Evening star., 1939-05-06
Berlin
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Danzig loomed large in the minds
Of foreign diplomats in Berlin after
careful study of the morning press
of inspired services and the confer
ence of the two Danzig leaders with
Hitler.
Official spokesmen would not say
for what purpose Forster and
Greiser went "of their own accord
to the Fuehrer on the same day thai
Polish Foreign Minister Joseph Beck
politely said no to Hitler on his
demands concerning Danzig and the
Polish Corridor.
The answer, however, seemingly
was supplied by two editorial ut
terances, both from sources which
may be regarded as officially in.
spired if not official
Deutsche Diplomatisch- -Politische
Korrespondenz, which is known tc
emanate from the foreign Office, con-
tended that Col. Beck in his Sejm
speech completely ignored the doc
trine of self-determination.
Voelkischer Beobachter. Official
organ of the NaA party, spoke even
more plainly. 1t said:
only Danzig itself can decide
(where it should belong).
1T is up to 400, 900 Danzigers to
say whether they want eternally to
remain outside the German COM
monwealth because no government
in Warsaw has the courage to oppose
Chauvinistic circles and to help JUS
tice come into its own"
Foreign offlce experts meanwhile
we're studying the text of the Polish
memorandum replying to Germany's
denunciation of the Polish German
non-aggression pact of 1884.
Oficials said they could not say
whether the Polish note would lead
to another German note. but inti-
mated that study of the rather in
tricate Polish document" would take
some time.
Diplomatisch Politische Korre-
spondenz said the new Polish-B
ish assistance pact shows IAN unmis-
taxable tendency toward coalition
directed exclusively against Ger
many" and "it is a parallel to the
Czecho- French Soviet system -
Adding an important part to the
situation was publication of numer.
Gus reports in German papers o1
alleged attacks on Germans ano
German property and abuse Of the
Fuehrer" in Poland.
DNB, official German news agency
reported a stream of German ref.
ugees as a result of Polish terror.
ism" and said "the German popula.
ton of the Village of WOLF was ter.
rorized by Polish bands in an un.
believable way"
A spokesman said: THE idea Of 9
Joint administration of the Free
City, limited at by Beck, is not to be
discussed. AS the Fuehrer said In
his Reichstag speech of April %
Danzig Is q German city. We dc
not deny Poland's right to access to
the sea. That is why we are pre-
pared to give Poland free harboI
in Danzig. We are also ready to
respect the rights of the Polish min
ority in Danzig. The door has not
been closed to further negotiations
A propaganda ministry ofilciaI
asserted that next, Mr.. Beck must
come and formally ask that We
negotiate and accompany this re.
quest with q concrete suggestion a.
to how the new treaty Ito replace
the 1884 pact) is to look" This was
in reference to the Polish note de.
livered In Berlin yesterday.
The Polish note affirmed that 9
new treaty must be negotiated
through free discussion and sale
that the Polish government coule
not agree that the 1884 treaty ex.
cluded the making Of pacts with
other countries. Otherwise, it said
independence in foreign affair!
would be lost by a country's sig
nature Of q non-aggression pact.