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Hitler Charges Against Czechs Described By

"Times" As Nonsense Europe Kept In State Of Anxiety

LONDON, TO-DAY.

THAT HITLER'S SPEECH HAS LEFT THE WORLD IN DOUBT REGARDING HIS INTEN- TIONS, IS THE GENERAL VIEW OF THE MORN- ING PAPERS WHICH ANTICIPATE A PERIOD OF CONTINUED ANXIETY REGARDING THE PEACE OF EUROPE.

NO STATE OF EMERGENCY IN SLOVAKIA

Prague, To-day.

It was denied here last night that a state of emergency has been proclaimed for the entire Sudeten. German region. It is admitted, however, that should the demon- strations in these districts con tinue, it is possible that assemblies of all kinds will be prohibited.— Trans-Ocean.

RE-SHUFFLE OF

"The Times”, states that the object of the FRENCH CABINET?

speech was clearly to put the onus of a settlement upon the Czecho-Slovakian Government.

JAPANESE SEIZE CONTROL OF CHEFOO

Peiping, To-day.

The Japanese naval authorities have taken over the authority of the Chefoo Harbour Commission, an internationally appointed offi- cial body responsible for harbour control and development.

After the Japanese decision,

the Commission composed of a majority of Japanese nominees,

dissolved itself.

This move ends the freedom Paris, To-day of the only open port in North It is rumoured in political circles Hitler's words: "Seven million Czechs are tor-that reconstruction of the French China, with the exception of

Chinwangtao, turing three and a half million Germans,” is an ab- Cabinet is imminent and that a de-

cision to form a cabinet of National declared the "Peking and

The postal authorities to-day surd perversion of the truth which can hardly have Union, in which all parties will be tain Times," suspended as regards deceived his own docile, devoted audience.

represented, will be taken at the ca- President Lebrun in the chair. binet council to be held to-day with No reason is given for the ban.

transmission through the mails,

́It is further rumoured that M from the authorities following No reply has been received Herriot will be Prime Minister in

British protests. Reuter. the new Cabinet, which will include M. Daladier as War Minister and M. Bonnet as Foreign Minister. Sunday and also on Monday morn- These rumours are strengthened by ing. In informed quarters the ru- the fact that M. Daladier had long mours are neither confirmed nor conferences with M. Herriot on denied.—Trans-Ocean.

He even explained that there was a desire to exterminate them. It is lamentable indeed, con- tinues the journal, that the head of a great country like Germany should talk such nonsense.

Except for a single sentences about self-determination, the speech of the head of the German State was just another of those which are delivered almost nightly at Nazi gatherings and it really leaves the vital problem of Central Europe very much where it was before he: spoke,

"The Daily Telegraph" states that the Sudetens are promised by the Czechs, greater rights than have been accorded any minority in -Europe.

Herr Hitler's Speech And Its Effect In Europe Are Dealt With In Pages Five, Six, Seven ́ ́ And

Eleven.

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