1938-09-22 — Page 11

CZECHS GRIEVED CAPITULATE

BUT

Crowds Shout For Military Dictatorship

LONDON, TO-DAY.

THE CZECH REPLY TO THE FRANCO-BRITISH PROPOSALS, AC- CEPTING THE LATTER IN FULL, WAS HANDED TO THE BRI- TISH AND FRENCH MINISTERS IN PRAGUE YESTERDAY, AND WAS RECEIVED IN DOWNING STREET LAST EVENING. Reuter learns from an official source that it is a complete acceptance of the British and French recommendations, with no reservations or stipula- tions.

The reply, however, concludes with an appeal that if Czecho-Slovakia should be attacked, the Government trusts that Britain and France will come to her aid.

Large crowds of both sexes demonstrated last night in Prague's main

U.S. AIR FORCE

CHIEF KILLED

Washington, To-day,"

- Major-General Westover, Chief

of the United States Air Corps,

was killed in a plane crash near

Vultee, California, yesterday.

Reuter.

NO FRONTIER IN

square and before the foreign Legations, voicing loudly against giv- EUROPE NOW ing up an inch of territory and shouting for a military dictatorship.

A communique announcing delivery of the reply to the Anglo-French

demarche, adds that negotiations have thus been opened for. formal proceedings concerning a solution of the proposals which the British and French Governments deemed it neces- sary to make to the Czech Government on Monday.

There were sobs and some hysteria, but mainly a stony silence in the streets as pub lic loudspeakers broadcast a statement issued with a view to calming public opinion. No Precedent In

History

The statement announced that the Government action was taken after it had been exposed to

will come too late in view of the claims now put forward by Hun- gary and Poland.

The Paris Midi" voices these fears when it writes that forma- tion of a common front composed of Germany, Hungary and Poland

out opens

most unfavourable prospects for the future of the Czecho-Slovak state."

The Communist group assembled

POPULAR FRONT PROTEST

LONDON

But

BERLIN

WEB Under Constriction

AXIS TRANSPET

ROME

TOKYO

Showing proposed UNDERGROUND extensions to Rome-Berlin axis.

SAFE

London, To-day,

After Mr. Clement Attlee and Mr. Arthur Greenwood had inter- viewed Mr. Neville Chamberlain yesterday, a joint meeting of the Trades Union Congress and the Labour Party executives sent a deputation to Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary..

Later the meeting issued manifesto expressing humilia- pressure for which there was no in the Chamber yesterday morning M. Leon Blum, and in the evening tion over the "shameful surren- precedent in history like dictation to protest against the policy of a delegation of Left Wing parties to a vanquished people, "but we Mr. Chamberlain and M. Daladier. representing all groups belonging der to the threats of Hitler." are not vanquished.”

to the Popular Front, held a con-

The manifesto says that Bri- "We submitted in order to The Executive Council of the

sultation.

tish traditions of democracy and avoid misery and bloodshed, and General Confederation of Labour

It is generally believed, however, justice have been dishonoured by we are sacrificing ourselves to also held a meeting to take cogni- save peace as Christ sacrificed sance of the report on the subject that the Cabinet will not encoun-

by the International Trade Unions ter any serious difficulties since the sacrifice of Czecho-Slovakia, himself to save hurianity.

the opinions on foreign policy held which will not bring peace. The Socialist group in the by the various groups in the frontier in Europe is now safe. "We shall not attempt to throw Chamber met in the afternoon to 'Popular Front differ considerably. the blame where it belongs but hear an expose on the situation by Trans-Ocean.

DEMONSTRATIONS

RENEWED

will leave it to the judgment of

history.

"We stand alone but we shall

be Czechs together. A new life

is now before us.

Shortly after the statement was issued the demonstrations were renewed. Reuter.

PRAGUE REPUDIATES

RESPONSIBILITY

Paris, To-day.

It is stated at the Quai d'Orsay that although the exact wording of the note communicated by the Czecho-Slovak Government to the British and French Ministers in Prague is not yet known; it is cer-] tain that in the note, which has also been communicated to the Czecho-Slovak Legation here, the Government indicates its – accept- ance of the Anglo-French plan.

In political circles, it is asserted that

the note contains certain passages destined to repudiate tha Prague Government's responsi- bility for the decision taken, but that those passages do not modify fundamentally the affirmative char- acter of the note.

ART TOO LATER Whilst political circles do not at the conceal their entisfacti

abandonment by Prague of its for-

conference in London.

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