Czech Premier’s Fears of Resort to Force
IMPATIENCE OF HITLER LONDON, August 31. The Czech Prime Minister, Dr. Hodza, informed the British Minister at Prague, Mr. Basil Cockrano-Nowton, that Czechoslovakia expects Germany to resort to force “soon after October 15, if there is no settlement beforehand.” This belief is based on information gleaned by Czech secret agents. Tho suggestion is that Herr Hitler, angered by Czechoslovakia’s refusal to grant tho Sudetens full autonomy, wants to settle the issue quickly—if necessary, by force. German generals are reported already to have had great difficulty in restraining tho Fuhrer from immediate action. Nothing less than homo rule on the Irish pattern will now satisfy the German faction in Czechoslovakia. That statement is mado in a bulletin issued to the Sudeten German press of the country by Herr Sebekowski, publicity chief of the party led by Herr Henlein. I The general view in Prague is that ■the Sudetens cannot reject the proposals out of hand, because it is felt they will not act without first consulting the German Government.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 212, 8 September 1938, Page 7
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