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slogan. "Self-determination and
the right Of nations"
Without regard to history, origin
Of peoples, their national wishes,
their economic necessities, they
smashed up Europe and arbitrarily
set up new states.
To this, Czechoslovakia owed its
existence.
Attack on Benes.
This Czech state began with one
big lie and its fathers name was
Benes.
This Mr.. Benes at that time
turned up at Versailles and told
them that there was the Czecho-
slovak nation.
He had to invent this lie to bol-
ster up an Insignificant number Of
his own nationals so as to make
them seem more important.
And Anglo-Saxon statesmen who
are not so good at geographical
and national questions did not
think 1t necessary to put Mr..
Benes' assertions to test or else
they would have disclosed pretty
quick that there is no Czechoslovak
nation, but that there are Csechs
and Slovaks and that the Slovaks
prefer to have nothing to do with
the Czechs.
At last the Czechs through Mr..
Benes annexed Slovakia. As this
state did not seem to be able to
live on. it simply took three and
Aalf million Germans against their
right of self-determination and
their will to self-determination.
Yet this did not suffice. Hence
1000, 900 Magyars had to be added,
then the Carpatho-R Russians and at
last several hundred thousand
Poles.
Thus this state was created
which later called itself Czecho-
slovakia in contradiction to the
right Of the self-determination Of
Nations and in contradiction to the
clear wish and will of the raped ma
tions.
As I here talk to you now feel
sympathy for the fate OF all these
oppressed, I feel for the fate Of
Hungarians, Slovaks, Poles. Ukrai-
nians-naturally I am speaking
only for the fate of my Germans.
Qualms Of Conscience.
When Mr.. Benes lied his state
together at that time he solemnly
promised to divide the state into
cantons according to the Swiss
system because there were some
among the democratic statesmen
who had qualms of conscience.
We all know how Mr.. Benes
solved cantonization. Now he
began his system of terror Then
when Germans attempted to pro-
test against this arbitrariness and
rape they were blown to bits and a
war Of annihilation has ragged ever
since.
In those years of Czechoslovakia's
peaceful progress nearly 100000
Germans had to leave Czecho-
slovakia for a very simple reason
they would have perished Of
hunger had they remained.
The whole picture from 1918 to
1898 showed one thing quite
clearly: That Mr.. Benes was re-
solved simply to root out German
dom slowly and gradually and in
this he succeeded up to a certain
point.
He has plunged countless people
J, into deepest misery.
He has managed to keep millions
: of people in fear and trembling
and with continuous application Of
terror he succeeded slowly in gag
! ging those millions.
I It was then that the true rea-
sons for existence of this state, seen
from an international viewpoint,
were revealed.
1t was no longer a secret that
this state was destined to be used
as German batter when the op-
portunity offered.
The French air minister, Pierre
Cot, few weeks ago said blandly,
We need this state because from
it's territory German economic and
industrial life can be most easily
destroyed"
Z 50 this state was used by bol-
shevism at its point Of entry.
1t was not we who sought con-
tact with bolshevism, but Dol.
shevism used this state to dig .
channel into Central Europe.
And now comes this scandalous
situation: This state, which is
ruled by a minority only, forces
its nationaIties to policy that one
day makes them shoot their own
brothers.
Mr.. Benes rises and demands
from Sudeten Germans: If I con-
duct war against Germany you
must shoot Germans. If you do
not want to you are traitors and
I will have you shot.
And he demands the same from
Hungarians, Poles and Slovaks
that they defend aims which are
Indifferent to the Slovak people.
The Slovak people want peace
and no adventures.
Greatest Impudencc.
Mr.. Benes, however, dares to
stamp all these human beings
either as traitors to the people or
traitors to the nation. Either they
betray their people and are ready
to shoot or Mr.. Benes says: You
are traitors to the nation and
therefore will be shot.
This is the greatest impudence
thinkable-to force alien people
under certain conditions to shoot
their own fellow citizens because
the bad, rotten, criminal state re-
gime wants it.
can assure you right here:
When we occupied Austria my first
order was: No Czech needs or
may serve in the German Army.
never want to cause him qualms