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Poland Invokes British and French, Action

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glzlitler to Lead Nazi Forces

C-scring Named as “First Choice For Successor”

The German radio announced that the iieaguc cf Na- tions ( iinimissiioner for Danzig. harl Btirckliarilt. and his Slilfl lt‘ll I)an7.ig' at i) rim. (4 ll.m. EI)’I‘). '

lliiicr declared his intention to lead his forces at the front and hunted Field Marshal Goerint: as his first choice for sitccmsion to the Nazi l(‘il(lCl'.~:hip if he were killed.

lie called (—‘.ermaii_v's army the best-equipped in the world and confidently tissiired Germany that “there will not be another November‘, 1918." lioiirs earlier Hitler ll'.]’.l Daiizig nieaiitihile wus cut off i’ Gei'iiiaii zirniy to "iiie-at froiii telt'|)lifJlie coinnitiiiicsitioii and '\.'ll force" and actillti fire it was. assumed ‘.ll.\t Poles had our. C0l11.iiIililCDllf.‘Il lines in Pomoroze, the Cuiridor. which Hitler nus dc- niaiicled for Gcrniany.

Tl1t‘li’3 were no 2'a_i)ut'ls 01 Polish i~e.~.isLiii:ce ii: Daiiztg and it re- iiiriiixeu iiiiccrtuln wiietlier the Poles

for rat li..i:il near the Polish-S. esian l'.

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tiozi "ii the B.ilt;e.’ Ir lil<i'.i4:it‘.c.<l wtiulil fight for tiie free (‘.li_\‘ It the Pe'.~'i Port of Cklyitifi. nei;zh- w.‘s l‘(_"_fli'{l€‘(‘l certain that German be: or Unit‘/,ir;. LI" i.. would m.irch into the free

city from East Priisslzi. 1lll‘.:l‘.l)OI‘ on the east.

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l‘.l/-\RTlAL LAW IN GERMANY BERLIN. Sept. 1.—(CVP-Havas) ——Martial Law was proclaimed throughout Germany todayul CANADIAN PARLIAMENT SUMNIONED OTTAWA Sept. 1.—-(C)) — Parliament was called to meat September 7th at 3 P. M. By Orderl in Council rushed through a Cabinet Meeting hast-l ‘ll’ called by Prime Minister Mackenzie King early this morning. *

POLAND RAVAGED,

_ WARSAW, Sept. 1.—A German Aircraft have raided Polish Cities, official reports said today andl erman troops have begun a heavy movement to-‘ Ward the Polsh Frontier from East Prussia.

Warsaw was among several Polish cities bombed_

d German forces, the announcement said, were etermined to break all resistance.

‘ho The official statement that war was on, came ‘mgr after Fuehrer Hitler left the Reichstag Ont: cheers for his declaration that he would en- "me a Polish settlement or die fighting in the Yunlform he wore. it 3°mb explosions were heard in Warsaw but he amagepr casualties were reported in this city. We explosions seemed to come from eight or 10 to b8 to the want. where air raidory were believed ° attflcking railway communications. of th fficial sources still were without information ”w:ahexte_nt of damages or casualties in air raids are in the country. bomb he Foreign Office said German planes had "1 Krakow and Katowice, in southwestern

?_'“"'flv and also Czestochowa, Tczew and - Udziag.

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_* it confirmed that fighting

think it is quite clear that

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ﬁtlanadian Parliament lialled For SEPPTEMBGER 7th.

