'ST 23, 1989... Cincy Gaim Fair, Warmer .Drops Phll8 As Cards Lose To IOWA-Fair lodayand tomorrow; Brooklyn warmer today and in norlbe&S~ (See Story. Pale S) pOrtion lomorrow. Iowa' City's Morning New spa p e.r FIVE CENTS The AlIOdaIect F_I IOWA CITY., IOWA THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1939 The A.....,lated PIUI VOLUME XXXVIII NUMBER ,183 ---'. .* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Far Reaching Pact If War Comes These Six Men Will Be Leaders of Europe's Armies Signed at Moscow. .'. Smashes Hope In Hitler's Of British For Hands- Soviet Accord Louis P. Lochner D-eclares Fuehrer Ribbentrop To Make In Full ComllUlJld ./ Personal Report Of By LOU1$ P. LOCHNER Details to Hitler BERLI~ug. 23 (AP) BERLIN, Aug. 24 (Thursday) Adolf Hitler appeared tonight (AP)-Nazi Germany and com­ once again to hold Europe's fate munist Russia, long-time ideo­ in his hands, adhering firmly to logical enem!es, entered early to­ his demands upon Poland which GENERAL PABIANJ . COLONEL-GENERAL KEITEL GENERAL 8MIGLY-RYDZ GENERAL GAMELIN GENERAL SBAPOSHKINOV day upon a lO:;»ear non-aggres­ a reliable informant said now ill' . Italy Germany Poland Franoe Rus 1& sion . pact which smashed what cluded acceptance by the Poles As wa~ clouds gather again over break out, most likely two of these military leaders of the Rome-Ber- . ot stall. Directing military opera· slaft; General Marie Gustave Russian army is placed in the hopes Britain and France may of a protectorate government. lin axis powers - Colonel-Gener­ tions on the other side ,\f a Eur­ Gamelin, French chief of staff, unique position of leading a giant have held to align the Soviet in The demands, according to uneasy Europe the s e six men men, outstanding so ldiers them- and Inspector-General Edward army in a country that probably their bloc. trustworthy information, were stand ready to lead their nations- selves, would find themselves pit­ al Wilhelm Keitel, I chief of the opean war most probablY would Smigly-Rydz, chief officer of the will be left out of the war entire­ A day of conferences in Mos­ dispatched yesterday to most armies in the conflict-if it comes. ted aga inst the military skill of German pigh command, and Gen­ be found Major General Viscount Polish army. General B 0 r I s ly unless the European alignment cow in which Joseph Stalin ~k European capitals as follows: Should a ' general European war the other three. The two are the eral Alberto Pariani, Italiall chief Gort, chief of the British imperial Shaposhkinov, chiel of staff of the again changes. part, sufficed to reach an under­ 1. Unconditional return of Dan- ............ * * * * • * • • ... • ... ... ... * • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . ... standing which the government zig. said was motivated by a "desire 2. Cession of those sections of to strengthen the state 01 peace" Poland which were Ge~man be­ between them. fore the World war (Posenpoz­ The agreement, which was even nan-Pomorze or the so-called Britain Gloomy, Grim Following Russian Pact more far reaching than many ob­ Polish corridor, and Polish upper • • • ~ • • * ... * • ... • • ... • • • • servers had expected, was signed Silesia) . • • • • • • • • • • * oj> * • • • • • . • • by Joachim von Ribbe,Ptrop, Ger­ 3. Acceptance of a protectorate man foreign minister, and Vy­ for the area remaining, similar to Nazis Concentrate Troops in This Sl~vak Town Agreement Is Blow to Hopes Beheslaff Molotofi, Soviet for­ that of Bohemia and Moravia, International eign commissar, at the Kremlin parts of former Czecho-Slovakia. For Peaceful Crisis Settlement in the presence of Stalin. Britain Answers Scene Von Ribbentrop reported the The British ambassador, Sir I * • • • • • • • • • conclusion of the treaty to Fueh­ Neville Henderson, was said to • rer Hitler at LBerchtesgaden) at have re-stated Britain's pledge to Developments EngJi 'h Authorities once, and made arrangements to aid Poland as an answer to these Throughout , Move To Put Nation leave Moscow this afternoon for demands in a call at Hitler's Itle fuehrer's mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden hom~ today. The World- 011 Wartime Footing wder to make a personal report. Sir NevUe landed at Tempelhof The understanding in its broad­ airport tonight and went at once By The Associated PrC88 LONDON, Aug. 24 (Thursday) S ense, was felt in political to tht: embassy. BERLIN-Hiller stands firm <~) -A.l rea dy -moving to place t\!C~ here to mean a definite The expose to other govern­ on Polish demands repOrted now herself on 0 wDI'l!me looting, "buiying of the hatchet" as far ments is said to have contained to include acceptance by Poles Oreat Britain viewed gloomily but as nazi di~trlbes against commu­ Hitler's two alternatives fQr a ot nazi protectorate govern- gl'imly the German-Soviet Russian nlstlc Russia are concerned. Polish settlement: non-aggressiOh pact signed early Article four, foreign