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Most ominous troop movement was in the Polish Corridor near Danzig, the Free City attached to the Polish customs union but ruled by an all-Nazi government. The Germans of Danzig (about 380,000) have long clamored for a "home in the Reich"; Adolf Hitler has long wanted to oblige. But only last week realistic Josef Beck, the Polish Foreign Minister, who knows that for every inch Poland gives Germany Fuhrer Hitler will take a mile, was reported to have reminded the Reich that his country would consider the seizure of Danzig a casus belli...
Privately, other explanations for German troop movements in the eastern Alps were given. For a week the Brenner Pass from old Austria into Italy has been closed to civilian traffic. For the same period long German troop and munition trains have been pouring through, southward bound to Italy. Best guess as to their ultimate destination: Italian-owned Libya, in north Africa, where Dictator Benito Mussolini has long planned an "adventure...
...tiny troop-packed Hungarian village of Debreczen one morning last week the earth quaked, chimneys tumbled, ceilings crumbled, pictures fell. Excited villagers, thinking war had come at last, leaped from their beds and ran down into cellars to avoid bomb splinters. No sooner had they discovered their mistake than Hungary actually was at war. The quake lasted 40 minutes, the war three days. Neither did much damage...
...daughter and Foreign Minister Frantisek Chvalkovsky, Dr. Hácha boarded a special train. Week's best example of how fast the Hitler machine was turning over: Dr. Hácha's train was one hour late in Berlin because of traffic congestion caused by troop trains already on their way to Bohemia...
Aggrandizer Hitler made no statements last week about being satisfied as to territorial demands. In fact, even Neville Chamberlain was inclined to doubt the Fuhrer's promises. Such countries as Poland and Hungary were not doubting his threats, however. When he arrived back in Berlin, Storm Troop units and loud speakers sang all day a song with the refrain: Today we own Germany, Tomorrow the whole world...