The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-22

The tone of Kennedy'S report left no doubt that, in his opinion, Europe had little chance to escape war. Kennedy was particularly graphic In reporting the rnoun- tain-top conversation between Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler.
 fighlight of this conference was Chamberlain's plea that war would jeopardize all that was fine in present-day civilization, that it would throw off their government, giving reign to utter chaos.
 Hitler's reply was something like this:
 Perhaps your government win be OverthrOwn, but not ours. We've changed our social order. You are still struggling to pre- serve capitalism, but both Mus- solini and I have already brought about our revolutions: Your revolution is yet to come. And that is why you have to give In to us now"
 {, This was the remark that caused Chamberlain to leave with out taking dinner with Hitler as originally intended.
 Glass Warfare
 There is . lot more to Cham berlaif's fears of governmental chaos in case of war than Is gen. erally realized on this side of the Atlantic.
 Airplane bombing has been 50 perfected that war would bring Europe's finest cities the same stark ruin which has struck Mad- rid and Barcelona. It is doubtful whether civilian populations would tolerate any government save the most ruthless Relationships. Com rlnunisfn or fascism would blossom overnight. General European war probably would mean the end of democracy--also of capitalism.
 Knowledge of this is one req son behind the British Cabinets effort to remain aloof from Czechoslovakia. let her 90 it alone If she continues to rebuff Ger many.
 NOTE--Insight into Chamber lain's present reasoning may be gathered from c remark he made to . colleague some time ago who was urging him to oppose Gen. eral Franco in Spain.
 "But don't you see?" Cham. berialn Is quoted as saying.
 "Franco is fighting for OUR class. If he loses, we shall have labor governments everywhere" Czechs' Choice
 What the Csechs are now up against as e result of the French and British cave-in Is briefly this: Either to go down fighting the NaSis, or be swallowed by them alive.
 To surrender the sudeten area sounds relatively simple, but in fact it means the permanent Nazi yoke around the whole of Csecho- slovakia for the following reasons:
 1. Once Nazi troops have . stronghold inside the mountain slopes of Czechoslovakia. they can advance Into the rest of the coun. try at any time. In other words, the natural barrier of the Sude- ten mountains Is removed.
 2. The raw materials of Czeciio- slovakia--iron, wood and quartz, most of them in the Sudeetn area will be under the control of Ger many. Thus without any armed advance. tho Nazis can put the economic screws on the Czechs at any time. The country will be ike Austria an economic mon- strosity impossible of survival without German support.
 6. The Russian alliance, which the French and British now ask the, Czechs to surrender. is con- crete and can be counted upon The Franco British alliance, of- fered in it's place, is about as de- pendable as the present about.face executed by these two countries. Sewage Disposal
 A newsman recently asked Sec. retary Ickes if he would accept on invitation to speak in . nearby city in favor of c sewage disposal plant advocated there. drinning niischievously, Ickes replied.
 NO, I've decided not to talk. You see, it might be construed as Interference In local affairs. And ! believe that states and municipalities ought to have the untranfneled right to dispose of sewage as they see fit." NLRB Preparedness
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