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OTTAWA Sept. 1,_Purllament has been called to meat Sept. 7 at 3 P.M. In allowing only six days for members to get to Ottawa the Gov- ernment's action contrasted with that taken in 191! on the outbreak of the great win‘ when 14 days were allowed. lmprovcments in i-oniinuii- 1 1 icatlon and tranlportntioii including the development of air travel liiwei made shorter notice possible. l 14 IA‘ l_Y}I1914v ll '3 €XDi“‘l~0d "H3 Snecw .-\li hirniiilllics and frills were dis- dd ;°*“:i°" “HI,” “h"" aim °'l“"°l¥. pciisea uitii and such will probably “°‘l““’ 1“ ('°"e""""°“' h"‘l"“*"' tie the use next week. The Gover- l “d” "‘° “mm” V"""l‘“"K fl“ l.“' ‘ nur-Ueiicrul the Duke of Connauxht. “’ “‘.‘ '_"“ "A "‘5°'““°"‘ “"5 mu“ reiid the speech from the ’l‘hi-one in by l'"V"‘° membcrs “"3 ”‘l""""d mt ll khaki su-vice uniform instead of be 5'"‘l“"“‘l°"§ . the i-iistumiary dress uniform and on The staff will be of skeleton char- me ﬁr“ day the W“. measmcs ad acter and only sessionnl eimployi-rs “ﬁg m‘M,_ed residing in or near Ottawa would he ’ ' ' called. It is believed the ﬁhﬂrhtﬁ sl This dmhed the (;,m.,.mmen¢ Wm, of the session would not Justify theiextriiordlnary powers for the dur- G0\crnmcnt in putting stenograplv t ution of the war but its enactment crs and others who live at a distance i “in “M be m.“.§m,y this “me u 1‘ l‘) ill" ""P‘~'l"‘€ "A 3 mi‘ ‘0 “W l l‘(‘!ni|.illf‘d on the statute books since (3l"“"- '.l‘|ic Prime Minister has indicated‘ special sessions are unusual in nu. act would he used again once ‘Caniiila. The most notable one was, mu. Mm.“.d_ on the outbreak of the great wont llt, wits called on August 4. I914. for: l:\lii'(Il 0. I8 und contiiiued until Aug-‘ 'l‘lic secrml day a s ccial budget -ust 22nd. l was introduced to prov dc monev for

G RMANY'S

ltlttawa Recalls

‘WAR WDAIEPIGEGATION LONDON,.Sapt.1.-—(CP)—-—(Passed by British Censors)———Reuters News Agency reported from

‘ Berlin today that the German Supreme Command ~

; had issued this announcement that 10.40 A.C. (6.40 lA.M. EDTS) :— E ‘in the fulfilment of their task to offer resist- ance to Polish Force, German troops have crossed all the frontiers to counter attack. 3 “The iir arm has also come into action. The ‘ navy has ti-.l<en over the protection of the Baltic." Fighting in Danzig , had started in ‘Danzig and official sources said German soldiersl had attacked Polish defiences near Mlawa, border- ing the sourthern part of East Prussia. Other German attacks listed by the Polish An offensive with bombing plane support against Myszynieic. Air attacks on Vrajewo, Northern Election of Warsaw. in Upper Silesia, a drive against Neumitte|d- walde, south of Ostro. An air attack on Poznan at 1 A.M. KWA.M. EDTLM. German troops occupied Zsaszyn. Troops moved against Leszno in the Poznan region.

Chorzele and the

Nciszi Attack Repelled

‘heart of Poland in an apparent effort to pinch off the , ‘ Corridor before the l“ren('h and liritish \\.'ll‘ machines eoulrl

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Britain Issues General .Orders For Mo oihzation

the cost of the war and the rest of .-

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business,

The only recent special scissiori 3nd the "my other of note was held in 1930 to deal With iiniimployment, just after the election of the B1-n~, nett Government to office,

enxatctlelstdh°’d1n§r(hn|ll(g'rhl'i-if rcllli-:t".l):lt 1 _ ‘[1 Under which the nnmin - imivliii-d‘

funds for relief. The mini r measures.

passed raised the tariff '~'(‘ll('illlIl‘-’ inl MOSCOW. Sept l-IAPi—'I‘ass,

accordance lfllh I'~~ - of iiigiior, OW -«ii news asencv £illl\.i>.ll.C(’{l to- t protection adopted by the newly cl-‘ <l.i\' :lizit .’l Jzipaiies e-Man-

ectcd Conservative

Gl|\t'I')inl"l|t all that time.

