Danzig Danzig, under the control of the Senate, continues to
live up to its role as the well dramatised danger point of Europe. Guns, machine guns, and tanks continue to be imported by sea or over the East Prussian frontier. Men are still being enrolled in the armed forces, which are estimated to number more than 10,000 The Senate has taken the opportunity to advertise the supposed economic grievances of the city by declaring itself unable to meet further its foreign debts. The expected Polish protest has not yet materialised. But what happens in Danzig is less important than what happens outside. M. Bonnet has given his assurance to the Polish Ambassador in Paris that France stands firm in its support of Poland in regard to the status of the Free City. The Polish Ambassador in London flew back to Warsaw last Tuesday to report to his Government, and it may surely be presumed that he carried similar assurances from the British Government. In an article on another- page we dwell upon the importance of leaving nothing undone to make Herr Hitler understand that Great Britain is determined to resist any aggressive action he may take against Poland. It is equally essential that he should understand that no discussions about the status of Danzig can be entered into until the whole question has been freed from the argument of violence, and force as a solution is completely ruled out.
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