The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17
Burckhardt, league high commis- sioner for Danzig, who reported on his talk with Adalf Hitler last week. end.
Nazis Reused to Anger

Nazis Reused to Anger
 Berlin, Aug. IT - (UP) - Nazis opened new, bitter campaign of denunciation against Poland today and in doing so asserted that Ger many must have the Polish Corridor as well as Danzig.
 In editorials whose identical phras- ing seemed to indicate official in- spiration, newspapers said that there could be no compromise over either Danzig or the Corridor.
 So bitter were newspapers in their editorials that observers were re- minded of the campaign against Czechoslovakia just year ago.
 Allegations of atrocities" against Germans in Poland were based chiefly on arrests in Polish Silesia
 Hundreds of Germans arrested: frightful wave of terror over east Upper Silesia," headlined the Morgen Post.
 Germans dragged into interior of Poland as forced laborers: Polish mass hunt of Germans in east Upper Silesia: hundreds arrested" head lined Voelkischer Beobachter, off, cial newspaper organ of the Nazi party.
 Newspapers Accuse
 Newspapers generally carried dis patches asserting that between $50 and 400 Germans had been arrested in the last three days. Some said that between 900 and 1000 Germans were in prison, including all officials of the minority "Young German party.
 A statement was published also that 450 men, women and children aged from II to 30 years had been arrested for attempting to cross the frontier ito flee from indescribable Polish terror" These people were alleged ot have been put in a jail meant for 100 people.
 They are exposed to terrible mar tyrdom," said the VoeiKischer Boe- bachter. Cells with one bed are filled with four or five prisoners The food Is revolting and consists ot watered soup with few peas and beans. The bread is mouldy and half baked. Wardens and investigat- ing judges torture prisoners mentally in the most sadistic fashion. Those condemned are sent immedi- ately to the Soviet border, where they are placed in China gangs and tortured as gruesomely as once were Siberian exiles."
 With such statements as these and simultaneously with vague ru- mors of peace plans" abroad, the Nazis coupled a firm assertion that they would accept no compromise or Danzilg or the Corridor and would not take part in any conference or them.
 Nazi quarters denied knowledge oi any peace plan and the press cho. rused a demand for unconditiona return of Danzig.
 The Voelkischer Beobatcher in ar editorial headlined without com. promise" said that the Danzig ane Corridor questions admitted of nc compromises or conferences. It sum. marized German demands as: 1-Danzig is 8 German city ane desires to return to Germany. 2-Danzig and East Prussia must be connected with Germany agair "in an effective close union with ths fnotherland."
 1 Poland's need for foreign trade outlet to the Baltic "can at any time be fulfilled 100 per cent without harrning both German demands" i said.
 Political quarters, discussing tht general diplomatic outlook, ex. pressed belief that the German. Italian conference of last week. k-ent initiated a period of rising tensiof regarding Danzig.
 Some of them foresaw an attemp to alienate Poland from her allie ! and then force concessions from her i German Italian Tactics
 It was suggested thas German Italian tactics might take two lines CD to describe Poland Go the work as e voracious agBressor which wal constantly percipitating new in cidents at panzig and among thu German minority and t2l to spread Bo-cal.ed peace plan reporti throughout the world.
 Poles who took the view said tha the intention seemed to be to con vince Great Britain and France, ans also the United States. that Ger