Evening star., 1938-08-31

0ency cabinet meeting yesterday. He
reported to British officials on Ger
n,any's attitude in present crucial
situation between Czechs and Su-
detens. Britain has intimated that
she nil stand ,Cith France If the
latter is dramn into nar oUer
C:echoslordkid
Il! the Associated Press
LONDON. Aug. 3l.-Britain's Am.
bassador to Germany left by plane fol
Berlin today armed with what in
formed persons said was authority tc
warn Germany anew in vigorous terms
that Britain might not be able to re-
main neutral if war came in Central
Europe.
The envoy, Sir Neville Henderson
looked grave as he boarded his plane
at lis pm.
Henderson reached Berlin at pm
He was expected to see Foreign Min
lister Joachim Won Ribbentrop shortly
but whether he was to meet Reichs-
fuehrer Hitler within the next feH
days apparently was not decided To-
night.
Authorized to Repeat Warning.
Persons close to the British govern
ment said Henderson was authorized to
reiterate privately to Hitler if neces-
sary the warning voiced at Lanark
Saturday by Sir John Simon, chan
cellor of the excheQuer--in substance
that Britain might not be able to re-
main aloof if the German-Czechoslovak
crisis over the Sudeten Germans leads
to open conflict.
Henderson, who attended meeting
Of the British cabinet yesterday was
said to be empowered to say to Ger
many's leaders that the British gov
ernment was convinced:
First. that France can not easily
evade her obligations to aid Czecho-
slovakiA against aggression:
Second, that If France is involved
in war with Germany, Britain cannot
afford to let her be beaten.
Cancellation Continues.
British ecorts to settle the German
Czechoslovak crisis by conciliation
continued From an authoritative
British quarter came warning evil
IDENTIFY intended for the parties chiefly
concerned.
The feeling appears to be growing
in London" said an authorized Spokes-
man. that if any party concerned in
the issues at stake should show them
selves lacking in real desire to con-
tribute toward settlement they must
obviously. in view of those issues, be
guilty of criminal folly"
Although this warning was not
known to have been sent directly to
either President Benes of Czechoslo-
vakia. Reichsfuehrer Hitler or Konrad
Henlein. the Sudetan German chieftain
the fact that it was made public as
the view of the London government
was believed to insure it would reach
all three.
French Share View.
Assurance that the French govern
ment shared this view was understood
to have been given to Foreign Secre-
tary Viscount Halifax by Charles Cor
bin. the French Ambassador, when the
latter called at the foreign Office this
morning.
Joseph P. Kennedy, United States
Ambassador. also conferred with Hall
fax to supplement the information on
the Central European crisis he OBJ
tanned yesterday in a talk with Mr..
Chamberlain and Ambassador Hender-
son.
Another caller on Halifax was Jan
Masaryk, Czechoslovakia' S minister.
Britain's full diplomatic efforts re-
manned concentrated on engineering
fresh contacts between the Praha gov
ernment and the autonomy demand
ing Sudeten Germans and official
Britain anxiously awaited indications
Of the German reaction to new COM
promise proposals to be offered by
Praha.
Watch Kept in Bohemia.
Meanwhile Britain maintained close
contact with the trouble center
through ring of her own unidentified
observers scattered through hilly Bo-
hemia to report and interpret develop
ments in that seething home of the
Sudeten Germans.
Two fears dictated the action. One
was that provocative press campaign
in Germany against Czechoslovakia
would stir up really dangerous and
War-producing incident. The other
was Adolf Hitler, self-styled protector
of the 3,50O,O00 Sudeten Germans in
his neighbor country, would refuse to
let Renlein accept little Czechoslo-
vakias newest peace plan-a scheme
Tor granting her minorities, including
the Sudeten Germans, a measure of
sen-government like that of the Swiss
cantons