Evening star., 1939-09-02
German Troops
Trying 10 Take
Corridor Quickly
High Command Says
Advance Continues
On All Fronts
BY LOUIS p. LOCHNER.


Associated Press Foreixn CORRESPONDENT.
BERLIN, Sept. adolf Hitler
and his advisers are framing an
answer to the final warnings of
Great Britain and France.
German sources intimated that
London and Paris had asked whether
Germany we're ready to cease oper-
ations in Poland even now and ne
gotiate.
The communications from Britain
and France were delivered to the
German government by the British
and French ambassadors here last.
night.
Meanwhile. the supreme high COM
mand informed the Associated Press
that the advance of German troops
into Poland was continuing despite
Polish resistance and dynamiting of
roads and bridges.
The command said the detectives
not only had been reached but had
been exceeded.
Teschen has been captured, officers
declared. and north of that city on
Polands southeastern border the
German troops from Silesia are ad-
vancing along the line Pless- -Nikolai.
Other Cities Captured.
Klobuik. northwest of Czesto-
chowa. has been captured, officers
said, as has Wieroszow, east of Ken
ten and Schildberg. In Pomorze
tthe Polish Corridor, the coal
transport railway between Bydgo-
szcz and Gdynia was reached west
Of Kuhn. Tczew also is in German
hands.
This information by the high
command would indicate that Ger
many Is trying to gain possession
of the Corridor as quickly as pos
sible, in addition to having made
Danzig part of the Reich.
Possibly on attaining these objec-
tives. for which Hitler said he
would fight until they were attained.
he may be willing to advise the
British and French he is ready to
quit.
| Informed quarters indicated the
text of the reply to the western
/ powers, which will be made some
time today, depended upon the
military situation.
| Polish Ambassador Josef Lipski
left Berlin this morning.
,,pAoreo1L tkot
took over Poland's interests in Ger
many, just as Germany arranged to
have the Netherlands represent her
If and when the German Embassy
in Warsaw ceases function. Officials
here were unable to say whether
that had happened yet
The British and French embassies
continued to function, however
Both Ambassadors Henderson and
Coulondre were on the job, awaiting
Hitlers reply.
Use Of Gas Bombs Denied.
Categorical denials were issued by
authoritative quarters that Germany
was using or, in the course of pres
ent operations. had used gas or in
cendiary bombs
Foreign correspondents were asked
to deny on the basis of their own
experience that Polish bombs had
fallen on Berlin.
Beginning Sunday noon, CORE
spondents were told military COM
muniques will be issued once daily
Except for events of greatest magni-
tude-such as the capture of War
saw or another large city-there
would be no communique beyond
this one.
A Russian military commission of
four or five high officers was re-
ported due late this afternoon. AS
they are coming by plane and as
the new Soviet ambassador is ex-
pected Immediately, informed quar-
tiers believed the same plane would
bring both.
The presentation of the new Am
bassador's credentials to Hitler will
be speedier perhaps than that of
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