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I Ngapuhis lDec\are War

On Germany
pAR,\lrouNT OF NORTHLAND, THq-..:qApLiHrs, - \I'HOSE }IARTIAI, EXPLOITSTRrBEFAJTIOUS IN ARE I{EIV ZE ILAND HISTORY, HAVE DECI,ARED WAR Ot{ GERIIAI{ Y. The attitude of liorthland llaoris tow'ards the \l'ar was tliscussed at a conference of leaders held at Waiomio )'esterday to prepare for the \ltaitangi celebration.s. Procedure was"'in .strict accordance w'ith traditional beh*ui-. oul', and above the marae, a Union Jack. presented to the C[i.f Pumuka at the -sig,n ing of the Treaty of Waitangi,-n;ttur.,f . There l\'as a complete unanirniLl'of opinion among those 'l present. It \\'as a time for politics to be cast aside, every sllaker I
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"GermAn airmen shoot polish fliers escaping in frorn their damaged rnachines. "These methods have not succeedecl in conqueril spirit of resistance. "C'errnany's air raids have killed 20,000 ci , n'hich exceeds the nuniber of military casu;hies. "The torvns destroyed include czestochowa."

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" The Warsaw correspondent of the Brussels "fndependent Belge" describes the Polish capital as (( a desolation." Many six-storey 'buildings have collapsed like -

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name i.rnder *'hich the fi rst Mairi-eom_ batants rra,rl aetive service in the East, inLerVreted IiteraIly, meant .. fighling Irtrce."

len eomrades beckoned them t& hasteru Replf ing to a letter forwarded U_y the Ngapuhis immediately upon thLi outbfeak of \,!'ar, Sir Apirana Ngata ''*'rote that it \&'as Lroped to revive the Fioneer Eattalion. Tne tvlinister of Defence had asked Prime Minister is v,'iitten .in the }daori for preparation of a departmental re" port upon this. language.Strong resentrnent at the actjc,rn Until the general policy ol assisting taken by the Tokerau Labour party in the proseeution ol the \&,ar hal at Tc* T?e, asking the Covernment to been framed, the matter v,,ould not b" I in the House, Sir Api."nr restrict the service af, Maoris to home i ffi::;ilj defence alone, \l,as expressed. The feeling of the people was that: Quoted Hls Grendfather. Berlin eorrespondent of the | *u i;{r Riri Marsh Kawiti, who presid- i,'N"* York Ti'mes" says the Gr:rmans 'Waiomio conferen.u, "Ttte ffre ls burning in Europe. ed r-'r1'r the in advancing from the north-east have It m&gt be q uenehed there .na stressing the unswerving lo1'alty rrf I completed the encirelement ol \Yarour yqunt men and r+,omtn u,ill the Ngapuh is to the fnione, quoted Ii ,r*.' hclp to do lt rhoutder to rhoutder the *'ords uf h is grandfather. the war- i Gdynia, which r+'lth thelr pal<eha brothers.,' ri"r chief of the sarne name, who had it,nt surrendered- held out for lZ days Exceplir,n v..irs *lsrt tal:en trt tlfe sugorr,r"." gestir.rn c:rrt.anat!ng lrrtm the Tokeritu "'1 i,?: ff ::?X,"il1;ioi,Iff"-i;*,, ""r'*,:f 'X';l', addressing his people, had said Labour Cttnfererrce that the tttacrri "Hold fast lo $,lackte, near the allegianee to the Drit- 1 i.ii-to.*- thclr 1tgrew Rlver, f $rce Lr: c;rllr_.'J the Trealy ttt arrna yesterdey. l{ai lang,i i:h King. but. . if anybc:dy t.impt., i 'rrs Eallalir'.n. dr1'a'n )'our tfeaty rWaitangir thai l; i Five potish divisions and t,*'o cavalry For the God of War. i the tjrrre to take up arns. Pre{erence rl,as expre.sserJ trrc the "It the treaty is faithfully observed, lurlg"a*r are still holding out around iirino,- flsl,ting tbe toughest and longtitle "Tlrtkrt Wh l..r_r a Tu.', un<ier ,*,,h ich the fi rst tvlauri sr.idie rs lef t l,iew Zea- be pal'rel'ra in outlook and hetp t; '"rt U,"itr" of the war ro tar. brolhe'rs'"_____ land durjng tlre Creal War. i tt,"y are eut completely off, and Tu v/as the Cod of War. and the
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Letter to Piime lllinister. A letter tvas drar','n up for despatch to the Prime lllinister. assuring him of the Ngapuhis'absr-llute allegiance to the tsritish Cpc.,u'n and to the Governmen +, ef ltie.,flZealand. in the crisis. Mr Savage is asked to l,eave the tr:ay open far the fl,r',,,'er rtf the race to enlisi for overseas service, preferabl-v in a revived "Fioko U'hitu a Tu Corps." In rangatira st1'le. the letter to the

