Evening star., 1938-09-28

contingents was no more than q Sc
curity measure to guarantee quick,
smooth achievement Of . fnal settle
ment which was indispensable.
He declared the Czechoslovak gov
ernment would be In . position to
drag out negotiations and delay final
settlement.
Hitler said "You will understand
after everything that has passed that
I cannot place such confidence in as
surances received from the Prague
government.
The British government also would
surely not be in a position to dispose
Of this danger by any use of diplo-
matte pressure.
1T Is clear from my memorandum
that German occupation would only
extend to the given line and that final
delimitation of the frontier would
take place in accordance with the pro-
cedure which have already described.
The Prague government has not the
right to doubt that German military
measures would stop within these
limits. If, nevertheless, it desires such
doubt to be taken into account, the
British, and II necessary also the
French government, can guarantee the
quick fulflllment Of my proposal.
Distortion Charged.
I'm these circumstances must as
sumo that the government in Prague
is only using q proposal for occupation
Of German troops in order that by
distorting the meaning and object of
my proposal to mobilize those forces in
other countries, in particular in Eng
land and France, from which they
hope to receive unreserved support for
their own aim and thus achieve the
possibility of a general warlike confla-
grafton.
Il must leave it to your judgment
whether, in view of these facts, you
consider you should continue your
effort, for which should like to take
this opportunity Of once more sincerely
thanking you, to spoil such maneuvers
and bring the government in Prague
to reason at the very last hour"
King Speeds Mobilizing.
King George in four proclamation
meanwhile speeded mobilization of the
great British fleet.
The King and the privy council pre-
viously decreed state Of emergency''
after Prime Minister Chamberlain
broadcast that he would try for peace
until the last moment" but that Il
see nothing further than can usefuny
do IN the way of mediation" as
The proclamations signed by the
King:
l. Called up officers of the royal
naval reserve.
2. Called men of the royal naval
reserve and royal fleet reserve. and
officers and men Of the royal naval
volunteer reserve.
3. Extended the term of service of
seamen serving in the royal navy and
of marines serving in the royal marine
forces.
4. Called up officers of retired and
emergency lists of the royal navy and
marines, the special reserve Of en-
gineers and ofncers of the navy, and
special reserve Of officers of tho
marines.
The proclamations were posted
throughout the country and an
nounced in a special issue Of the
London Gazette.
Viscount Hailsham, lord president
OF the council; Home Secretary Sir
Samuel Hoare, Alfred Du1 Cooper,
first lord OF the admiralty, and Sir
John Simon, chancellor of the ex-
chequer, attended the privy council.
Evacuation of crippled children
from London started and was to be
completed by tomorrow. Many blind
children were among the 3,o00 being
taken from the capital.
It was reliably stated that Gen.
Sir Edmund Ironside left London for
Cairo, Egypt, to become commander
in chief Of the British Army in the
Middle East. Recently head of the
eastern command, Sir Edmund until
a few days ago was scheduled to take
over the governor generalship Of
Gibraltar.
There was great activity along the
south coast as feet reservists urgent
ly were summoned for duty. .
Activity OF the army and air corps
hourly became more apparent In Lon
don. In every park, guns were manned
and ready, and there was q constant
movement Of troops through the city.
Recruiting stations did rushing busi-
ness after Mr.. Chamberlain's appeal.
and 1t was rumored some planes and
tanks already had been transferred
to France.