have con.
fidence In the army and in our
conviction of victory in this strug-
gle. forced upon us by Poland.
The Reichstag promises to live
up to the highest ideals of the
nation"
Hitler in Uniform
Hitler wore for the Reichstag ses-
sion a field gray army uniform
instead of his usual Nazi party uni
form of brown coat and black
trousers. He had assumed his post
as supreme commander of the arm
ed forces. He wore the iron cross
first class, which he won III the
World war.
Donald Health. first secretary
of the American embassy. repre-
senting the United States, was
among those in the crowded diplo-
matte box of the Kroll opera house
where the meeting was held.
Confirming his annexation, Hitler
wired Nazi Leader Forster:
II accept your proclamation of
the free city of Danzig on its re-
turn to the German Reich. I thank
YOU, district leader. and all Danzig
men and women for the answering
loyalty they have preserved through
so many years. Greater Germany
greets you with an overflowing
heart
Before the annexation. the gov
crnment had made all preparations
for war
Forster announced his official de-
cree as new head of the Danzig
state in telegram to Hitler, and
Hitler answered in a telegram to
nim.
Force With Force
The announcement came soon
after Hitler had proclaimed that he
must henceforth meet Polish force
With force" And that the German
army would conduct the battle for
he honor and vital rights of the
'earisen German people with hard
determination
Not long afterWard, notices mo-
oilizing the civil air defense corps
appeared in windows of downtown
restaurants and shops. In several
Berlin districts air raid wardens
doors of apartments. warn
ng residents to be prepared for air
aid precautions.
Reliable quarters said that Rus
sion military mission was expected
lere today.
Forster's telegram to Hitler was
he definitive document that mark
I'd the beginning of a new phase
n the Polish-German problem. It
said.
My Fuehrer
Il have just now signed and i'm
enforced the following
oasic law concerning Danzig's re-
lnion with the Reich:
"'I decree the following basic law:
"'Article THE constitution of
the city of Danzig is rescinded ef-
fective Immediately.
Article 2-All laws and execu-
tive power are enforced exclusively
by the head of the state.
ARTICLE 3-Effective Immediately
the free city and its population and
territory forms part of the German
Reich.
""Article 4-Until the Fuehrer
has made the final decision regard
ing the introduction of Reich law,
all laws under the constitution re-
main in force.
"Danzig. September /, 1889
ALBERT Forster"
my Fuehrer, in the name OF
Danzig and its population I beg
YOU to give your consent to this
basic law and materialize by Reich
law the reincorporation of Danzig
in the Reich.
"In reverence Danzig avoWs to
YOU. my Fuehrer. unending graf
itude and eternal loyalty
"Heil to YOU my Fuehrer
albert Forster, district leader.
This telegram followed the exact
line which was pursued
in the Austrian Anschluss and the
annexation of Czechoslovakla-a
new government and an appeal to
Hitler.
Then came Hitlers word:
"The Polish state has rejected
the peaceful regulation of neigh
horlv relations which I sought. In
stead it gave the call to arms.
THE Germans in Poland nave
been harried with bloody terror ana
driven from their homes and farms
"a number of frontier violations