The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19
President
Hitler Gives Warning
To Britain, France
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right to say that we have none ir
their assurances" Hitler said in re-
| ply to Britain's charges that the
world had lost faith in the Feuhrer's
word.
He said that "the stupidity of the
so-called peace forced on the world
at Versailles caused doubt as tt
whether "the men who made that
the world had lost faith in the
Fuehrer's word.
He said that "the stupidity of the
so-called peace forced on the world
| at Versailles caused doubt as tt
whether "the men who made that
peace had their senses"
"All of those territories given tt
Poland were German he said
"They owed their cultural impor.
lance to the German people alone
Nobody In those territories wished
to become part of Poland"
He said that another so years
might have thrown these territorie;
back to barbarism."
"The lot of Germans in POLAND
was terrible" he said. "A nation
of less cultural Importance was given
the right to govern a superior
people"
Poles Vented Anger
Hitler said that the Poles took
opportunity to vent their anger
their inferiority complexes"-
against this superior German
people"
II tried, however, to find a solu-
tion," he said. II tried to obtain
definite frontier limitations.
worked for a peaceful agreement. ]
had an agreement with Pilsudsk
(the late Polish marshal Joseph Pill.
sudski).
"But the German minorities wer'
prosecuted in barbaric ways"
Germany. Hitler pointed out, re-
NAMED great power in spite O.
the "crazy" Versailles treaty.
This great power had to lool
on while its nationals were mis-
treated by an inferior nation" hi
said. mo other power would have
tolerated such a state of affairs a.
long as Germany did. I wonder
what England, France or ever
America would have done in 8
similar situation"
He Was Over Modest
Hitler said that he considered his
proposals for solution Of the Polish
problem as lover modest.
II wanted to spare the German
people and also the Polish people,
he said. II wanted to spare them
a solution by other than peaceful.
means"
He then repeated his demands or
Poland, which the Polish govern
ment rejected. They called for re.
turn of Danzig to the reich, a cor
rider across the Polish corridor TO,
Germany and a plebiscite in the
corridor areas to decide whether
they would return to Germany.
IL don't know what was the state
of mind of the Polish government,
Hitler said.
Rejected His Proposals
"They rejected my proposals. ]
cannot understand why they did not
accept. My request to the Polish
Foreign Minister Colonel josef
Beck) to visit me In Berlin for q
talk was rejected.
Instead he went to London.
1--WE had to read in a Polish news
paper that Danzig was not the real
problem but that East Prussia was
the problem. Finally, 1t was said
that the natural frontier Of Poland
was not the Oder but the Elbe river
river deep in Germany"
Hitler said that he had asked
himself: who can mislead them SO
greatly?"
The Poles were told that they
were able to resist Germany" he
went on. ''They were told they
could rely on the help of other
powers.
To-day 1t Is said that the real
problem Is not Poland but the Ger
man regime"
Hitler referred to British declara-
tons In parliament that the war
must be waged until "Hitlerism" Is
ended.
Hits War Mongers
Hitler said that war mongers are
permitted to talk only in states with
out discipline"
II have made up my mind to lei
the German people know about these
criminals" he said.
The fuehrer pointed out that hi
believed a solution Of the Polish
problem could have been reached al
the end Of August.
II waited and waited" he said
Nothing happened except the mo.
bilization In Poland.
Patience should not have beer
confused with weakness"
Hitler said he had tried again art
again" and year after year" Il
reach a peaceful solution but tina
finally he was forced to warn "that
there must be an end to this"
"Peace once again could have beer
saved at that time," he said. France
was ready to agree, but England In.
stead declared an ultimatum.
1.-THE Germany Of today cannot bt
expected to accept any ultimatum
That day Is past. I did not send any
ultimatum to the Poles"