Evening star., 1938-09-27
London
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favored this. The former chancellor
of the exchequer, Winston Churchill,
urged such action yesterday.
The Czech note revealed today said:
MY government wished me to declare
- that Hitler's demands In their
present form are absolutely and un-
conditionally unacceptable to my gov
ernment.
Against these new cruel demands
my government feels bound to make
their utmost resistance and we shall
do so, God helping U.S."
The note added that Czechoslovakia
expected France and Great Britain to
assist her.
When Chancellor Hitler uttered his
demands to cheering Nazis in Berlin
last night there was no indication he
knew the Czech government Sunday
had told the British and French min
listers it could not accept his ultimatum
for large territorial concessions In
Sudeten areas.
Czech Stand Clear.
Mr. Masaryk's unusual step in pub
fishing the note made the Czechoslo-
wax government stand absolutely
clear and gave a direct answer to
Hitler. Diplomatic notes passing be-
tween governments usually are not
published without express agreement
between the governments concerned.
Thus it appeared Mr.. Masaryk's
move was made with the approval of
Mr.. Chamberlain and Premier Edouard
Daladier Of France and constituted
If there was such agreement-a new
statement of stern policy to be fol-
lowed in concerted British, French and
Czechoslovak action.
The Czechoslovak note said the
document and map presented by Hitler
lis a de facto ultimatum of a sort
usually presented to . vanquished ma
tion and not a proposition to . sov-
ereign state which has shown the
greatest possible readiness to make
sacrifices for the appeasement Of Eu-
rope.
mot the smallest trace Of such
readiness for sacrifices has yet been
manifested by Mr.. Hitler's government.
MY government Is amazed at the
contents of the memorandum. The
proposals go far beyond what we
agreed to in the sc-called Anglo
French plan.
They deprive us of every safeguard
for our national existence"
Hitler's Final Demands.
Authoritative London sources Sun
day listed Hitler's final" demands
as: The cession of certain Sudeten
areas so marked on a map submitted
by Hitler; plebiscites in other marked
areas; final delimitation Of the from
tier to correspond to the wishes of
those concerned; creation of a situa-
tlon OF parity; occupation by German
troops of areas designated on the map
without taking into account whether
in plebiscite they might prove to be
in this or that part of an area with
Czech majority-with the same pro-
vision for Czech military occupation of
certain areas:
Withdrawal Of the whole Czech
armed forces, police, gendarmerie, Gus
toms officials and frontier guards from
the area to be evacuated: evacuated
territory to be relinquished in its pres
ent condition; discharge of all Su-
deten Germans in Czech Army or po-
lice forces; liberation Of all German
political prisoners; the plebiscites to
take place before November Is at the
latest under control of an interna-
tional commission; establishment of q
German-Czech commission to settle
further details.
Observers noted OF the Hitler speech
yesterday:
It did net absolutely close the door
to negotiation.
Hitler said his aim was not suppress
sion Of other peoples and that he was
willing to guarantee revised Czecho-
slovak state if the problems of other
miniorities were solved In q decent
manner" 49,.
He did not demand the right to
negotiate for Hungarian and Polish
minorities in Czechoslovakia. .
But he insisted on settlement by
Saturday of his demand for Sudeten-
land where live German-speaking
people.
Meanwhile, Britain rushed prepara-
tions for military protection should
the nation 60 to war. l.
British anti-aircraft guns were
boosted.