EARLY ARMED ADVANCE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 283, 10 September 1938, Page 7

EARLY ARMED ADVANCE.

THE BELIEF IN ENGLAND. MOVEMENTS OF GERMAN FORCES (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 1.40 p.m.) LONDON, September 9. The “Telegraph” says that the Ministers are consulting until late at night. They received reports through the military authorities on the latest movements of the German forces, which added to the Ministerial view of the gravity of the situation and helped to lend colour to the belief that Germany contemplates an early armed advance against the Czechs. It considered that in those circumstances they will not delay in instructing the British Ambassador at Berlin to seek the earliest interview with Herr t Hitler. CRISIS COMING TO A HEAD. A WEEK-END OF SUSPENSE. (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, September 9. “The Times” says that the meetings of Ministers leave no doubt of the extremely serious view taken of the situation. Indeed there is no desire to officially disguise from the public that the crisis is coming to a head, and that the week-end will likely be spent in disagreeable suspense. The Berlin correspondent of “The Times” says it is not too much to say that the hatred expressed by the press against the Czechs could not be more bitter if the countries were warring. The Germans do not take it at its face value or it would be difficult to restrain the masses from attacking the Czechs, whereas there is actually an earnest desire for peace and a fear of war. The Nuremberg correspondent of the “Telegraph” says that it is reliably stated that Herr Hitler, in the course of a private exchange of views with high Government authorities, declared the standpoint on the Carlsbad points must be accepted unconditionally by the Czechs and not merely met by counter-proposals.