LOST AREAS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19757, 11 October 1938, Page 5

LOST AREAS

DEJECTED CZECHS COUNTING COST INDEPENDENCE PASSING STIPULATIONS OVER.RULED NEW DEMAND BY NAZIS RETURN OF ALU GERMANS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 11. 9 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 10.

The Prague correspondent of The Times says that the Czech people are dejectedly counting their lost territories, especially the fifth zone, which exceeds the four others combined.

The bitterness of the Czechs has been increased on account of. the conviction that the stipulation at the Four-Power conference at Munich that economic interests would be respected had been over-ruled and that even the demands of Herr Hitler at Godcsberg had been exceeded.

An official analysis states that the decisions of the ambassadors’ commission are tantamount to a denial of Czechoslovakia’s independent existence. The country will be absolutely dependent on Germany for the coal and iron mines have been completely lost and agriculture so reduced that it will be difficult for Czechoslovakia to produce sufficient to pay for her imports. Anxiety in Prague The Czechs sent a message to the 'British Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, on October 7. The contents are unknown, but it is believed to refer to the anxiety of the Czech Government regarding 800,000 Czechs inside the German ring. Refugees are still the most pressing problem and forlorn families carrying bundles and bags crowd the streets of Prague. Slovakia has announced Bratislava as its new capital and Ruthenia has made Uzhorod its capital. Dr. Tisot has been appointed Premier of Slovakia and Dr. Parkanyi Premier of Ruthenia. Both Cabinets have issued a proclamation declaring that they will co-operate freely with the Czech State. Concentration Camp Feared The Prague correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that the lalest German demand is that all Sudeten Germans, including Socialists and Communists, who had left the annexed areas, shall be compelled to return as Germany does not renounce her claim to any Germans. The demand has caused consternation among the refugees, 90 per cent of whom face a concentration camp if they return. They protest that they are entitled to leave Sudetcnland as the Munich agreement gave them the right of option of Czech nationality. Officials declare they are unable to resist the German demands. They have repeatedly and fruitlessly applied to England and France for advice. The Czechs have ordered 5000 German emigres to depart by October 11: otherwise they will be extradited. SELF-DETERMINATION AIM ECHOES IN IRELAND “NOR OFTEN”’ PRESSURE (Reed. Oct. 11, 10 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 10. The Manchester Guardian states in an editorial that while members of the House of Commons were eloquent in reference to the beauties of selfdetermination and the injustices of the Versailles treaty, they probably forgot that arguments have two sides. "With admirable logic and a lively sense of political mischief, Irishmen are asking for self-determination :o undo the injustices of another postwar treaty,’’ states the Guardian. Though Mr. de Valera does not desire to embarrass Britain’s foreign relations and is keen on closer working lor defence, the pressure of the northern Catholic minority, already calling themselves ‘Nordetens,’ may help him to take up the matter dear to his heart. A demand lor a new boundary commission is not improbable. SOUTH-WEST AFRICA NO CHANCE FOR NAZIS VIEW OF SIR ABB BAILEY LONDON, Oct. 9. Sir Abe Bailey, interviewed toy the Sunday Referee, said that Germany had no possible chance of getting South-West Africa. He would oppose it to the bitter end. he said.