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DR. BENES APPEALS FOR NON- RECOGNITION

Chicago, To-day.

Dr. Edouard Benes, ex- President of Czecho-Slovakia, has appealed to the United States, Britain, France and Russia not to recognise the German occupation of his country.

Reuter.

TOTTERING FRONTIERS WARNING

Prague, To-day.

Reluctant To Say Farewell To "Appeasement"

LONDON, TO-DAY.

WILD CHEERS AND APPLAUSE GREETED

THE FINAL PASSAGES OF MR. NEVILLE

PEAK LADY LOSES PEARL NECKLACE

The loss of a pearl necklace valued at £200 la reported by Miss Vickars of 355, The Peak.

Miss Vickars stated that the necklace was lost between 11 a.m. and 12.80 p.m. on Thursday whilst she was shopping in the Central, district.

CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH AT BIRMING- AMBASSADOR

HAM LAST NIGHT.

Mr. Chamberlain declared: "There is hardly any- INSTRUCTED TO

thing I would not sacrifice for peace but there

is one thing I must except, and that is the liber-"REPORT"

ty we have enjoyed for hundreds of years and which we will never surrender.

LONDON, TO-DAY. THE BRITISH AMBASSA-

"While I am not prepared to engage this country DOR, SIR NEVILE HENDER- SON; HAS BEEN INSTRUCT- by new and unspecified commitments, yet no ED TO RETURN FROM BER- greater mistake could be made than to suppose LIN "TO REPORT.”- that this nation will not take part to the utmost Before leaving Berlin, Sir

Nevile 'will pay of its power in resisting a challenge, if it is

State S Secretary, Dr. Weizzaec- ever made.

ker, at the Foreign Office.

"For that declaration I am con-

NOT TO BLAME-

a visit to the

Sir Neville Henderson is like vinced I have not merely the sup- Mr. Chamberlain proceeded to

ly to leave the Nazi capital this port, sympathy and confidence of deal with the criticism that the oc- evening. Reuter my own countrymen and country-cupation of Czecho-Slovakia was a The whole Central European re-women but the approval of the direct consequence of his visits to circumstances of these visits were gion, of which Bohemia is but a nations who value

whole British Empire and all other Germany last Autumn and that wrong.`·

peace indeed since the result of these events had "It is said that as this was the segment, will be rebuilt "through but value freedom even more." been to tear up the Munich settle- personal policy of the Prime Min- the political will of the Fuehrer, At the beginning of his speechment, that proved that the whole declares the "Prager Tageblatt." Mr. Chamberlain said: "The

tremendous events which have

The newspaper mentions "the been taking place in Europe have fall of tottering frontiers near thrown everything else into the the heart of the Reich."

It proclaims the "right of the Reich."

background.

SHARP SHOCK

"I feel that what you and those

It proclaims the "right of the who are listening want to hear is German people to territory suffi-some cient to accommodate its num- His bers and cultural achievements." the

-Reuter.

HITLER RETURNING TO BERLIN

Indication of the views of Majesty's Government as to nature and implications of those events.

-“One thing is certain — public opinion in the world has received

sharper shock than has

ever yet been administered to it even by the present regime in Germany,

a.

"What may be the effects of this profound disturbance in men's Vienna, To-day. minds cannot yet be foretold, but Hitler arrived here yesterday, I am sure it must be far-reaching and it is officially announced that in its results upon the future." he is returning to Berlin to-day.

Reuter.

SO THAT'S WHY

Mr Chamberlain added: “Owing to lack of information · last Wed-

NO TIME TOnesday, I was obliged to confine STUDY SPEECH cautious exposition on what at the

myself to an over-restrained and

time I felt I could make little com- Berlin, To-day.mentary and perhaps naturally Official Nazi quarters hitherto that comewhat cool statement gave refuse to comment on Mr. Cham-rise to misapprehension!" berlain's Birmingham speech on "Some thought that because the ground, that they have had no time to study it closely. Reuter

spoke quietly, I did not feel strong- ly on the subject. I hope to cor- rect that mistake to-night."

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