“DELAY OF SOLUTION IMPOSSIBLE”

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21154, 29 September 1938, Page 9

“DELAY OF SOLUTION IMPOSSIBLE”

FIRM ATTITUDE OF GERMANY REPLY TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S APPEAL FOR PEACE LEADERS’ IMMENSE RESPONSIBILITIES United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, September 27. “It is not Germany’s fault that the Sudeten problem has grown to its present unbearable state,” said Herr Hitler in his reply to President Roosevelt’s appeal for the continuation of negotiations. “The terrible condition of the Sudetens makes delay of the solution impossible. The possibilities of reaching just regulations by agreement are therefore exhausted. “It does not lie with the German Government, but with the Czech Government alone to decide whether they want peace or war.” Herr Hitler said he was convinced that when Mr Roosevelt pictured the development of the Sudeten problem he would recognise that Germany had not lacked patience, and had a sincere desire for a peaceful understanding. After putting forward his plan to hold an international conference, President Roosevelt, in his reply to Herr Hitler’s statement, concluded: “In my considered opinion, and in the light of the experience of this country, continued negotiations remain the only way by which the immediate problem can be disposed of upon any lasting basis. Should you agree to a solution in this peaceful manner, I am convinced that hundreds of millions throughout the world would recognise your action as of outstanding historic service to all humanity. Allow me to state my unqualified conviction that history, and the souls of every man, woman and child whose lives will be lost in the threatened war, will hold all of us accountable should we omit any appeal for its prevention.”