Evening star., 1938-09-30
TREATY BENEFITS
SEEN FOR CzECHS
Stronger State Envisaged
by Elimination of
Minorities.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
MUNICH. Sept 30.-Prime Minister
Chamberlain, a white-faced old man
with a joyous light in his eyes, came
out OF the house that Hitler built
today convinced that peace was worth
the price.
ITS all signed" he said. Its all
right"
Here is an explanation of how the
plan will avert war as given by a
highly authoritative British source:
France, Great Britain. Italy and
Germany will hold themselves respon-
sible for each step necessary to fulfill
the agreement, hence Czechoslovakia
had to accept the plan or France
could not have gone to its support
and fought against German invasion
OF Sudeten territories.
Britain Tied to France.
Britain, even in last Monday S
strong official statement, bound her.
self only to move when France did
and would not fight alone to resist
German occupation of Sudetenland.
The same British source said early
today, shortly after the conference
ended:
1T was tragic business-like stand
Ing around table in morgue and
dissecting a body that wasn't there.
(Czechoslovakia was not represented
at the conference)
Yet you must remember that If it
hadn't been done this way it would
have been done by war. You must re-
member also that We are correcting a
crave mistake we made at Versailles. &"
The spokesman went on to express
q conviction that Czechoslovakia
could be made by the four powers into
completely neutralized and guaran-
iced state. He enviSaged also strong,
purely Czechoslovak state, "shorn of
the people it cannot govern" This
reference was to troublesome Polish
and Hungarian minorities
This state, he said, must be one
which directs no enmity toward any
other power That, of course, meant
that the guarantee system as proposed
under the four power plan would COM
pletely replace Czechoslovakia's pres
ent system of Russian-F French alliances.
Demands VS.. Agreement.
Following are his terse comparisons
OF what Hitler demanded and what he
gets under the four-power agreement:
Demanded - Evacuation by the
Czechoslovak Army and police forces
and officials of wide area of Sudeten-
land by October /, without removal of
any properties.
Granted-Evacuation of an area
roughly corresponding to what he
asked for by October 10, without de-
struction 'of any existing installa-
,tions."
Demanded-German Army occupa-
ton OF essentially Sudeten territories
by October l.
Granted-Occupation of four pieces
OF territory roughly corresponding to
the area he drew on his map, but he
Is to occupy them over a period of
seven days beginning October / and
presumably this is to be done with
out fighting. In addition, an area to
be defined by the proposed interna-
tional commission would be occupied
by the German Army by October 10.
Demanded-Discharge at once of all
Sudeten Germans from the army or
police Of the Czechoslovak state.
Granted-Discharge within four
weeks Of all now serving in the army
or police who may wish to be re-
leased"
Demanded-Immediate release BY
C1echoslovaks of all Sudeten German
political prisoners.
Granted-Same, but with four-week
time limit
Demanded-Plebiscite by November
IS In areas where Sudeten Germans
are not obviously in the majority
voting to be carried out under the
control OF an international commits
sion: settlement by German -Czecho-
elovak or international commission of
frontier operations arising from the
plebiscite.
Granted-Plebiscite in territories to
oe determined by the international
French, British, German, italian and
CzechoslovaD commission. "Interna-
tional bodies" will occupy these areas
until the plebiscite is over, which
must not be later than the end of
November.