'l|()ll:(lill\\ll force hail --11. fl’ l.E".l by fl Soviet-Outer Moti- l:<ii::iii i;iii(l aiirl air offeiisi'e along ill?‘ (‘i‘ll.i]lOll border of Maiighgukuo ant. Outer Mnngolign,

Prime Minister Mrickeiwie King made the announcement 10 min- ute: after the Cabinet rissenililed at 9 am. Mr King ("iIT‘t“ mi‘ of the meeting to give the ris-its to wait- inz ‘.'(‘i)0I't4‘I’S

KING SIGNS ORDER

I.[)NI‘i0I\', Sept. 1—(CP)—(Passed by British censor) »——The King today signed an order-in-council for complete Sm, 1‘(CP>__lPa$m mobilization of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal l Ccn.~orali—A Rﬁlltprs , All‘ l"0l‘(‘9.

‘ l”“‘‘ w“‘‘‘-’‘‘‘' W133’ Said ' The atrcncy wild the mobilization order was signed by

i-li (\fll('lal i'aa"o antic ‘ ‘ .. . . . . . I an-— 3,, ,.,.,,,‘y'md the l\in_i: during a meeting of the Privy (ouneil at Buck-

izicmiarvv STRIKES

I.0.'l‘(lI\l_ by Bi‘.l l

lVI.'*. l\/liIl"'(€‘Y’l'.7.lt‘ Kin: lre<n and keen and EllO\\"' fects of his all iiiiziii "

ml: the fateful r.c\\': f l 7‘)I Fi‘liliiti. :iil.i( inizt ' .. “ . M - .. ~ ' « 9 ' M ma mm M Mammy ‘mp PW“ CmrmO:_0l(\1l2gn‘ll’)1rZt‘£‘r) iiaeraa lln_tIh’il‘lll I‘.il.i.e \\lll(‘h lasted 1_.mir_iutes.. . Tl , L V V I m 13,»... S,vm2,_ lhc (mvcrnnient 0l‘(lCi"3fl all air raid warning systems “Mei: mfifiviiiviﬁit inch l M “W WW mm mm H L V F ‘in the country to be put into immediate operation. ed ._m,_. me .a,,,,,(,.\,,,,,,.n._.,,._ 1 immdnq 1;r(;‘L_n“f and ‘K‘w;‘\‘3]‘c‘é Hundr-.-ds of thousands hunted from Iiondon and other i ' i r - .

liirue cities. i The authorized British statement declared Poland was Wlkm A, we Cmfd” mm from lfully Jtistified in refusing to submit to more (‘XZl(‘tliIf.‘, the .-:i.~i lilld ino w:si._r;-..~m it... ‘treatment than is customary even in the case of peace * tin‘!t1.\’Eno§‘II)li1ldoi\;oonrite ‘ terms lmpo'~'e(l on a defeated power." l‘ an; r > . . . -

( om H‘ (rentiiin oi ii war cabinet was f0l‘E(‘il.“l

i were hi lubed from me air

British Position

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—- ~t ill Clli)_llllC€. about 60 niile.-5 1:». 1). - . . l The Bmm poslmn‘ gmnm “H H1719 iiiiiiittis as .in early step in the eyent of d dcciiiiiitinn o. from a re.iab'.e 5C.lll"" iiiay be, Drulclnwo is abort; 8!) miles “ar. 5“-filmed UP 35 i°1l0W5 " il0l‘?l'\‘,f‘$i of Wrii'.=.1w. i I<..‘it. ., Silesia is int "0l.i\ND INVOKES PACT

"Iii pui'sua..ice of the \\’€‘ll-l{llC)\\'ll i, ..,. mm, N 57,. ﬁchmva mom, British VIEW that the (iiieslitiiu £lL ‘ ' . ' ...”" '. ‘, , ‘ _ , issue between Geriiiuny diltl Pu~ " :Om‘h“”§L ‘)1 w‘“sa“‘ l.0l\l')0N. Sept. 1——((P’—'l he Polish Ambassador ll}

1”“ “‘°”“’ be ‘‘5‘”“‘‘ D-l’ "“'~"""“" i London today notified Foreign Secretary Viscount Ilalifax 1* 5;.’ p’,m.’9 CH1 3, ' that Poizind invoked the British-Polish rniittial iissistance , l 7 ' treaty on the t:l'()lll’IdS of German 2l_t{g'l‘CSSl()n.

The Polish Amlia:<.sador took the momentous step in a ‘personal call on Lord Halifax.

