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CHAMBERLAIN THANKED FOR PEACE EFFORTS

to make of "This is the last territorial demand that I have Europe, and it is a demand that I shall not relinquish until it has Chancellor. Berr ¡Hitler. German been fulfilled." declared the when he spoke of his demands on Czechoslovakia before a crowd at the Sports Palast in Berlin last night.

Reuter reports that

ing of the facts, but that understood them perfectly. continued:

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"What my dear friend -Benito Mussolini has done

during this period and the.

Ita- attitude adopted by the tian nation we shall Dever forget. Should the hour of need strike for Italy. I shall urge the German people to adopt the same attitude "so that not wo states, bui 趄 solid bloc, will defend itself." Reviewing recent developments Fuehrer In Czechoslovakia, the said that Germany, did not think solving the Czech problem the sword but had hoped with that the Czechs would see reason. "But Herr Benes believes that he can permit himself liberty because he

large

of

although there was patriotic enthusiasm the hour др Endless columns of while

in the streets, serlous. faces were noticeable as proached for the delivery of the speech. Brown Shirts lined, the streets, as

Herr Hitler drove past

the prvements were crowded with anxious faces.

Half of the audience of 30.000 at the Sports Palast were slogan: "Germans The hall was decorated with the women.

defenceless nor deserted!" neither be Czechoslovakia Five hundred Sudetens who had crossed the frontler Into Ger- many last week were present.

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by France and England, and "I have further declared myself KING CANCELS

Mr.

all other bands break.

ready to leave the demarcation of still the Soviet Union!"

the new frontier to £ German- Turning to the British attempt

commission. When Czech at mediation. Hitler said that he Chamberlain wished an interna- had explained to Mr Chamber-itional commission, I agreed. I life began with one fundamentaliain the only possible solution, also declared myself ready, during

"The

state's

"which was the most natural one."

to the Memorandum.

GLASGOW TRIP

Holds Privy Council

At Palace

London, Sept: 27.

nation Hitler

policy of Dr. Edouard the Czech President.

Berlin, Sept. 27. the to After referring

Chancellor at elimination Kurt Schuschnigg of Austria,

to failed

KrASP "who

Germag problem which the

Herr understood," bitterly criticised the Benes.

Czechoslovakia

1

"The question to day Czechoslovakia, but Benes." the Fuehrer.

13 not said

The ille.

father of that lle

·Benes was Benes. In Versailles. invented the lie that there exist

Czecho- ed such a thing as

nation'

the and

Tes- stovak ponsible statesmen at

time versed in were not sufficiently

see geography and ethnology to any reason to check this state- ment.

2

Referring

Hitler said:

the plebiscite, to withdraw German Itroops, and to-day declare myself prepared to invite the British Le- submitted to Mr. Chamberlain gion to maintain peace and order.

Ï'

the

man

the Ger- are there-

than more

:

It was officially announced from Buckingham Palace last night that at the request of the Prime Minister, His Majesty the King has cancelled his trip

Reviewing the

"Had there been any check, they would have discovered that the

have did not want to foreign policy Slováks

to

Every district which according to its population is German, be ceded to Germany.

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**The content of This proposal is nothing more

Memorandum than the realisation of what

nothing More. Herr Benes had already promised practical execution of what Benes

"I have chosen a frontier which, on the basis of material existing for decades, does jus- tice to the ethnical and langu- age laws and distribution In Czechoslovakia. In order that everything done should be just, I have made the statute of the Saar plebiscite the basis for the plebiscite in this case.

to Glasgow." has already promised and. I de- mand that this time, he carries out what he promises! He will have.panied by the two Princesses, wil

to hand over to us on October 1 the territories with their German population!"

CHAMBERLAIN. THANKED Thanking the British Prime Minister for his endeavours, Herr Hitler said that he had assured Mr. Chamberlain 'of the German desire to preserve peace, and also that, with the solution of the Czech problem. his territorial problems in Europe would have been solved. "At the moment that the

Her Majesty the Queen. accom

I

carry out the programme as ar- ranged, both for, the visit to the Exhibition and the launching of

liner the

Queen

at Elizabeth Clydebank

The King held a Privy Councit meeting at the Palace last night. It was attended by Lord Hallshan and Sir Kingsley Wood. The ses sion lasted half-an-hour.

of the Reich and the question of anything to do with the Czechs.;

Czechs annexed Hitler sald and that the Herr disarmament,

the purpose of that after his proposals had been the Slovaks for

he gaveforming their state. Since even rejected for two years

the German forces this did not seem sumcient to orders that should be developed to capacity form an independent state. sum- marily and contrary to the right LAST PROBLEM

of self-determination, they add- ed three and a half million Sude- ten Germans. a million Magyars, ; a large number of Carpatho- Russians and finally a few hun-to agree to à plebiscite in the whol

of Czechoslovakia, but Benca and; dred thousands Poles.

"The prothises which Benes his friends oppose this. They want Czechoslovak state solves its min-Simon and Sir Samuel Hoare.-- made for the protection of other a plebiscite to be held only in cer- ority problems in a peaceful man Reuter ethnical groups he did not fuifitain parts of the country. I havener, it ceases to interest me," he also last territorial demand that I

Instead he imposed a regime of given way. I am ready to allow added. "If necesasry, I am have to make of Europe, and

shall terror,"

the plebiscite to be supervised by willing to give guarantees. It is a demand that I

International Control rom- "Benes now has the choice be- de jan Herr Hitler said that the has not relinquish until

Itween peace and war. ...mocracles' had No understand mission. been fulfilled.

"Two problems still remain- the ed to be. solved." stated Fuehrer. The first one, Aus- tria, is already solved. There the smaller remains

now

and of the two. This must

This is the will be solved.

it

"I have declared that I am read:

Later a preliminary report of Herr Hitler's speech was studied at a meeting between Mr. Cham- Sir John barlain, Lord Elifax.

elther accept this offer and anally grant the Germans their freedom. or we shall obtain it for them!"- He must Transocean

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