DECEIVE PUBLIC.

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

DECEIVE PUBLIC.

CHAMBERLAIN MOVE. Accusation by Official Soviet Organ. BRITISH COMMUNIST STAND. United Press Association. —Copyright. (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 18. The official Soviet newspaper, "Pravda," regardsNMr. Chamberlain's visit to Herr Hitler as an attempt to deceive public opinion and, under the guise of a pacificatory gesture, reach, an agreement with an aggressor for which Czechoslovakia would be forced to pay. The paper adds: "The British Conservatives want to make political capital by asserting that an accord with Germany and new concessions to Herr Hitler would save Europe from war. There is no greater falsehood than this. Agreement with an aggressor does not postpone but accelerates war.

"The annexation of Sudetenland to Germany would end the independence of Czechoslovakia, permit German domination in Central and SouthEastern Europe, intensify her intervention in Spain, and encircle France."

The Communist party congress at Birmingham unanimously passed a resolution accusing Mr. Chamberlain of betraying the peace desires of the British people. It urged the peoples of the world to prevent the outbreak of war, expressed admiration for the Czechs, and added that Mr. Chamberlain was attempting to deal with Herr Hitler at the expense of Czechoslovakia.

The resolution called on all Britons to protest against Mr. Chamberlain's second visit, to Herr Hitler in which he hoped to cement an alliance with Fascism.

REPORT TO KING.

LORD RUNCIMAN'S MISSION. (Received 11.30 a.m.) British Official Wireless. RUGBY, September 18. No arrangements have yet been made for the return of the King to Balmoral to rejoin the Royal Family. He went to Windsor from Buckingham Palace at G.o last evening. His Majesty is being kept in the closest touch with developments in connection with the international situation, and his audience with Mr. Chamberlain at Buckingham Palace on Friday night lasted over an hour. Viscount Runciman had lunch with His Majesty yesterday and reported on his mission as mediator in Czechoslovakia. The Parliamentary Opposition leaders are being kept informed of the developments, which are also being fully communicated to the Dominion Governments. The King spent the week-end quietly at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, and this morning attended Divine service at the Royal Chapel, where prayers were offered for peace. The Home Fleet has returned to Invergordon from Moray Firth, where it has been engaged in exercises since Monday. A GERMAN ATTACK. "WILL MEAN WORLD WAR." LONDON, September 18. Writing in the "Observer,'' Mr. J. L. Garvin says: "If Germany attacks Czechoslovakia without respect for non-German interests and France is forced to support Czechoslovakia, there will be a world war, in which the British Empire will unhesitatingly be engaged to the death."