(The mutual zissisttincc pact» signed Aug. 23 by Great Britain and Poland, provides: “Should one of the contract- ing parties become engaged in hostilities with a Furopcan power in consequence of aggression by the latter against. that contriietini: party, the other contracting party will at once give the contracting party engaged in hostilities all

0 Germany Strikes I the :2:tf‘ift?\nISfl'Pii:nlleorwgiidsolini summoned jthe l1lllliln‘('ill)ln€t to meet at 5 p.m. today (10 Z1ll1.mh7ll):l:l. 0 At Corridor

PARIS. Sept. l——(t‘P)—-'l‘wo (.‘i-rman arniies were re- ported here to be strikini: swift. hard blows toward the

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A HitIer’s Speech To Rei_(_:_hstag;

be br""i¥hl int" ﬂclltln I .1--W VURK 5.1,‘ t_,_i,\r--.-Tiie ‘soiiitiiiiu with poiisii .%L.1'.(‘.'wi‘n€n. l \Vhile German \\:'.l‘[)lilil('\ (lI'll|i])t'(l lltlnlllri on Polish ..'i.. i. ii: ('i‘ilil‘t.' euiiiirmv in- imude all Otter l0 WU“ 5"“"~‘ “mt uiiiiiiiai, of ago which has the IilO.~iI loyal ‘iilL(

cities. one German ai'm_v \\.'l~‘ i'epni'li-ii .\il'il\li\p,{ ><(lllllH\‘t:«'l _.M.,.h ,5

The Polsh Garrison repelled a German attackl [Ilnst Westerplattc. 5

Germans moved against Notcc in Polish; Pomerania. ‘

German tanks attacked Smilow in the Poznan region.

PROCLAIMS END

l . .DANZlG, Sept. 1.-—(CP-Havas)—Danzig Leader Albert Forster formally proclaimed the end of Danzig's existence as a free city and will Adolf Hitler's approval decreed that ‘Danzig wi ’i all its tercitorx and all its eopie constitutes an integral part of the German eich."

In a proclamation to the people of Danzig Forster said:-—

“Men and women of Danzig: The hour that you have awaited for 20 years has arrived. Start- ing today Danzig returns to the Great German Reich. Our Fuehger Adolf Hitler has liberated us. For the first time the Swastika Flag, the Flag of the German Reich, floats over the public buildings of Danzig. Today it floats also on the former Polish buildings and over all others in the port. From the tower of the old Rathaus and the Venerable Church of the Blessed Virgin the bells toll this hour of the deliverance of, Danzig.

»inost. generous iiiiiiginzib.e. Uliljv I lmyselt, could have iiint.ti- siicii at

.V!i riiii i). .li‘ (li‘I'll\ilI\ lltl ii.i.i ii...‘

from ltlilﬁt Pi'it.‘i.siti iind tinollier niiiiiiiu l\lll‘ll|L'iI.\t\Vill‘rl from

German Silesia. The app:ii'ciit obit-cti\e has to form a ll J l .89. mm (‘|"j‘,'|,;‘Vl: Iotier. aliiioiigii I kiicw miiimiis o.’ . . I .>. .‘,.i..i. .~ . ~'... . . ,

junction a few miles west of \\ar.-aw. ciittiniz off virtually :13 ’L.u.,,,._._, ,-Uermaus dl53E1CC‘l_“l“l in?‘ M

the western third of Poland which l.'irilers on Gr-imiinv. I . and will is, ‘me time. The pioposai vi... tutor:

lciown and Poland lllt'il lstruutzie and stiir'.e(l oti;ii‘<'.~ ii: 1.6 Gerinan iniiinritios in that m.iiii.i"v'.

or ',\l\\.\}.\ was The U011 iii

German strategy lias long been ('tlnt~ild(‘i'C(l to depend « upon a quick conquest of Polziiiil, pi-or-liiini the situation as ;

