The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-14
British Cabinet Is
 Talking War Plans
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labor party executive to meet Friday.
 Though 1t was said officially that the cabinet had not actually decided to call parliament, 1t was learned that an early official announcement was expected.
 The formal announcement of the kings return that the country was confronted with a national emer- gency. For the kings presence is required only because the gov- ernment may be faced with the nec- essity of deciding whether to go to war.
 The announcement was @ plain intimation to the country that war was near. Previously, the king had planned to come here Friday for thf funeral of his cousin, Prince Arr thur of Connaught, and to return at once to Scotland.
 Germany to Be Warned
 It was understood that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain planned to call parliament and, as soon as 1t met, to make e speech warning Germany directly and un- mistakably against attacking Czech- oslovakia.
 After Chamberlainh speech, 1t was said, leaders of the lcbor and liberal parties the opposition, would speak, supporting the views of the government, to show complete united front of more than 4o000,0o0 Britons and determination to march with France in any Euro- pean war.
 The shadow cabinet" of the lib- eral party, consisting of party lead- CTS including David Lloyd George, war time prime minister decided to urge the government to give a flat guarantee of the inviolability of the Czechoslovak frontier, 1t was learned
 Many War Reports
 Not since the days of the World war had London newspapers showed such an excited attitude toward Q foreign problem.
 Some of them published flat re- ports that Czech troops were pour ing toward the German frontier ready to meet 0 German attack.
 The conservative Daily Telegraph, In a Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia, dis- patch asserted that the city was filled with long columns of troops, accompanied by tanks and anti-tank guns and. strong machine gun de- techments, and that they were nov ing quietly up to the frontier under cover of night.
 There were indications here that Czechoslovakia was ready to fight Sudeten Leader Informed
 Jan Masaryk, Csechoslovak min ister here. informed the government late last night that Konrad Hem lein, Sudeten party leader, had noe tifled the Prague government that under the circumstances" further negotiations were impossible. Masa- ryk said to the newspapers early to- day that Henlein gave this news to the government IS minutes after the expiration of the Sudeten party ul- timatum demanding removal Of martial law.
 MaSaryk said that Premier Milan Hodza telephoned him here and said that he believed the British public should be aware of this de- velopment
 T cannot say whether this means the breaking of of oil negotiations" Masaryk said. But certainly the im- pression I got from iiodza was that he regarded the whole negotiations IS broken oif."
 Newspapers asserted today that he British government was just bout ready for action If action be- hme necessary. It was said that ach defense minister had prepared lans for instant mobilization upon ie outbreak of war.
 Must prenare for War
 The tona of tho newspapers was m. It was that the government
 ast be prepared to go to war If
 alnany challenged the world by
 lacking Csechosloyakia. Even the ally Express which for days had
 itnbed far out on the limb of prog ostication by announcing in each dition: There will be no war;" said .oday:
 If you continue long enough to threaten and exasperate the people of Great Britatin they may say that the reality Is better than suspense"
 The cabinet adjourned after a meeting of 2 l-2 hours but the mem bers stood by ready for an inme- diate simmons If the "lnner coun. ell" considers 1t necessary.
 Ambassador Kennedy had an ap- p0intment with Chamberlain at i D. m. but becausL the cabinet met longer than had been expected, he had to wait in an adjoining room for more than half an hour.
 Immediately after the cabinet meeting ended Chamberlain gave Kennedy full statement of Bri- taiii's views of developments.
 Govt. Already Decided
 The Daily Mall ifl 6 special late edition asserted that the government already had decided on full filubil- IsatIofi of the fleet.
 At the admiralty, the duty coin- tnordeF asserted that this report But t was understood that RfiinD