The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-17
CAN SELL OUT CZECHS
AND AVOID INVASION
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fore the Monarch at buckingham
Palace. was said to have made it
clear that. as result of his flying
visit 70 Hitler in the Bavarian
Alps. ne is prepared for any set
tlement no matter what it involves
for the sake of peace.
There was a grave and steadily
mounting danger, however. that a
cabinet split may be Precipitated
if Chamberlain goes before his
ministers in emergency session at
II a. m. (6 q. m. EDIT Saturday
and proposes that too many Sacri-
flee be wreSted from the CZechS.
France. il was understood. had
not been officially Informed Of
Hitler'S terms for an alternative
To war or Chamberlain readiness
TO use them as basis of settle
ment.
The French premier. Edouard
Daladier. and Foreign Minister
Georges Ronnet will learn of Bri-
tain'S course from Sir Erie Phlpps,
ambassador to Paris.
An authoritative source direct
" involved in the dramatic Anglo
German negotiations of the last
IS hours informed the United
Press of Hitler'S four-point pro-
posal laid before Chamberlain at
BcrchtcSgaden Thursday night.
Der Fuehrer was said to offset
the militarcy Of his demands for
the immediate surrender" to Ger
many of all the Sudeten areas
having so per cent or more Ger
transporting population by an
offer to Join in international guar
anteeS 10 protect the remainder of
Czccho<lovakia against invasion or
aggression.
He proposed a three or four
power guarantee of Czech neu-
trality. signed by Germany. Rri-
tain. France and perhaps Italy.
similar To the neutrality guaran-
tees which the great powers al
ready have given to Belgium and
Switzerland.
There was Scant possibility. on
the basis Of the Fridays defiant
activities Of the Prague govern
ment. that CzechoSlOvakia would
consent to anv such surrender rs
Hitler demanded and which Cham
berlin and the King discussed
gravelv over whiSkev-and-SodaS.
cigarettes and cigars ir the main
floor study of Buckingham Palace
for an hour and "a minutes last
night.
Chamberlain. after recitin@ Hit
Inr'S demands. repeatedly told the
King that the German reichs-
fuehrer seemed 10 be uncOmDro-
even when the prime min
lister warned him against thinking
that he could use force against
the CZcchs without reckoning with
C2echoslovakia's military pactS.
Chamberlain told Hitler, accord
ing TO the information said to
nave been given King George. that
if the CZechS were attacked then
France would march and Britain
would be obliged 10 fight-with
all the odds against Germany.
Thus Chamberlain made it clear
to tho King that Hitler can have
no illusions regarding Britan'S
readiness to fight if necessary in
a war arising from any violation
of the Czech frontier.
Chamberlain. by his desperate
efforts to avert war at almost any
price. cOurted omen revolt by the
Laborite and Liberal opposition
and there were mutterings in par
liamcntary circles of another
deal" referring to
the abOrtive effort BY Sir Samuel
Hoare - then foreign secretary
and now home secretary - and
Pierre Laval of France to split up
Ethiopia.
"The outlook is terrible" a
member of the British cabinet told
the United Press.