REPORTED OUTCOME OF TALKS NOT CONFIRMED

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 226, 24 September 1938, Page 10

REPORTED OUTCOME OF TALKS NOT CONFIRMED

(Received 1 p.uO LONDON, this day. The Exchange reports that the Berlin wireless announced that an agreement had been reached at Godesberg on the basis of immediate cession of the Sudeten territories. If Czechoslovakia disagrees, Mr. Chamberlain is reported to have promised that Britain and France will disinterest themselves. The Australian Associated Press says that private messages from Berlin advise treating the Exchange reports of an agreement with extreme reserve. The Reich Press chief told foreign newspapermen: "Things were going splendidly at 1.15 p.m." The Exchange report has not been confirmed elsewhere. A joint official statement issued at Godesberg said: "The Government handed Mr. Chamberlain a memorandum outlining Its attitude towards the situation in Sudetenland, which he is conveying to the Czechs." Foreign observers interpret the length of the conversation between Mr. Chamberlain and Herr Hitler .favourably.

MARINE WAR INSURANCE. GOVEBNMENT INTENTION. Brltlsh Official Wireless. ( Received 12.80 p.m ) RUGBY, September 23. The Parliamentary Secretary to the _ , . tl . , Hoard of Trade has addressed a letter !" Sir Keith Price, who led a deputation .i Mm t lie London Chamber of Commerce

and other bodies, on Wednesday, on the subject of marine war risks insurance, in which he says: "I should like to conft.rin the * tatement made to the deputation that in the event of this country being engaged in a major war the Goveminent intends to open an office innnediately for the insurance of cargoes against war risks." , '[lie Associated Press says the scheme follows closely that operating at the pnd of thc Gr< ; at Wur avaj] able on a premium basis for all British I and neutral ships.