The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
Reactions Of England
 France, Soviet Russia
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of Czechoslovakia was made clear by Viscount Halifax, foreign secre- tary, and Chamberlain, who was greeted with 8 communist shout of: You've sold a nation into slavery"
 The governments position was clarified in much stronger terms than had been expected after both Britain and France had inquired of Berlin as to Germany's plans in re- gard to the future of the dissolved Czechoslovak republic.
 The German foreign office replied that the military occupation of Czechia had been with the consent of the Prague government and said that full details would be given Britain and France later.
 Bitter Slap at Hitler
 The British decision to postpone trade negotiations with Berlin, scheduled to start Thursday, but to continue them with Soviet Russia and other nations was much stronger slap at the German action. Improvement of foreign trade is of vital importance to the reich, which was told by Hitler that it must "ex- port or die"
 As a result, Britain appeared to have resorted to one of the most ef- fective although indirect counter moves to express anger that the Munich agreement had fallen apart.
 The British government "canot but regard what has taken place Gin cen- tral Europe) as inconsistent with the spirit of the Munich agreement" parliament was told by Foreign Sec retary Viscount Halifax, who said that Great Britain never in any way contemplated the dissolution of Czechoslovakia when 1t joined in the Sudetenland war crisis settlement.
 Britain Is NOe Bound
 Viscount Halifax, the foreign sec- retary, announcing the postpone ment in the house of lords, said that Graet Britain does not any longer consider herself bound by the four-power agreement made at Munich to guarantee the frontiers of Czechoslovakia. That agreement was never put into effect by Ger many, Britain, France and Italy, al- though they had promised to give the guarantee.
 Announcement Of the postpone ment of the visit to Germany on Thursday by Oliver Stanley, presi- dent of the board of trade, and Robert Hudson, secretary for over- seas trade, was of unusual signif1- canoe because it had been proposed to abandon the project as 8 slap at Adolf Hitler's action in central Eu- rope.
 Prime Minister Neville Chamber lain, however, had been reported opposed to any such drastic action, hoping eventually to carry on his appeasement program in which trade agreements are a vital part with the cooperation of the Ger mans.
 Lord Halifax revealed to the house of lords that Germany had sent troops beyond the frontiers laid down at Munich without consulta- tion with any of the other "big four" powers.
 No Specific Charges
 Britain does not wish to make any specific charges of breach ot faith, he added, "but we cannot ad- init that anything of the kind which has now taken place was in the mind of the British government al the time of the Munich conference or was in any way contemplated.
 The foreign secretary revealed also that Britain recently had tried tc reach an accord with other govern ments which had been represented at Munich in an effort to determine the scope of the guarantees which had been promised at the "big four conference in return for Czecho- slovakia's agreement to accept los of the Sudetenland.
 Those efforts, he said, failed.
 Tn the opinion of his majesty. government the situation was radi. cally altered as soon as the Sloval diet declared Slovakia,s independ. ence," he said. Now for the frs time there is military occupation O {. territory inhabited by people witt whom Germany has no racial con. nection."
 Frontier Crash Down
 The effect of the declaration O Slovak independence with German support was ito end by interna d eruption g state whose frontier Britain proposed to guarantee" tn foreign secretary said.
 He added that the limits of Ger man occupation of Czechoslovaki' were laid down at Munich and wer accepted by Germany.
 "The German government now, s far as I know, without any com munication with any signatories c the Munich agreement, have sen their troops beyond the frontie ! then laid down.
 Hitherto the reich governmen is extending the area of their mill tary control defended their action bv the contention that were onl incorporating in the reich of neigh boring masses of people of the Ger man race"