The times-news., 1938-05-30
SEES MORAL HELP
|. OF u. S. FOR ANGLO-FRENCH
BLOC in HULL DECLARATION
Significance Attached To
Reminder Nazis, Czechs
Have Anti-War Pact
BY RALPH E. HEINZEN
nited Press Staff Correspondent I

OnltcO TfeSS SI1II correspondent
PARIS, May 80. (UP)-French
officials last night interpreted
the declaration Of u. S. Secretary
of State Cordell Hull, reminding
Germany and Czechoslovakia Of
their obligations under the Kal-
logg- BRAND pact against war, as
strong support for the Anglo
French entente.
The French press, attaching
headline Importance to Hulls
statement, believed the American
secretary of state spoke for Pres
ident Roosevelt in reminding Eu-
rope that the anti-war pact is just
as binding today as it was the day
of its impressive signature in
clock room Of the French minis
try of foreign affairs.
The declaration was looked up
on, by officials and the press, as
containing Mr.. Roosevelt's deci-
sion to give at least moral support
to the Anglo French front against
aggression.
Foreign Minister Georges Bon
net, receiving members of the
press at the Quai D'Orsay last
night, stressed Frances whole
hearted approval of Secretary
Hull's reminder and insisted that
France, having consecrated her
entire foreign policy to the work
of peace, has every intention OF
RESPECTING the Kellogg BffaHd
pact.
The newspaper LIE Temps, semi
official organ Of the foreign Of
flee, saw significance in the fact
that Secretary Hull made his
statement on the eve of the Sec
ond test in the Czechoslovak mu-
nicipal elections.
"This gives his words the char
acter of an appeal and at the
same time is a salutory warning
to the Prague government, the
Sudeten German party in Czech
oslovakia and government circles
in Berlin to be attentive" lie
Temps said.
1.-THE United States are bring
ing their moral support to French
and British efforts to calm minds
and create a propitious atmos-
phere for an equitable solution Of
the problem of minorities.
"The voice of America as it has
Just made itself heard gives Brit
ish and French diplomatic action
in favor of peaceful settlement
increased authority.
"On the eve of this second
week Of the crisis, while the Lon
don and Paris governments are
continuing to be vigilant, while
Germany has made known that
she shares Britain's desire to see
the negotiations (between the
Sudeten Germany and Prague)
succeed, and contact has been es-
tablished in Prague between Pre-
mier Kilan Hodza and konrad
Henlein. Secretary Hulls declar-
alton authorizes hope that a re-
taxation in international tension
will be accentuated in the near
future"
Bonnet, cancelling plans to fly
to his electoral district near Peri
gueux, remained in Paris and re-
ceived the Czech minister, Dr:
Stefan Osusky, who returned at
noon from Prague bearing the
Czech governments reply to an
Anglo-French plea that it 60 as
far as possible in conciliation to-
ward the Sudeten autonomy de-
mands.
Osusky reported that Premier
Milan Hodza, having undertaken
direct negotiations with Konrad
Henlein and other Sudeten Ger.
man leaders, intends to submit
his proposed minority reform stat
ute to parliament on June 10.
The Prague government, osus-
XIV was said to have reported,
takes the position that if Germany
really seeks only protection OF
the S,5OO,O00 Sudeten Germans
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