The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-25
points in the Nazi campaign 10 economic expansion eastward.
 Would Stuff Country

Would Stun Country : The presence of a large German minority in Czechoslovakia has been made the basis for Nazi attempt to shift the country from its align ment with France and Russia to the position of a satellite of greater Germany.
 The attempt is given greatest strength by the fact that Germany Is in a position to choke Czechoslo- svakia either economically or mili- starily and by the comparative impotency at present of the Czech's Cties with France.
 The technique has been to threaten internal troubles through i the newly-strengthened Nazi party in Czechoslovakia with the implied backing of Germany if necessary. Furthermore, Hungary and Poland have joined in the Nazi demands because of their minorities in the postwar haste, thus virtually sur Bounding the Czechs.
 Y New Crisis Significant
 The new crisis was of significance in the general European picture. Great Britain's campaign to ease tension by making treaties of friend- ship with Fascist Italy and Frances current negotiations with Italy have weakened the partnership between Berlin and Rome. The Nazis' bold move in Czechoslovakia thrusts Hitler back into a strong position for negotiations; gives additional im- portance to his coming visit to Fas- ,cist Premier Benito Mussolini at Rome.
 Czechs May Not Accept Prague, Czechoslovakia, April 25-- s(UP)-Premier Milan Hodza called the cabinet into emergency session today to consider a threatened crisis over demands of Czechoslovakia' E German minority for revision of for eign and domestic policies. .A A speech by Konrad Henlein, Ger man minority leader, left little hope for compromise between the govern ment and its pro-Nazi "Sudeten' German party, it was said in vel informed quarters.
 It was generally predicted thai the government would find it impos- esible to accept Henlein's demand; and that a crisis was imminent. e Such a crisis would be of intimate concern to Adolf Hitler, fuehrer o1 the new greater Germany which now ,.enfolds the western part of Czecho- ,sSlovakia.
 v Anxiety was even more acute be- ,eause of reports that Czech frontier guards had shot at Polish balloon is Cabinet Problems ,a Confirmation of these reports l.Would mean that the cabinet would ,aaave to consider not only the pro- Elective" interest of the new greater Germany with 75,000,0oO population, ,,nver Czechoslovakia' s 3,230,000 "Su- sGeten" Germans, but an incident in- Evolving Poland with population of l32, ,000,0 900 and newly stimulated in- 'Ierest in the Polish minority of 82- 800 in Czechoslovakia.
 " To complete dark picture, Hun lgary was showing interest in the future of the 692,0O0 Hungarians ir {9Zechoslovakia.
 T Thus this. postwar republic o1 s1B, ,000,0 ,000 people had to consider the ,*protective" interest ,as Germans Gall it, of three countries whose population totals 116,000,000 ano (which surround it but for it's eastern tip bordering on Rumania.
 - Henlein Speech Sunday v Henlein made his speech yester- 'sday at a congress of his Sudeten Herman party, socalled because the iGerman minority centers in the Sudeten mountain area on the Ger linan frontier.
 E He demanded complete revision of foreign and domestic policy and .Said frankly that the Sudeten Ger
 mans agreed with Nazi conceptions Foreign diplomats regarded 1t as the sboldest of series of bold speeche: sRsserting the claim of Sudeten Ger. 4nans to special concessions. Foreign l1uarters were inclined to regard i aHs an ultimatum in all but a forma Betting of a time limit for compli' lAnce.
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