Dejected Czechs See Economic Ruin, and Sudetens are Afraid
LONDON, October 10. i rilE PEOPLE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA ARE DEJECTEDLY COUNTING THEIR LOST TERRITORIES, ESPECIALLY IN ZONE 5, WHICH EXCEEDS IN SIZE THE FOUR OTHERS COMBINED, SAYS THE PRAGUE CORRESPONDENT OF “THE TIMES.”
The bitterness of the people is ir. creased owing to their conviction that the Munich stipulation that their economic interests would be respected has been over-ruled, and that even the Godesburg demands have been exceeded.
An official analysis states that the decisions of the Ambassadors Commission are tantamount to a denial of the Czechoslovakians’ independent existence. The country will be absolutely dependent upon Germany for coal, their iron mines are lost, and their agriculture has been so reduced that it will be difficult for Czechoslovakia to produce sufficient to pay for her imports.
The Czechs sent a message to Mr Chamberlain on October 7. The contents are not known, but it is believed they refer to the Government’s anxiety regarding 800,000 Czechs inside the German ring. Refugees will' constitute the most pressing problem. Families carrying bundles and bags crowd the streets. Sudeten Refugees Panic-stricken.
The latest German demand is that all Sudeten Germans, including Socialists and Communists, who have left annexed areas, shall be compelled to return, as Germany does not renounce her claim to any Germans, says the Prague correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph.” This demand has caused consternation among the refugees, 90 per cent, of whom will face concentration’ camps if they return. They protest that they were entitled to leave Sudetenland, as the Munich agreement gave them the right of option to Czech nationality.
Officials say they cannot resist the German demands. They have repeatedly, but fruitlessly, applied to England and France for advice. The Czechs' have ordered 5000 German emigres to depart by Tuesday, otherwise they wall be extradited.
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Northern Advocate, 11 October 1938, Page 7
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