Evening star., 1939-07-21
Force on Danziq
Rejected Says
Berlin Official
Solution Expected
To Be Peaceful,
But Favorable
BY LOUIS P. LOCHNER,

BERLIN. July 2l.-A German
government spokesman in one of the
most unequivocal recent utterances
on Danzig said today Germany
optimistically expects solution of
the problem favorable to the Reich
but rejects the idea of force to re-
gain the Free City.
Our Fuehrer is 100 per cent for
peace" he said. Now as before we
expect an uncompromising solution
of the Danzig situation along peace
full lines.
Germany has not the least de-
sire for conflict of arms to bring
about the uncompromising solution
which we confidently expect. We
reject 100 per cent such a warlike
solution and would regret extremely
If that were the only way"
Cites Lack of Propaganda.
Saying that Adolf Hitler clung to
the definition Of the Nazi party con-
vention at Nurnberg. September 2
II. as The Party Day of Peace"
the spokesman added:
If he did not mean it, don't you
suppose we would have started to
prepare the public by a press and
propaganda campaign for another
eventuallty?"
The statement was made at a
time when Poland and Danzig are
seeking to fix responsibility for a
border incident in which a Polish
soldier was killed yesterday by q
Danzig Nazi official.
Poles accused the Danziger of
shooting across the frontier without
warning, but the official Danzig ex-
planation WAS that he fired in self
defense
German official opinion is that it
is only a matter of months until
Germany peacefully regains Danzig
over Polish objections.
Restraint Seen in Britain.
The foreign Office spokesman said
common sense, including the reali-
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city. was bound to prevail.
The official German belief is that
the people of Britain, pledged to aid
Poland if her independence is
threatened, have no desire to come
to grips with Germany over Danzig
and that therefore the British will
exercise a restraining influence over
Poland by counseling Danzig's re-
turn.
Poland, officials in Berlin believe,
never would have been so unyield-
ing except for British encourage
ment. England, therefore, could
press upon Poland a settlement,
they declare, adding that Poland
need not suffer loss of prestige.
since the Free City admittedly is
Germanic. Germans hold that Po-
land would benefit in the long run
by improving Polish German rela-
tions through such a settlement.
The Danzig- Polish border Staying
seemed to cause little commotion in
official German quarters and belief
was voiced that the incident would
be closed quickly.
Maneuvers Near Holland.
Maneuvers of the German air.
force will be held in the northwest
ern corner of Germany. bordering
on the Netherlands, from August l
to August 3, the official Gazette an
nounced.
Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm
Goering, as minister Of aviation,
decreed limited air traffic in the
area which extends from the Meth
erlands border along the North Sea
coast to the Weser Riven, then as
far south as the vicinity of Kassel,
west through Muenster and back to
the Netherlands border.
Exempt from the ban are gov
ernment and transport planes,
which are required to cross the ap-
proximately $1,000 square-mile area
at an altitude not higher than
$500 feet. Flying at heights below
900 feet and within q radius of 3
miles of civil airports is permitted.