SITUATION WORSE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 221, 19 September 1938, Page 9

SITUATION WORSE.

RESULT OF ACTION. Manifesto Denounces Czech Hostility. CORPS ALONG FRONTIER. United Press Association.—Copyright. LONDON*. Sept ember 18. The Sudeten Herman lenders' manifesto denounces Czech hostility against non-Czech institutions and upholds the Suddens' right to take up arms because a state of extreme need has arrived. llerr Henlcin, according to the official news agency, ordered the formation of a Sudeten Volunteer Corps along the frontier. Herren Kundt, Sebekowsky, Rosche and Neuwirth, Sudeten German leaders, are remaining in Prague. They have founded a new party with the title of the Bohemian German party, apparently replacing the Sudeten German party. The founders belong to the moderate wing of the former Henlein group. Herr Kundt issued the following proclamation:—"The Czech Government has considered it desirable to suspend the activities of the Sudeten people's organisations. As leader of the Parliamentary group, I say that you, pending appropriate action, should not allow yourselves to be led astray by the suspension of the party. "Wait Till Conversations End." "Remain what you were, and wait until Herr Hitler and Mr. Chamberlain have concluded their fateful conversations. Whether or not parties or party organisations are to remain in Czechoslovakia is no longer the decisive issue; what is decisive is the fate of Sudeten Germanism and our homeland. Until the decision is taken, remain firm. Let your nerves be as steel. God be with us!"

German political circles think the situation has grown worse, partly owing to the formation of the Sudeten Volunteer Corps. In spite of the fact that it is based in Germany and not in Czechoslovakia, its creation flouts Herr Kundt's counsel to wait until the talks between Mr. Chamberlain and Herr Hitler have been completed, and it constitutes a party army on German soil.

Czechoslovakia regards most seriously the formation of the Volunteer Corps, which may compel the Cabinet to make special decisions leading to further complications.