"DEEPLY IMPRESSED"

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 77, 28 September 1938, Page 14

"DEEPLY IMPRESSED"

GERMAN REACTION

IMPORTANCE OF TIME FACTQP

(Received September 28. 11 a.m.)

BERLIN. September 27

German official circles were deeply impressed by Mr. Chamberlain's statement. They state that the main point is whether it is possible for Germany to prolong the time limit for a few days. The statement has not yet been published in the newspapers.

HITLER'S REPLY

TO U.S. PRESIDENT

CZECHS TO DECIDE

PEACE OR WAR?

(Received September 28, 1 p.m.)

BERLIN, September 27.

Herr Hitler in his reply to President Roosevelt assured the President of his appreciation of the latter's generous intentions. "I share," he said, "in every respect your opinion regarding the incalculable consequences of a European war. However, for th^s very reason I must decline responsibility on behalf of the German nation and its leadership, should further developments, despite all my efforts, lead to hostilities." After a lengthy historical survey in which he said: "The Peace Treaties imposed on Czechoslovakia have far-reaching obligations to the German groups which were not kept from the very beginning," Herr Hitler declared that so far 214,000 Sudetens had been compelled to leave their ancestral homes and take refuge in the Reich because they, saw therein the only possibility of escaping Czech violence and sanguinary terrorism. There were numberless dead, thousands injured, and tens of thousands detained and imprisoned. Deserted villages ai~e accusing witnesses of the outbreak oi hostility already long apparent on the part of the Prague Government. Since the Czech Government had previously agreed to the cession of Sudetenland the terms of the German memorandum pursue no other end than to bring about a rapid, certain, and just fulfilment of the Czech promise. Herr Hitler concluded that he was convinced that when President Roosevelt pictured the development of the Sudeten problem, he would recognise that Germany had not lacked patience and a sincere desire for a peaceful understanding. "It is not Germany's fault," he said, "that the Sudeten problem has grown to its present unbearable state. The terrible condition of the Sudetens makes a delay in the solution impossible. jThe possibilities of reaching just \ regulations by agreenfent are therefore exhausted by the German memorandum. It does not lie with the German Government, but with the Czech Government alone to decide whether they want peace or war."