Evening star., 1939-08-27
All Travel by Air
To East Europe
Cut by French
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press
PARIS, Aug. 26.-France was re-
ported tonight to have told Germany
In firm response to Reichsfuehrer
Hitler's peace proposals that the way
to settle the European crisis was for
Germany to negotiate directly with
Poland.
The Franch answer, handed per-
sonally to the Nazi chieftain this
afternoon by Ambassador Robert
Coulondre, was said by Paris diplo-
matte sources to have stated the
French position in two points:
l. France does not want to have
TO fight, but she has given her
guarantee to Poland and intends to
make good on it.
2. II Germany wants peaceful
solution she must negotiate settle
ment directly with Poland as equal
treating with equal
Air Travel Cut Off.
The French government tonight
cut off all air communication be-
tween France and Eastern Europe.
A decree to become effective at 9
am. a am, E. S. t.. tomorrow,
forbade any planes except French
military craft to fly over French
territory east of a line from Calais
south through Paris and Lyons to
Marseille.
Eight regular air routes used by
lines serving Belgium. the Neither
lands, Germany, Switzerland and
Italy as well as countries farther
east were eliminated by the order.
Three Army Glasses Called.
In demonstration of her firmness,
shortly after Premier Daladier per-
sonally drafted the response to Hit
Ter, France called up three addi-
tional groups of reservists. Esti-
mates Of the number of men this
will bring under arms varied up to
100000
Diplomatic sources here said that
France and Britain were replying
separately to the German proposals
because the Fuehrer presented his
plan to the British and French Am
bassadors with different emphasis.
AS diplomatic circles in Paris
pieced together yesterdays dramatic
interviews between Hitler and Brit
ish. French, japanese and Italian
Ambassadors, the Fuehrer, when he
called them in separately, gave them
separate messages for their govern
ments that differed in details.
Vague With French Envoy.
With French Ambassador Cou-
londre, these sources said he was
fairly vague, stressing the fact that
Germany had no quarrel with
France and that a situation existed
between Germany and Poland which
must be regulated.
He expressed general impatience
with Poland to Coulondre, these
sources indicated, but to British
Ambassador Sir Neville Henderson
made more definite proposition.
What these proposals were was
still not definitely known, but it was
believed by some Paris diplomats
that they included the handing over
to Germany of Danzig and the
Polish Corridor in connection with
q peace conference"
Whether this conference was to
be held before or after Germany re-
ceived her demands was not made
clear.
Hitler was said to have told Hen
derson to take his propositions to
London and bring back a definite
answer from the British government.
French, Polish Opinions Asked.
During the cabinet session at
London this afternoon, the British
were understood to have asked both
France and Poland to rush their
opinion on the Hitler proposal.
The French study of Hitlers pro-
posals-as well as the British-was
based. the French foreign Office
circles made clear, not just on the
actual suggestions that the Reichs-
fuehrer has made. but on the pos
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