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might follow. II the Czechs agree,
peace would be preserved, 1t stated.
Iouis P. Lochner. author of this
dispatch, gave on September Is the
first authoritative account OF what
Hitler's demands at Berchtesgaden
were. They were:
Il. Cession to Germany OF Czech
oslovakis's Sudeten German area.
q. Binding assurances that
Czechoslovakia's foreign policy be
IN harmony with Germany's
g. Coordination, after German
annexation Of Sudetenland, OF what
Is left OF Czechoslovakia with Ger
manys economic system-Germany,
Tor instance, to have final word on
the output Of the great Czecho-
slovsk Skoda munitions works
and where it Is sent.)
The eight days, he said, were
counted from the evening of Sep
TENDER %, when the memorandum
was handed to Mr.. Chamberlain,
making the expiration date Oc-
tober l..
un Padua Premier Mussolini
said Hitler had served a six-day
ultimstum on Czechoslovakia. ex-
pring October !. Apparently II
Duce referred to the same period,
but counted the days differently
The nation, in the absence of fully
Official inforp,a ion uyayorSJ H.. ,,,a.,,
fears OF war because Of the breakdown
OF the Hitler-Chamberlain talks on
Czechoslovakia and the hope that from
them had come an Anglo German
agreement.
The army prepared for the worst,
because the Free Corps organized by
konrad Henlein appeared not to have
worked as was expected here.
DNB said the Free Corps troopers
arrested the Czechs when they learned
OF the return Of Czech troops to Rum
burg, Warnsdorff and other places
along the Silesian border.
Czech artillery, said DNB, had
trained cannons on these towns. The
Sudetens warned the hostages would
be shot If the towns We're shelled.
The number Of refugees who had
reached Germany from Sudeten towns
increased to 1877 800 last night. The
increase chiefly was due to the Czech
reoccupation Of the territory, which
Czechoslovakia Wednesday agreed to
cede 10 Germany as u price Of peace.
Germans crack air force unit, the
Hermann GOering regiment, moved
from Berlin, by way of Dresden, to
some frontier station.
Troops moved through German Aus
tria from Salxburg toward Linz, l25
miles south Of Prague. Special air.
raid precautions were taken at Linz.
Many private German firms received
orders to place automobiles or trucks
and drivers at the disposition OF mill
tary authorities.
1t was said in reliable sources that
Hitler learned Of Czechoslovakia's
mobilization order shortly after he
began his final talk with Mr.. Cham
berlain last night and Immediately
passed the news along to the British
Prime Minister.
Appeal 10 Sudetens.
Henlein also was quick to react
by issuing an appeal to Sudetens to
disobey the mobilization call of Presi-
dent Eduard Benes.
"Benes, in his game Of hazard, has
thrown his last card on the table"
Henlein proclaimed
supported by an demonstrations
military regime he has proclaimed
general mobilization
You, my fellow countrymen ut
home, know what Is at stake.
mo German will fire upon Ger
man, no Magyar upon Magyar, no
Pole upon Pole.
"Benes has no right to force you
to commit suicide.
mo German will obey his mobili-
zation call.
In a short time you will be free"