Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-03

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once starts it will come to an earlyl
end"
The war would go on, Chamber
lain warned the German chancellor,
"even If success on any one of sew
eral fronts on which it would be
engaged should have been secured
According to the white paper,
Britain informed Hitler on Aug.
28 that Poland was ready immedi-
ately to enter direct negotiations
and Poland again notified Britain,
as recently as Thursday night, Oh
its readiness to negotiate with Ber-
lin
In his warning of a prolonged
war, contained in note to Hitler
on Aug. %, Chamberlain advised
the fuehrer that Britain was re-
solved that there would be no
tragic misunderstanding" with re-
gard to the British attitude, as there
was in 1914 when, it has been as
serted, there would have been no
war if Germany had believed Brit
ain would fight.
Germany Prepared
In his reply to Chamberlain, the
paper disclosed, Hitler said:
Germany, if attacked by Eng
land, will be found prepared and
determined since Germany
never intended military measures.
other than defensive ones, against
England and France, and never In
tended and does not intend in the
future to attack England and France
it follows that the announcement,
as confirmed by you, can only refer
to a contemplated act of menace
against the Reich.
II therefore inform your excel
lency that in the event of these
military announcements (mobiliza-
tion measures) being carried into
effect I shall order immediate mo-
biliZation of the German forces"
The white paper related that in
a verbal communication of Aug. Is
to Sir Neville Henderson, British
ambassador to Berlin, Hitler sug-
gested that not Germany, but the
British empire, the United States
and Russia desire to conquer the
world.
The fuehrer also pointed out that
Germany's agreements with the So
Wet Union, the trade and nom
aggression pacts, "also render Ger
many secure economically for the
longest possible war"
Hitler told Henderson that war
between England and Germany
could at best bring some profit
to Germany but none to England
the white paper said.
Reasonable Limitation
Hitler agreed the paper went on,
to a reasonable limitation of arma-
ments and reaffirmed the status
of Germany's western frontier.
IF Britain rejects these ideas"
the fuehrer was quoted, there will
be war. In no case would Great
Britain emerge stronger" He added
that this was his last Offer the
paper said.
A foOtnote to the white paper
declared that when Henderson vis-
tied Joachim Won Ribbentrop, Nazi
foreign minister, Wednesday mid
night the German produced "a long
document which he read rapidly"
apparently Hitler's l6 points for
a Corridor -Danzig settlement. When
Henderson requested the text OF
the proposals, Ribbentrop answered:
1T is too late now, as the Polish
plenipotentiary has not arrived In
Berlin by midnight"
Britain's reply of Aug % sug-
gested direct German-Polish dis
cussions, urged suppression of FROM
tier Incidents and inflamatory pro-
paganda and expressed belief that
if peaceful settlement were obtained
'the assistance of the world could
confidently be anticipated for meas
ureS to enable a transition from
preparation for war to the normal
activities of peaceful trade"
Just Settlement
This communication concluded
that lust settlement between Ger
many and Poland may open the
way to world peace. Failure to reach
it would ruin the hopes for better
understanding between Germany
and Great Britain and bring the two
countries into a conflict which