a further approach to the German
Government ................................................ 398
365 M. GEORGES BONNET-Paris, September 3
M. Coulondre is requested to go at midday to the Wilhelm-
strasse and ask for the German Government's reply to the com-
munication addressed to it on September 1. If this reply is
in the negative the French Ambassador is to give notice that
his country finds itself in consequence under the obligation
of fulfilling its engagements towards Poland as from Septem-
ber 3 at 5 p.m............................................. 399
366 M. COULONDRE-Berlin, September 3
M. Coulondre reports that he has carried out these instruc-
tions ..................................................... 399
367 M. COULONDRE-Berlin, September 3
M. Coulondre states that the German Government's reply is
in the negative ........................................... 400
368 M. GEORGES BONNET-Paris, September 3
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, in accordance with The
Hague Convention of October 18, 1907, notifies all Diploma-
tic Missions accreditedto Paris that a state of war exists
between France and Germany ................................ 401
369 FRANCO-BRITISH DECLARATION-Paris, September 3
The two Governments of France and the United Kingdom affirm
their common intention of waging war humanely and observing
international undertakings, limiting the use of, or prohi-
biting certain weapons; they reserve their liberty of action
in the event of their adversary not observing these under-
takings ................................................... 402
370 M. DALADIER-Paris, September 3
Text of the President of the Council of Ministers' appeal
to the French nation ...................................... 403

THE British Government, in a statement issued to the Press last night, was at pains to emphasize the fact that the German proposals to Poland, broadcast one hour previously, came as a surprise and that these had never been officially communicated to them. The proposals had been hurriedly read over once