enlist, and to-day tbe spirits of

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Funeral processions travers the streets uncea The courage of the Eoldiers is incredibl. Mlny $'ounded men are fighting desperately rvhii _ medieal aid, r,hich is disorganised. The Diplomatic Corps, including the papal Nun il*p*tjng the effects of the bombing of itre ope Krzemieniec, Poland's third provisional capital (aite snd Lublin), decided to asli their Goverirments to Berlin. The British, Hungarian, Belgian, Estonian, swed and Swiss Ministers contributed to relief funds for t of the bombardrnent of Krzemieniec, where the machine-gunned the market place, killing B0 people a ing 100. Germany had previously been informed by the F eign Office that the Diplomatic Corps had removed to Kr A Vilna radio broadcas{ states that 60 patientr killed when'Wangaw. plrnes bombed a children's German toriurn near

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the Polish resistanee is

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stand made at Gdynia an T?re very spced of Ger

give Poalnd a chance to rrnn troops in the swamf


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Foles have been trained t

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fighting is going on. ' IIeavy fighting is

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IZS Polish divisions have icaRturdC or destroyed.

south-east of Warssw, whr elaim to have annihilated fantry regiment. T?rey alm claim to be resisting heavy German

Lwow, capturing l0 tanl

, I.,aler, the corps. rrfficered largely .by Mayis , bc:came a labr,ur uni t. assisting behind ttre ljnr-,s in Franee. While the W;ririmiq gathc:ring tx. grewrJ prc:ftrence frrr l,/Iaori trrxtps ln tlto prlslc,rtt .,,; ar luh jr g llit:ir plar.r: in the fir.irrg ljne, rt v;as tdl tf,ri the eapacity tn i;hith.'tlty shrrulrJ s{,rv(r shou ld bt lef t u rir e:s.rviril:, tr.r the ,"nilitary authoritjr.s. In making the urtCbttrJrli,rral rtfle.,r rtl .servir_e. it '*'irs dr:s ire,d that the l-x-,st possiblr-. . ug"e t.r.: "rrnde ri manpq.,,ler to serure ruccess frrr a caus eommon trl lhe lrlarti artd thc Eurr,yan. F4uzllly al $crvlce. fuquality rtl s{.rvice .A,as the aim. it wes emphasised. ptt*rlptlon tr.lt .rrgerded a, galLc nnnccerrart lor lte tlzorl, zi tut w.? yourry, men hutcned to l:-rrat

Ag.inst Poland?
'LONDON,

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eslry t$k ln Poland. irredrctinj liirt i ll,.ulb.oken German line has been wjll take military -n.ii* iestablished aeross Poland from Llth- The war w8s not a wall agarnst Poland within a tei d"ir::;; ; uanil to the Polish Ukraine. The Germans were figh It h ln the mmher beyond and resolute enemy. a reprisal lor Polish violati,o";-;; tJ: ironiior-,I- ;ri t;;;;- io*, not ,pino, Brcgt Llcovrk rnd Lwow (irmTtre German vlctories \ 'r"rronsrbte to b sult'of leadership and t basis rctr rhis o;li i !::11 thrt Polrnd hu tbe best " 'Y- ; chrrrce ol mehln3 a lrd ,tr,ad. plojed by the German aI clietion

stated that lt would be to thlnk the German ar

A Germen r*'lreless eo

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It is estimated that .the Russians l ..HeraldI Ttrere is fierc nShting " The soviet Ir exPected..to^occupyiniii"l.:'reportinS of the ":T. ^-^. --- | *u correspondent by trrephone rromlol warsaw, but seemingry Polish ukrajne whrle tl-" ,.9ut-*i advance eartward to thit-position'.:"a i ,rr"-i',]L"i"n-pollsh border. says the ltonger any irr tront ot rh parrition o, po,and is *ruiii iiiLiil'i ot the polish army har gro* | Ttre radio on both sidJ
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have 4'000'000 men under

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