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. 2 . '. . -. . . ~ H wotiii under control iind then link ltllililtlh .lllI(‘.\ \\h.ii theie is . y L ‘ Hm ,I.mH‘ mfnm __LMM"g On“ 1“ “Kl” ﬂl)0“l- ‘wen! .~_(\ticti ixoiii L'ie:ni:i'.ii. t’-\l- t Reports reiichini: here said the iirmv iltlil('l\'lf1L{’ from lint i;:it«i.‘tlu.«-.iitv:'iBn:: ;>Fl“I(.i[imi>(4;{i>‘igllj‘s; Sm. ,1... “in, oi)-F:\c ll[‘l' Ci(“il'V East Prussia wits fanned out in the direction oi '1.i::ldowo "Hm "H. m._, ' l , . 0t)ll;;.illtiIi.'a We (lt) nlxwiit uh..- " " . lot ii. iieiicciiil inisioii, 1 have tiled _ l’ V x.(_‘,Hl mm V) Mlawa and Liechanow. (icchanow. the southeriimost of once more to settle tliLs pmbieni. ¥““°“‘ “° "“‘“ "“ ‘ ' “

these objectives, is only 75 miles north of \\'arsii\v, midway from the German frontier.

N.-\7.I STRA'l'I<IGY

The Selesian army was reported advancing into the rich Polish mining area surroiinding (.'1.cstochowa in southwestern Poland at the same time, reports reaching Paris said German divisions spread out along the Slovak- ian-Polish frontier were feining heavily in order to hold Polish troops out of the main campaign.

There was no news reaching Parish to indicate what resistance was being put up by the Poles or what success was attending German efforts.

It was announced here. however. that the German plan for a “lightning war" called for German troops to make ii spectacular advance before the French Parliament can meet tomorrow.

Military observers in l‘nri.s do not believe Germany will make any over acts aizainiit Ii‘rance or Britain for the moment. preferring to force them to attack alon" " ‘ lthine frontler- It was not believed. either, that Germany would make any effort to draw Italy into the conflict until such

_ time as France and Britain are definitely involved.

It, is not title that we hare tried in force the issue. and pi'f‘\/IUILS issues, all the time. There would have been time ciioiigli to bring about. such peaceful revision.

"I'caccful Revision"

1 mnrlo p|'(7'_,itl.\t|l after proposal concernzng lll.\fli‘m:\ill(‘ill, concern- ing AllSli'l5i. coiireriiitz C'I.erli0- Slovakia. .|i\il mliIl\' other LBSIICS.»

lbut. this is llll[)OS.Kil)l4" in c:irr_\' on ‘ll micli pi-.1i~eftil rc\'i*i0i\ 15 itllinfl ‘to he Ilhi'if‘lill"'..ltVli" and if the in- ltoleriable f‘0ll(lli.(lllK persist It. has lb!-en said that Gcrinativ breaks ext-..:ng treaties.

I must. rt-pl_v treaty in Gerinaiiy does not mean law, it was forced upon Germany iwlth point nt lI\lil'x" The existing :|il'(\l)l(‘in.\ have in be snlvctl 'l'lii- ,VVf'SlI‘l'll ]l("v\li‘> may think that. ‘there was no hiirrv about siieli a solution. but- Jtlnic element is not indifferent to us.

I have discussed many possible

{run attcr a time.

,posecl ii solution on the that the Vcr.=i1ilIe.~'

in bringing ; the l

Frenciiniriii who lives in the Saar i.l‘l‘i‘li0l'_\' is being optiressed. O‘-‘Pi’ it perioti ti.’ tour niontlis, I ii.'i'»'i- l\‘eii looking on I hare. warned Poland that llli'lllt"I‘ IUPRSIITPS ni Op]lI'l‘.<\- ion and ineasurc; disregarding ax- istiii: treaties on the part. of Pi)- land wmilil mean that Germany would have to net S0<'lIlt"l‘ or Inter. I told the Polish Aiiibtissatioi‘ here that the (‘iermaii of today "Ls no longer the (‘iei“niaii_\' of old.

No power on earth could toler- ate such conditions in the long l)l‘C.llISE I was rnnvtnccd Poland really did not want a DP.If‘('flll agreement. 1 pro- hnsls of direct negntiatlon.=. For we long days I have been waning to tea

what Poland would do. All I re- ceived as an answer “‘1I~ that Poland (ll(l iiol Wzillt in ii:-;:ol.ate

with us, and this l1lt‘\<.’\t't‘ (hrl not even reach us directly,

The German nation \v<.u‘.tl tic- scrve to disappear from illt‘ polit- lal scene it she stood for this sort. of treatment.