Evening star., 1938-09-11
bENES PLEA ASKS
PEACE AND CALM
Czechs' President Offers
Nazis Friendship and
Pledges Justice.

6AChGROUND-
The Czech government has pre-
sented four separate proposals to
quiet Sudeten German cries for
complete autonomy. Three OF these
hare been rejected by Konrdd Hen
lefn and his followers. Fourth 1pds
being negotiated on Wednesday
ahen ,nhipping OF Sudeten deputy
By Czech police abruptly ended de-
hberdtions. Csechs haze punished
oncer and the conference ,DiH be
resumed.
(Tert OF Benes' Speech on Page A-3)
~ the Associated Press.
PRAHA. Czechoslovakia, Sept. 10
President Eduard Benes held out the
hand Of friendship tonight to Nazi
Germany and appealed for peace in
. broadcast warning that any clashes
In the Sudeten German -Czechoslovak
dispute might threaten the peace of
all Europe.
He pleaded with the people to be
calm" and pledged the government to
work for justice for all nationalities
N imperialist powers were to enter
Into relations between the nationali-
ties" he said. "a regrettable shadow
would be thrown over the future of
cooperation among them.
Il believe the German people as we'll
as the Czechs, Slovaks and all the
others truly desire to work together in
quiet"
The Presidents address, broadcast
In the Czech and German languages,
came shortly after negotiations be-
tween the government and the Sude-
ten Germans over the latter's auton-
omy demands were reopened after a
three-day interruption.
Says Czechs Want Peace.
Speaking also just two days before
Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Germany
closes the Nazi Party Congress in
Nurnberg with an important address,
Benes emphasized that Czechoslovakia
wanted peace and would do all she
could to promote faith and goodwill
among nations
Referring to the governments new
est proposals to meet the Sudeten
German demands, which included
among other things self-governing
districts, Benes declared:
These are elaborated in order to
give to the state what belongs to the
state and to the nationalities what
belongs to the nationalities.
"At the same time we are endeavor-
Ing to guarantee the individual
against the whole, minority agains.
minority and freedom of thought and
national rights.
This applies to Czechs, Germans,
slovaks, Hungarians, Ruthenians and
Poles. Our democratic conditions
make us proceed in this manner"
Justice Sought for All.
In today's negotiations, Ernst Kundt,
Sudeten German deputy, conferred
more than an hour with Premier
Milan Hodza.
The Premier was believed to be
more optimistic. although no definite
information of the course of the con-
ference was given out.
Negotiations had been broken of
last Wednesday after disorders at
Maehrtsch-O Ostrau.
The President declared the govern
ment was striving to give justice to
all the people in Czechoslovakia and
said:
I'VE wish to contribute to a settle
n1ent of European problems in general
and to the establishment of good re-
lations with all our neighbors, espe-
cially with Greater Germany.
Incidents Threaten Peace.
I'VE wish to prove to Europe and
America and particularly to England
and France that we understand our
responsibilities for general cola bora
ton and that we fulfill these as far
as the needs of the state allow U.s."
Every one of you," he told his
audience. I'm the present state of
things does a service to peace by
avoiding disputes, incidents and
quarrels.'
But it is possible for anger, irri-
tation and provocative incidents to
threaten not only our internal peace
but also the peace Of Europe"
At the close, he pleaded
Let US be ready to make sacrifices
but let us be optimists even in
time Of great difficulties; above all.
let us not forget, faith and good will
move mountains and that they will
bring us happily out Of all present
European troubles"