CZECH PROBLEMS

Grey River Argus, 16 June 1938, Page 8

CZECH PROBLEMS

BRITISH VIEWS. [British Official Wireless.] RUGBY, June 14. In a Commons answer on the position of Czechoslovakia Mr Chamberlain said he was hopeful that with the goodwill both parties were now showing, a settlement could be reached by negotiations between the Czechoslovakan Government and the Sudetens, but, if these delicate and difficult negotiations were to be carried on in a suitable atmosphere, it was essential that the utmost patience and restraint should be exercised, 1 both in Czechoslovakia and elsewhere. The British Minister at Prague had continued to emphasise, in severe recent interviews with Dr. Benes and members of the Czecoslovak Government, the urgent importance of reaching a comprehensive and lasting ‘ settlement, by negotiations. Declaring that it would mean the bankruptcy of European statesmanship if the future of the Sudeten Germans were allowed to plunge Europe into a devastating war “The Times,” in a leading article, implies that a plebiscite would be the most * satisfactory solution. “The only question,” the newspaper adds, “is, do thev wish to remain where they are or belong somewhere else?” What remains to be done is to rectify the error of 1919 and allow the Sudetens peacefully to express their own views concerning their future.”