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| how Britain could assist Poland II
her present guarantees were brought
into force.
The announcement of the Briton's
visit said he was coming for i'm
portant conferences with Polish mil
| itary leaders on coordination OF
military tactics by Britain and her
European allies"
Foreign circles regard the projected
! talks as indicative that Britain is
now well enough along with her
armaments to begin openly to con-
slider coordination with her allies
and that the campaign to impress
Germany with the solidarity of the
British -French-Pol front is con-
tinuing and cannot fail to claim
German attention.
Berlin Interest Aroused. ~
The Warsaw visit of Sir Edmund
aroused great interest in Berlin and
the newspaper Nachtausgabe said
the trip showed Germany's foreign
policy lis justified in every single
point
The newspapers front page head
line over the comment read: Secret
Councils of War on Two Fronts"
The English play is now COM
pletely clear" Nachtausgabe said.
chamberlain gives Poland to a
large extent the right to provoke
world war.
In any case the policy is so laid
I that not England but Poland will
carry responsibility for the provoked
attack.
Perhaps even Halifax British
Foreign Minister, realize that no
one in the world can talk any
more on English intentions to nego-
tiate when England so clearly arms
for provoked attack"
Air Defenses Manned.
War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha
and number of high British officers
started a tour of anti-aircraft de-
fenses in Northeast England. In
preparation for a mock raid of 100
French planes, probably tomorrow,
air defenses were manned in numer-
Gus sectors.
The Royal Air Force. which made
1200-mile hop over French terri
tory last week, awaited sealed or
ders for another and longer fight
in a series of reciprocal maneuvers
to give mutual air attack and de-
fense tests and to impress the axis
powers.
This new demonstrativeneSs of
the democracies," said the Daily
Herald. is part of an effort to con-
vince the German government that
Munich is no longer a political pos
sibility.'
The newspaper said Britains first
policy is to deter Fuehrer Hitler ito
prevent catastrophe. completely to
avoid the gigantic agony of another
war"
Hitler's avoidance of the Danzig
issue in speech yesterday at
Munich was looked upon here as
sign favorable to possible negotia-
ton of the critical dispute between
Germany and Poland.
Longer Session Sought.
Anxiety over the month of August
expected to be critical, and the
weakness of hopes for speedy con-
cluslon of the British Russian nego-
tlations for mutual assistance pact
were reflected in announcement by
British Laborite William WedgeWood
Benn that he would ask Prime Min
ister Chamberlain today whether ne
would undertake that the House of
Commons be in session until the
Moscow discussions are completed.
While adjournment of Commons
is scheduled for the first week in
August, the. News Chronicle was
quick to urge that "the watchdogs
of Commons be kept in session until
the critical summer months are past
THE history of Czecho-S -Slovakla
might have been very different had
Parliament been sitting all through
last summer instead of being called
only when events had gone too far"
the paper said. Let there be no
mistake this summer"