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WAR OR AMPUTATION?

CZECHS

STORM

SUDETEN H.Q.

EGER, TO-DAY.

SIX PERSONS WERE KILL-

ED, INCLUDING A WOMAN, A

Czechs Perturbed By Chamberlain Visit To

To Hitler

PRAGUE, TO-DAY.

POLICEMAN AND FOUR CI- IT IS NOW FELT IN CZECHO-SLOVAKIA THAT THE CRISIS THREAT- ENING EUROPE CAN ONLY BE SOLVED BY WAR OR WHAT WILL AMOUNT TO AMPUTATION.

VILIANS, IN A FIERCE CLASH BETWEEN CZECH TROOPS WITH ARMOURED CARS AND MACHINEGUNS AND SUDE- TEN GERMANS. FIRING FROM THEIR HEADQUAR TERS HERE YESTERDAY.

The fighting, which was wit- nessed by Reuter's special corres- pondent, lasted four hours, and centred round the Sudeten

Deutsch headquarters.

The trouble began when police,

This is the reaction to Mr. Neville Chamberlain's decision to make a per- sonal visit to Herr Hitler, which is regarded as one of the boldest and most dramatic developments in a situation already tense with drama. can frankly be said that this development is viewed in Prague with sus- settlement picion and anxiety, as it is felt in Czech quarters that any will probably be, to a certain degree, at any rate, at the expense of Czecho-Slovakia.

It

with a warrant, went to search Dr. Ernst Kundt, the chief Sudeten delegate, refer-[..

the headquarters. Members of the party refused to allow them to enter, barred the door and opened fire.

The Czech police threw a cordon round the area and armoured cars were brought up.

sway over the destinies of mighty

ring to the announcement of Mr. Chamber-nations. The world will rejoice that lain's visit to Germany, said: “That is import-they are to get together, and it will ant news. All the rest is immaterial.”

In London, Mr. Chamberlain's | decision has had a different effect,

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meeting with the warm and univer- sal approval of the morning news- The Sudetens refused an ulti-papers, which pay tribute in glow- matum to surrender, whereupon ing terms to the British Premier's police and troops stormed the courage and statesmanship. building.

Those arrested, whỏ were mainly young persons, included a number of girls.

SENSE OF RELIEF

"The Times," în an editorial, de- clares that the news will bring a sense of relief and profound satis- All was apparently quiet early faction to all but the very few to this morning in the area between whom any sort of intercourse with the Czech and German frontier at a dictator is incomprehensible and Karlsbad, but every town and all anathema. strategic crossroads are picketed]

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by Czech troops or police. Reuter.

HABERSBIRK TRAGEDY

BERLIN, TODAY. THIRTY SUDETENGER MANS AND FIFTEEN UZRO WERE KILLED IN CL

AT HABERSBIRK ON

DAY AND WEDNEET

NIGHTS, ACCORDINGS

"The visit," says the journal, "is in any case the culmination of the unremitting endeavour of the British Government to for ward the work of conciliation and to check sinister developments.

SLEEPLESS SENTINEL "People in London have be nick to recognise the admirable alertness ith which the nister and his principal

preciative

AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT cheers, the gratitude, univer QUOTED BY THE GERMAN felt for those efforts, which in truth NEWS AGENCY.

The agency alleges that Czech police and soldiers in armo cars opened machinegun fire various points in the village, which the Budeten Germans plied.

have earned for Great Britain the title to be called the "sleepleas sentinel of liberty and peace.”

The "Daily Herald” says that Mr. Chamberlain has taken not only

supremely {wise course. bold but

tave off war, be, growing, oh must win irrespective

"There is no man or woman in the world who will not wish them well," the newspaper asserts.

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RULE OF COMMONSENSE The "Daily Mail says: "It is to be a quiet and informal discussion between two statesmen who hold

watch with bated breath the out- come of their deliberations."..

"The "Daily Express": declares, "Commonsense rules the land. When Mr.. Chamberlain and Herr Hitler sit down together, the armies of the nations that have been mobilis- ing can stand at ease..

"At the end the conference, a plan will be provided

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