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PACIFIC SOLUTION A

Berlin, To-day. Replying to President Roosevelt's plea for peace the German Chancellor sent the following lengthy telegram to Washington yesterday afternoon:

Your Excellency appealed to me tele-Prague, as the negotiations for a peace- graphically on September 26 on behalf ful settlement conducted between the. of the Amercian people and in the in- Sudeten Germans, and the Czech Gov- These negotiations terest of peace not to interrupt the ne-Jernment showed. gatiations dealing with the controversy definitely proved that the Czech Gov- which has arisen in Europe and to seek ernment was far from anxious to tac- a peaceful, honourable and constructive kle the Sudeten-German question from regulation of this difficulty.

the root and to achieve a just solution.

I assure you that I appreciate the As result conditions in the Czechoslovak noble sentiments which have inspired State have become completely intoler- your endeavour and that I share your able during the last few days as is attitude in every respect regarding the now a matter of common knowledge. unpredictable consequences of a Euro- pean war. For this reason I must de-

GERMAN MEMORÁNDUM cline on behalf of the German people the difficulty by peaceful methods I By way of a final attempt to solve

to

and their Government to accept the responsibility should the further de-submitted, a memorandum to the Bri- velopments lead, in spite of my former tish Prime Minister on September 23 concrete proposals. endeavours, to an actual outbreak of which contained

In view of the fact that the Czech hostilities. In order to gain an un- biassed judgment concerning the Sude Government had already declared ten German problem it is essential that the British and French Governments its the events are correctly viewed that willingness to cede the Sudeten Ger- form the background to this problem nian territory to the German Reich, the proposals in the German memorandum PARIAHS OF WORLD

could serve no other purpose than to The German people laid down their bring about a rapid, certain and just. weapons in 1918 in the confident belief fulfillment of this agreement, I am that ensuing peace with the former convinced that if you, Mr. President, enemies would see a realisation in review the entire development of the principle and the reality of those ideals Sudeten German problem from its be- which were solemnly announced by ginning up to the present day you will President Wilson and just as solemnly find that the German Government has accepted by all warfaring nations. not been lacking either in patience or Never was the confidence of the nation in honourable desire to bring about a violated in a more shameless manner peaceful solution.

than at that time. The peace treaties Germany certainly does not bear the forced upon the conquered nations in guilt for the fact that the Sudeten Paris' suburbs by no means fulfilled the German problem has arisen or that it

has now assumed untenable propor promises given. Rather they created a

tions. political regime in Europe which re- duced the defeated nations to pariahs, The possibilities of agreement on a of the world and brought about a state just solution are for this reason of events which must have been recog; the German memorandum. The ques- hausted with the proposals contained in^ nized as untenable by every farsighted ton lies not with the German Govern-

person.

or

ex-

One of the points, which exposed the ment but with the Czechoslovak, Gov- treaty of 1919 most openly was the ernment whether they will have peace foundation of the Czechoslovak State war" (Signed). Adolf Hitler.—-

Trans-Ocean. and the establishment of its frontiers, without consideration of the history and the nationality of the peoples-thus-in- cluded.

The Sudetenland was also included in this state although this district had al- ways been German and its inhabitants following the collapse of Hapsburg. had unanimously expressed the desire to be incorporated in the German Reich.

SELF-DETERMINATION

The right of self-determination which had been proclaimed by President Wil son as the most important principle of national life was thus denied to the Su- deten Germans, The Czechoslovak State was thus formed by the treaties of 1919 and according to the terms thereof ace.

HENLEIN AND

FRANK IN

"FIRING ZONE"

Asch, To-day,

Konrad Henlein and Dr. Frank

fire"

cepted extensive obligations to the Ger- received their bapt of the

man national group. These obligations while inspecting the

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were from the very beginning not ful- Sudeten German volunteer corps filled and the League of Nations failed

completely in the task of guaranteeing near this town.

them which had been assigned to it. In the neighbourhood of Cberloh- From this time on the Sudetenland hema they suddenly found themselves gan to struggle to maintain its German in the midst of a shooting affray character., It was but a natural de-

velopment that the restoration of Ger- between Czech militia and Sudeten many's strength and the Anschluss of Germans but managed to escape Austria increased the Sudeten Germans' unscathed.

desire to maintain their national cul- The front of the small section ture and to establish closer connections,

with Germany. In spite of the loyal at titude of the Sudeten Germans and its leaders the conflict with the Czechs be came more and more marked.

CZECHS ACCUSED

held by the Volunteer Corps now extends from the Saxon frontier near Voitersreuth across a neck of land to the Reich frontier near Lie- benstain. The territory surrounding

It became increasingly evident that this town, is thus fully in the hands the Czech Government was not will- of the Sudeten Germans who have ing to take the most elementary evicted fights of the Sudeten Germans · really

Into, consideration. On contrary, the governing the Prague, Government, attempted to no- *The latesti:

complish “Czechisation" of the Bude-jvise ten German région with more and more. forcible methods. It was clear that this would lead to increasing tension: The German Government did not ins terferè at first in any way and tained its calm rezarve even in when the Czéch Government möblliwać the Czech army under the pretext:

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