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. , POLAND ASSURED OF HELP | LONDON, England, May 1— Great Britain and France will go to her aid should Poland decide to fight for retention of Danzig, a foreign office spokesman declared today as the cabinet of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met again in emergency session to consider the European outlook. Poland does not want war, the spokesman asserted and will fight only if a serious issue develops. Meanwhile, in contrast to alarming reports from Warsaw, it was learned that Polish foreign minister. Josef Beck had informed Britain and France of his conviction that a peaceful solution of the Danzig crisis is possible. Britain and Poland are remaining in close contact regarding all implications of Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitlers speech on Friday, in which he denounced the German-Polish non-aggression pact and insisted upon Danzigs return to the Reich. A spokesman declared that discussions with Soviet Russia over Bolshevist inclusion in the anti-aggression block were continuing in an encouraging and hopeful spirit.
