Evening star., 1938-10-01
SATISFY FASC|STS,
CHAMBERLAIN AIM
British Premier Will See
MuSSOlini Later on
Case of Spain.
By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN.

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-As the hosts OF
Man Germany drove over the frontier
Of Czechoslovakia this afternoon. CIV
Ing grim effect to the death sentence
pronounced upon that country by the
so-called big four" at Munich, the
thoughts of Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain and the British cabinet
had already turned to bigger and bet
ter things.
A gigantic attempt to appease Fas-
rlsm for an entire generation, At any
price short of disintegration OF the
British empire. has already been lnl-
tiated by the Chamberlain government
and promises to occupy the headlines
for months to come.
Mr.. Chamberlain began the process
Yesterday when he had a further talk
with Chancellor Adolf Hitler. After
having his triumph in Parliament next
week, when he will report on the Mu-
Mich meeting, he will have another
meeting with Premier Benito Musso-
llni to discuss Spain and the possibll-
ity of implementing the long dormant
Anglo Italian agreement. Later he
will probably see Hitler again and
discuss the colonial question.
During the course of these conver-
sations he will talk with both dicta-
tors about the possibility of bringing
them back into the League OF Nations,
and will discuss further terms de-
manded by them before making that
gesture to peace"
Others to Pay Cost.
Only a fraction of the price Britain
Is pared to pay for general appeaSe-
ment will come out of its own pocket.
the concessions which apparently are
being made entirely at the expense
of the smaller nations may prove
costly TO Britain's strategic, economic
and political position.
Britain is apparently ready TO give
Germany absolutely free hand in
Central and Southeastern Europe. The
political and economic disintegration
Of Czechoslovakia which seems bound
to result from the Munich plan will
be the first installment on this pro-
gram. Britain, too, would probably
not hinder Germany seriously if Hitler
decided to settle his old score with
Poland over the Polish corridor. If,
for some fantastic reason. and de-
spite his statement that he wants no
70 leo
for the Baltic states. this too, in the
opinion of the Chamberlain school,
would not be worth fighting for.
At the end of this road to appease-
ment may lie either a four-poWer
pact-from which Russia would be eX-
cluded-or possibly, as Mr.. Chamber
lain seems TO hope, the return of Ger
many and Italy TO the League of
Nations, There apparently is no ques-
tion of his willingness to sign four
power agreement with Italy, Germany
and France, If that. instead of re-
turn to Geneva, is what Rome and
Berlin want
Forming the background for the
whole performance of the past few
weeks has been the driving desire of
the British Prime Minister TO escape
from that feeling of dependence upon
France which has characterized Brit
ish diplomacy since 1904. While he
may not be ready to forSake the
Anelo-French alliance. he definitely
dreams of a similar friendship with
Italy and Germany. which. if achieved,
would certainly dilute the Anglo
French alliance into an entente of
vague and questionable value
If Mr.. Chamberlain has his way,
Britain will certainly resume the same
policy of benevolent cooperation with
Germany and Italy which character
lied Britain's relations with the triple
alliance between 1886 and 1904 The
difference will be that Franco British
relations will be more intimate than
they we're during that period and that
the Entente will remain in the back
ground ready to be employed if and
when Germany and Italy prove less
trustworthy than Mr. Chamberlain be-
lleves them to be.
Mr.. Chamberlain and those who sup
port him definitely look upon Nazi
Germany and Fascist Italy simply as
they might upon any two countries
and are not influenced in any way by
q feeling of aversion to their political
systems. They may "deplore' the bru-
fallty practiced by those two regimes,
but they do not hate them or even
definitely dislike them. After the
events Of the past few weeks some peo-
pie would be inclined to say that thev
love them.
Hailed as Peacemaker,
While Mr.. Chamberlain continues tn
ne hailed by his countrymen as the
greatest peacemaker in history,
slightly jarring note has been insert
ed into the harmony of applause by
two OF Great Britain's greatest Con-
servative newspapers-the Yorkshire
Post and the London Daily Telegraph.
The Edenite Yorkshire paper simply
calls a spade spade. The Munich
procedure, it says. though it is called
peace1ll. is so harsh as to be hor-
rhyins. The Czechs were given barely
A few hours to accept what is really
decree of political and economic sui
eide. Long discussions of the mistakes
OF the peace treaties had not convinced
most of us that this was reasonable
method or one conducting to lasting in
ternatlonal contentment. Mr.. Cham
herlain, If his hands had not been tied.
would certainly have insisted on less
haroaric surgery. We yielded to a re-
morseless will and an iron discipline
which we had not prepared ourselves
to confront"
'Copyrisht. 1898 by Chicago Daily News.
Inc
Trip Report Premature.
BY FRANK SMOTHERS
Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent,