NINE POINTS OF NEW PRAGUE OFFER British Mission Explains Details To Sudetens
BRITISH SHIP Lord Runciman
BOMBED
IN VALENCIA
Valencia; To-day.
A British steamer is reported to have been damaged when five insurgent planes bombed Valencia this morning.
An incendiary bomb struck the vessel which was set afire. One of the crew was killed.-Reuter.
"ATTEMPT TO CLOUD POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE"
Berlin, To-day.
Press comments make it quite plain that no credence is placed in the conjectures in British and French newspapers about willing- ness of Rumania to allow Soviet aeroplanes to fly over and sealed trucks to pass through its territory in the event of war breaking out in Central Europe.
1
come
Hopeful Of Agreement
Prague, To-day.
SHANGHAI
PORTUGUESE GIRL'S DEATH
Shanghai, To-day.
A beautiful dark-haired British girl, Miss Luisa Cruz, aged 21
The Government's new offer to the Sudeten Ger- mans was explained this afternoon to Dr. Kundt and Herr Rosche by Mr. Ashton- Gwatkin. Lord Runciman also participated in years, was shot dead in her flat in the French Concession, Shanghai, talks and gathered a favourable impression.
about midnight. The girl's admir- Later Dr. Kundt, accompanied by Dr. Sebekowski,
was received by President Benes and it is er, a Portuguese, named Vasco Marcal, clerk of the Hong Kong understood that the two German delegates will now visit Dr. Hodza with a view to discussing and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the question of the resumption of negotiations.
FURTHER POINTS
has been arrested.
According to the police Marcal, who had been attending a party, It is denied that the Govern- ment has laid down a restriction 7 Special sections for the Can-entered the flat and found Luisa regarding the profession and doc-tons will be created in all central sitting with her sister, and declar- come to kill you," trine of National Socialism. - administrations which will be run ing, "I have
out a revolver and fired The Executive Committee of by nationals who deal with matters pulled
three shots:
The first two hit the girl in the the Social Democrat Party and affecting their own nationality,
8. The national right of citizens
she tried to flee, one one of the principal components of the Government bloc, have to be protected by special laws and back as unanimously approved the deci- an elected representative of various piercing the heart. The third hit sion of the Cabinet.
Reuter. nationalities in the various repré- WIDE AUTONOMY sentative bodies to have the right of complaint against any interfer Prague, To-day.
A wider degree of autonomy ence with the rights or interests of for the German minority than their nationals and a special regis- was hitherto envisaged, is con-lter to be established for each na- tained in the nine chief points fionality, of the Government's new propo-
9. Immediate steps to be taken to
the floor as her sister threw her- self on Marcal's arm.
Marcal, declaring "I am sorry
I lost my temper," calmly walk- ed out and surrendered himself to the police
Miss Cruz was born locally of Portuguese parents but has British papers. If he is indicted for mur-
It is not the first time, writes the "Deutsche
Allgemeine Zeitung" that reports
of this sort about sals, which will be laid before reach an agreement on those points der Marcal will be tried in
Marcal's elder brother is Luis Rumania's attitude have made their the Sudeten Germans to enable a which do not require legislation.
ALL NATIONALITIES
Marcal, the well-known Interport resumption of negotiations.
The Government will prepare new footballer.-Reuter. appearance. They always
It is again emphasised that when Moscow or Paris is seeking to befog the political atmosphere. The the points almost completely laws in collaboration with the Sude- fact remains that King Carol per- satisfy the eight demands of ten German Party, Proposals to form the new Nationalities Statute sonally brought about the dismis-Konrad Henlein and it is believed be laid in Parliament will be enforc- which apply not only to Germans sal of his foreign Minister, Titu- therefore that the Sudeten Ger-ed as quickly as possible as they but all other nationalities. Reuter, lescu, because he did not approve mans will have no difficulty in
of latter's pro-Soviet policy.
accepting them though they may
The "Diplomatische Politische not hurry to do so.
Korrespondenz", likewise concerns
Reuter.
MAIN PROPOSALS
itself with this matter and in an The Government's proposals inspired statement mades a sharp are:
protest against a series of reports 1, Recommendation of the spread by a foreign news agency principle of proportional employ- about the dangers of German ex-ment of officials according to the pansion to the east which, it is al population,
leged, in these reports would not 2, The employment of officials halt at the frontier of Soviet Rus- in districts of their own nation-
ality,
sia.
It amounts to a complete contor- 3, A division of security ser- tion of the facts, says the "Korres-vice between local and State po- pondenz," to speak about a threat to lice so that local regions have the Czechs on Slovaks.
police of their own nationality,
4, A new linguistic law based
"DRANG. NACH OSTEN"
After refuting the socalled on complete equality of lan-
guage.
LOAN PLAN
"Drang nach Osten," this comment goes on to say that there is a na- tural desire on the part of Germany to enter into close ties with all 5, Assistance for the industrial Danubian countries. Germany is by life of German districts affect- nature economically bound up with ed most by the crisis, including, these countries. The relationship a loan of 700 million crowns at between Germany, and Hungary is advantageous terms. the most telling. refutation of all 6The creation of equality in these imputations concerning Ger- national status on the basis of national autonomy by the intro man political aima,
Incidentally, concludes the "Kor-duction of a system of gaue (can- respondenz", it appears as though tona) whereby Germans enjoy Paris, is seizing every opportunity self-government within terri to accustom public opinion, to the tories where there is a German
he Frautze of Soviet majority. thought of the troops through Rumania, a thought All questions not concerning] be dealt with which has erto been utterly re- national unity palled by
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