observers Either Poland accepts the s e ment; British amba.ssa.dor re­ today in Moscow. lrrimediately pointed out, ruled terms and permits Germany states Britain's determination to Diplomatic quartet's said the out the possibility of Moscow peacefully to occupy the sections aid Poland and tells of Cha.m­ pact was a blow to remaining still joining the London - Paris claimed, or Poland fights, with berlaln's continued peace ef· British hopes that the crisis pre­ forts but reported to have been 1ront by stating that neither Ger­ the result that Germany will see cipitated by Germany's demands many nor Russia will associate to it that her eastern adversary told In effect "too late." on Poland might be solved peace­ itself with any other grouping of is partitioned once again as has fully by a fh'm Britl.sh-French powers which directly or indi­ been her fate in the past. LONDON-Britain moves to· stand. rectly is aimed at the other party. According to one version Sir ward wartime footinl'; Hitler In particular, it was said, article . Informed persons considered Nevile assured Hitler that Prime demands stal'l'er peace hopes; two, apparently preventing either article three prbviding for "con­ Minister Chamberlain was coc­ na.val reinforcements speed 10 of the signatories trom supporting sultation regardlng questions of tinuing his efforts on behalf of Mediterranean; east cout ship­ in any way a third power engaged common interest" as especially peace_ pers cancel sailings due to lea-ve in war with the other was regard­ significant in the light of the Too La~ for Ba.ltlc or German pOrts_ ed as carrying unhappy implica­ present conflict between Germany "Too late" was in effect the tions for British .. French determi­ and Poland. German dictator's reply, it was nation to aid Poland if she goes They cited an editorial in the ascertained reliably. BRUSSELS - King Leopold to war oVE'!' Germany's demands. well-informed Essener National Hitler, according to the offi­ makes drama-tic peace plea on Declines 10 Comment Zeitung yesterday morning which cial German news bureau, DNB, behalf of seven neutral s1a~s There had been some hope that remarked: . "left no doubt in the mind of the for major powel'll 10 "open ne­ the British-French front might "It may be assumed with cer­ British ambassador that the ob­ lrotlaUons in spirit of brotherly procure a "benevolent neutrality" ta10ty that in the Moscow talks ligations assumed by the British Fifty cooperation." from Russia with access to sup­ a division of the mutual spheres government could not induce reported concentrated in plies and possibly a leeway for of interest will be arrived at Germany to renounce her cham­ Slovakia, shown above. PARIS-France ol'dt!rs partial troop movement from the Black which will correspond to the pionship of national interests vi­ ----------------------------------------------------------------- sea, The Russian-German pact, mobilization, brlnl'lll&' forc~. 10 however, it was said, seemed io wishes 01 the German as well as tal to ' the life of the reich." around 2,000,000 men; officials Temove this possibility. the Russian nations." Three Questions were on ev­ Dictator Busch European Crisis F.D.R.Returns tear war a.lmost certain If Ger­ This was interpreted as hinting (See LOCHNER, Page 6) man - Russian non-aggression The British foreign oUice de­ at the possibility of lmother par­ Raises Food Ante T W h~ t pact signed, r.egardl_ . of con­ clined to comment immediately on titioning of Poland should the Shoots Himself __ 0 as lng on the pact. It was obviOUS. however, tents. that the reception was a gloomy · p~esent dispute lead to forceful BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 23 . Father Chains ---. one. measures. (AP)- War fears in Europe have Cuts V ~cation Short Hitler also was believed to 'Condor of Andes' MOSCOW ' - Germany The German fuehrer's reported caused a great demand for Ar- statement that Poland must either have told Britain's Prime MJnis­ Four Children Takes _~n . Life, . Russia . SlgD non - arrrelllion gentine wheat and beef, goverp- To Consider Affairs arreement al~r sPeedy nel'otta­ yield to his demands or be parti- ' ter NevlUe Chamberlain in de­ tiohed came as a staggering b19W talled memorandum that if Po­ A'ccord~u'g to Aide ment sources said today. More In European ' Crisis tlons amonr von Rlbbentrop, CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. than 180,000 tons of wheat have Molotoff and Stalin; BrUIah­ Foreign Minister Joachim von to British hopes tor a peaceful Ishd resisted 4iazi claims and de­ 23 (AP) - A 43-year-old jobless L~ PAZ, Bolivia, ,Aug: 23 (AP) been sold to European buyers iii French misIIon snarks time on Ribbentrop of Germany is in Mos­ settlement. cided to fight It would mean the father was sentenced today to six -German' Busch, youthful Boli­ WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (AP) (RJtler's demands were reported partition of Poland.