Evening star., 1938-09-19
SOVIET PLEA TO FRANCE,
AND BRITAIN TO STIFFEN
STAND BELIEVED SOUGHT
League Delegation Said to Have
Seen Moscow's Envoy and
Litvinoff at Geneva.

The Czechoslovak Crisis
CZECHOSLOVAKIA REPORTED TO have made appeal to
Russia at Geneva for assistance against territorial
CZECH ANGER RISES over AngloFrench peace proposals
as cabinet studies plan to hand Sudeten to
BRITAIN AND FRANCE approve letting Hitler absorb
Czechosovaka Sudeten areas in deal to save Europes
NAzEcoNTRoLLED PRESS in Berlin halls annexation of
FRENCH GOVERNMENT, BEHIND plan to dismember it's
ms SECOND Worldwide Broadcast his
stand to @ be with Hitler HI % in event % Of war
armed Czechoslovak frontier.
THOUSANDS OF CZECHOSLOVAK soldiers rnassed in
s%a E % eneva bames
France, Britain for Czechosovak crisis.
GENEVA, Sept 19.-Czechoslovakia reported today
to have asked Russian officials here for the Soviet Unions
support against delivering the sudeen German to
Germany
Edouard Hdrch foreign expert conferred
with Jacob sur Russian Ambassador said
affairs.
Neither Russian Czech however would
thing officially except that this delicate matter
Stihenng of Stand Urged.
Persons in contact with both delegatons said they understood
that the Cechosovaks proposed that
and Great Britain sen their stand against Germany should
Prague refuse to accept Reiehfuehrer Hiters terms
These limited that
Russian diplomats what chance there of getting military
from the Soviet Union the that
France and Britain refused help
Germany should invade Czechosovaka the League
Nations should declare Germany aggrssor
separates Russia from might be obliged let
forces through to Czechoovaka Poland League
member would be in similar position.
Such possibility emphasized September among
Latvnof Rumanian Foreign Minister Petrecu
French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet.
1t was believed then that Bonnet had backed Russias
reported request for right Rumana transport
troops and supplies in the event that
Czech Anger Rises Against Peace
PRAGUE Sept 10 Qq-Amd increased resentment through
out the country the Czechosovak cabinet today
to consider the reported plan
ropes crisis by handing the Germany
President Eduard Benes and his ministers study
OF proposals in which was believed the London and Paris
ernments urging that by
the dssident Germanic minobe cut off and given
Indignation such solution the
German crisis became widely evident
Firm Stand Hinted During Conferences
From conferences begun at hints that the
government although pressed automatically would stand
firmly against territorial revision
The governing the slovak Peoples party
vened at Bratislava and although there official
ment on the discussions the sovak
offer support against dismemberment.
The proposals generally reception
Prague Crowds the streets of the capital kept vigil
cleaning their from bulletin
newspaper commened The government be supported by
nobody If it accepts (the AngloFrench proposals."
Increasing fears of brought
new banking regulations and plans protection
Banks reluctant foreign funds fearing that the
exchanges would not be completed hostes
Authorities in Prague continued to conscate editions
papers considered detrimental to the republic
Parliament committee Meets.
The Permanent Interim Parliament headed by
the President OF the Chamber of Deputies Maypete
raty the governments declaration emergency
throughout the nation.
Representatives slovak and sudeten narties did not
appear but the secretary OF the Suden
brought letter to Maypeter which said
tve would not participate the meeting
situation.
Beated reports reaching Prague today German
planes had been sighted Czechosovak territory within the
two days One said flown
second plane reported to sooped over radio
station Warndor 1t cced low and then back
to German territory.