September 30, 1939: POLOAND PARTITIONED BY GERMANS AND RUSSIONS:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1939:

Believe Germans To

Back Up Peace Offer
With Intensive Attacks
Preparations Being Rushed By Both Nations As
They Give The German-Soviet Peace Proposals
The Cold Shoulder

Paris. Sept. 30 (AP)—The French government, apparently turning a cold shoulder to German-Soviet Russian peace gestures, intensified preparations today to meet, any threat of a big scale Nazi offensive to back up the peace offer.

The French general staff reported the night was "without incident," but said patrols were active throughout the region east of the Saar river on the northern half of the western front. Apparently the zone referred to is south of Saarbruecken.

 Expect Statement On

Stand Toward Allies
German-Soviet  Relations,
Partition Of Poland Also Expected
To Be Discussed By Hitler

Berlin. Sept. 30 (AP) — The Reichstag, called only to hear Reichsfuehrer Hitler give an exposition of his policies, was summoned today to meet "in the coming week."

The Reichstag last met Sept. 1 and heard the Fuehrer proclaim himself "the First soldier of the Reich" just before he plunged into Poland behind the Nazi legions which since have ended the eastern republic's existence.

The announcement that the Reichstag would meet, again said only it would "hear a declaration of the government."

It was assumed this time it would hear a statement on the partitioning of Poland. German-Soviet Russian relations and the stand toward Great Britain and France in their war against Germany.

 

Once more Poland has ceased to exist as an independent state, with the agreement between Germany ant! Russia which wiped out the republic created following the World War. The common boundary line (heavy black dotted line) between the two lines indicate Poland's boundaries before the present war. partitioned shows how the rumored "buffer state" was eliminated in the final draft of the map.

Dotted lines indicate Poland's boundaries before the present war.