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ALARMING REPORT OF

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Berlin Correspondents Unable To Confirm

-NO GERMAN-

ASSURANCE

GIVEN

Berlin, To-day.

Reports that Germany had giv. en assurances to Britain that she would not take precipitate action in Czechoslovakia, were discount- ed by an authoritative spokesman who declared that if Germany were prepared to give such an as- surance there was no sense in Lord Runciman sending Herr Kon- rad Henlein to see Herr Hitler- Reuter.

AMERICAN AMBASSADOR: PEACE OR WAR?

London, To-day.

Some Of New Fortifications Occupied

Metz, To-day.

According to reports from sources regarded here

GERMAN CONFERENCE ON SUDETENS OVER

Berlin, To-day,

Ribbentrop, left Berchtesgaden at The Foreign Minister, Herr von

2.30 p.m. by air for Berlin, while Herr Henlein left by motor car for

as reliable, all fortifications recently built on the other side of the Rhine have been occupied Prague. by troops.

It is understood that Henlein has left with the Fuehrer's views

Large forces of infantry and tanks are reported to on the latest Czech offer.

have been sent to the frontier yesterday from Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the Rhine province, Westphalia and Hesse-Nassau.

Severe control on all rail and road passengers has been insti- tuted in the. Rhine districts and all owners of vehicles in The Saar, Rhenish Prussia and Pala-

FERRY SERVICE

It is stated that the next move lies with President Benes and his cabinet.

While there is no inkling of their contents, there is ground: for believing that the Czech pro- posals will be regarded here as not defined with sufficient cléar- ness to satisfy, Sudeten German

Reuter.

Tenders are invited until Noon aspirations. tinate have been warned of the on 15th September, for a licence for possible requisition of their vehi- the exclusive maintenance of ferry

In a speech at Aberdeen yester- day, the United States Ambassador.cles. Mr. Joseph Kennedy, referred briefly to the international situa- tion.

Reuter.

DOUBTFUL

Paris, To-day.

No confirmation is available

Reuter.

He said that some of the nations of the world were involved in dis-here regarding the accuracy of putes, both internal and external. the Metz report on which some The rest were anxiously watching doubt is expressed. and doing what little they could to counsel patience and forbearance and, above all, the avoidance of

war.

NO MASS MOVEMENTS

Berlin, To-day.

No troop movements of any For that, he added "is the prin-importance have taken place in, ciple on which we can all agree. the Rhineland, as far as it has We do not want war to break out been possible to ascertain. not only because of its immediate

effect on ourselves, but because of | Reuter's Cologne, correspondent the devastation it will leave in its states that it is certain that there wake, visited on millions of inno-has been no mass movements of cent and unoffending people.. troops to the frontier.

We owe it to the great mass of

certain amount of fortifica- the people of our countries and totion work is proceeding other- other countries, to our children wise the occupation of the de- and to theirs, to leave no avenue fences is perfectly normal. unexplored in our efforts to pre- vent war...

DO NOT WANT TO-FIGHT

Certainly the peoples of the world, do not

to fight each rs say that they

ar unles

other. Their themasir

It is certain that a number of big guns moved to the right bank of the Rhine at Wald, opposite Cologne have been carrying on

Reuter firing exercises.

It ough" spiritual courage,

believe it can be done,

alty to right dealing, and by the exercise British Wiro- the of commonsense.

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