Evening star., 1939-03-17
Rebuff to Reich:
Weighs Protest
With France
European Situation

6Il AIN CALLS ENVOY nome
from Berlin in rebuff to Hitler;
protest with France weighed.
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U. S. CONDEMNS "wanton lawless-
ness" and arbitrary force" of
f. Germany in taking Czecho-Slo-
vakia. Page Al
VIENNA HALLS HITLER as con-
queror on return from triumphant
visit to Moravie. Page Al
DALADIER DEMANDS POWER to
rule by decree until November 30
to resist Germans. Page Al
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 17.-Britain or
dered her Ambassador home from
Berlin today in a rebuff paralleling
United States action last November
and consulted with France on a pos
sible protest to the Nazi govern
ment over her absorption of most of
Czecho-Slovakia.
Sir Neville Henderson was called
back from the German capital Ito
report" on the moves which ended
the existence of the war-torn
Czecho- Slovak Republic this week.
While British and French govern
ments were in close contact on
policy, sources close to the French
foreign Office said the question of
summoning the French Ambassador
in Berlin to Paris was not being
considered at the present time.
Requests Made to Berlin.
The British government today
instructed Sir Neville to lay three
requests before the German foreign
Office before he leaves:
l. That leniency be granted to all
refugees" in the former Czecho-
Slovakia.
2. That all British subjects wish
ing to leave be guaranteed safe
conduct out of the new, expanded
Germany.
3. That four newspapermen ma
rooned in the British Legation in
Prague, all of whom were said to be
unacceptable to Germany, be al
lowed to leave.
The newspapermen are G. E. r..
Gedye Of the New York Times, Noel
Painter of the London Daily Tele-
graph and Morning Post, Douglas
Reed Of the London News Chronicle.
and Harry Smollet of the British
Exchange telegraph agency.
Sir Neville was expected to leave
Berlin either tonight or tomorrow.
The order to Sir Neville had been
under consideration since yesterday
and persons close to the govern
ment described it as a gesture of
dlsapproval of the methods Adolf
Hitler's government used in its east
ward advance in Central Europe.
British Attitude Stiffens.
Hardening of the British attitude
toward the Nazi advance was ex-
pected to find further expression
in a speech by Prime Minister
Chamberlain at Birmingham to-
night. 1t was announced that the
speech would be broadcast at 8:l5
pm. (3:l5 pm, E. S. TD.
(Mr. Chamberlain address was
to be broadcast in Washington
by Stations WMAL and WJSV)
United States Ambassador Joseph
P. Kennedy conferred at the foreign
Office with Viscount Halifax, British
foreign secretary. Lord Halifax also
received Maj Clement r. Attlee,
opposition leader in the House of
Commons, and LabOrite Arthur
Greenwood
The announcement that Sir Neville
had been summoned home said only
that he was coming Ito report" But
Sir John Simon, chancellor of the
exechequer, had indicated in Parlia-
ment earlier that the Ambassador
like American Ambassador WILSON,
might be kept out of Germany in
definitely.
Mr.. Wilson was called to WASH
ington last November IA by Presi-
dent Roosevelt as a sign of dis
pleasure at Germany's anti-Semitic
drive. He has not returned to
Berlin.
French Envoy May Return.
Although no similar step by
France was considered imminent,
sources close to the foreign ministry
said that Robert Coulondre, French
Ambassador to Berlin, might return
to Paris later to give necessary ex-
plantations concerning recent events. !"
M. Coulondre's trip, however, was
not expected until after the state
(See LONDON, Page A-6.)