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POLAND ISSUES WARNING TO NAZI GERMANY WARSAW Poland July 18 A new offi ¬ cial Polish warning to Nazi Germany against any external or internal coup on Danzig was issued by the Warsaw government today less than twentyfour hours after the arrival of Major Gen Sir Edmund Ironside com ¬ mander of British overseas forces for Anglo Polish military staff talks The warning coincided with the return to Danzig of Al ¬ bert Foester Nazi leader after conferences with Reichsfuehrer Hitler in Munch and Berchtsgaden Simultaneously the Danzig Senate under chairmanship of President Arthur Greiser discussed the situation and reportedly reaffirmed Danzigs solidarity with the Reich Todays new warning ap ¬ parently prompted by revived rumors of a forthcoming Nazi coup and by arrival in the Free City of vast new contingents of Germans as well as military supplies was contained in an official communique communiqueThere There was no hint of what this response would be but the mere presence in Warsaw of General Ironside indicated that Poland was ready to fight for Danzig and in this determination she already has assurances of instant British aid Reports reaching War ¬ saw that Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler was slated for election to the presidency of the Danzig Senate as a move toward the Free Citys incorporation within the Reich prompted the Polish government to issue the stern new warning to Germany
