Evening star., 1938-07-13
DALAD|ER FEARING
NEW CZECH CRISIS.
Hitler Is Reproached by
Goering and Goebbe|s
for Timidity.
BY PERTINAX.

PARIS. July IS N.A.N.A.).-Pre-
mier Daladier thought 1t opportune
last night to declare, In stronger words
than ever. that France would. If neces-
sary. unflinchingly carry out her obli-
cations Of assistance to Czechoslovakia,
because diplomatic reports received by
the Quai d'Orsay during the last few
days make it clear that the interna-
tional crisis Of two months ago may be
reopened at any moment. following the
taking Of brutal initiative by Ger
many.
Marshal Hermann Goering and
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels
and other leaders of National Socialism
keep on reproaching Chancellor Hitler
over the timidity he showed last May.
They increasingly tell him he was un-
duly impressed by the great show of
resistance and firmness the French and
British governments managed to set
up. They insist that, behind the screen,
there was hardly anything but divided
counsel for helplessness and a public
opinion imbued with pacifsm, and
that. anyhow, the great German dy-
namism would have proved irresistible.
Hitler Regretful.
Consequently, Hitler is regretful over
what he has left undone, and SEEM
ingly is inclined to recoup himself as
soon as he can. He has instructed the
heads Of the Reichswehr to make care
fully q list of all the weak spots which
were detected In the military machine
last March, when partial mobilization
was launched against Austria, and he
has ordered that each one of them be
Strengthened out at a fixed date.
Many competent observers are con-
vinced that, If French foreign policy
seems to waver and hesitate, Der
Fuehrer will 60 boldly forward and
quickly use the bitter controversies
which are sure to arise between the
Czechoslovak government and the
sudeten Germans, once the statute of
national minorities has been published
IN Praha; that is, in about q weeks
time.
It is known, too, that three weeks
ago earlier discussions were resumed
between Berlin and Rome about the
mode of German Italian cooperation
in case war should break out in Gen.
trail Europe.
Mussolini Is reported to have sent
q personal letter which displeased Der
Fuehrer to such an extent that he ex-
claimed: After all, I can see now
that Blomberg (Marshal Werner Won
Blomberg, who was retired from his
post as war minister by Hitler last
February was right" Biomberg, of
course, never changed in his distrust
Of Italy. Gen. Pariani, chief of the
italian general staff, who Is Just
returning from tour in Germany,
probably succeeded in patching up
some kind of arrangement.
Italy True to Axis.
At any rate, the violent attitude
taken by the Duce toward France
since British Prime Minister Cham
berlain rejected his request for imme-
diate enforcement of the Anglo italian
treaty testifies that Italy's adherence
to the Berlin Rome axis does not
falter.
Such are the rather disturbing cir
cumstances which account for M. Da-
LADDERS speech.
Another set Of considerations prob
ably Anpelled the French premier to
speak out. The British cabinet needs
to be confirmed once more in the idea
that France will not abandon Central
Europe to German expansion, and
therefore there is no alternative left
to it but to indorse French policy, un-
less it be ready to tolerate that Ger
many should overwhelm France and
seize on the latter's territory bases Of
aerial attack against London and
English industrial centers.
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