IN EVENT OF WAR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1938, Page 8

IN EVENT OF WAR

PRECAUTIONS IN BRITAIN o PREPARATIONS FOR WHOLESALE • EVACUATION. REMOVAL OF CHILDREN FROM LONDON. (Received This Day, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, September 26. With the sands of the crisis running out, the entire country is doing its utmost to complete precautions for the safety of civilians. Time-tables are being prepared, enabling the evacuation of 3,500,000 Londoners within 72 hours. Every city and town is taking over vacant land on which, in addition to parks, trenches are being dug in the’ greatest haste. Similar work also is being carried out in London’s parks. Gas masks are being handed out everywhere. Intensive precautions are also being taken against fire. Municipalities are calling up volunteers, who are undergoing swift courses of instruction. ■Plans have been completed for the evacuation of half a million London school children in a few hours. Headmasters have urged parents wherever possible to move their children to the country without delay. Parents have been given lists for two days’ food, clothing and other articles each child should carry, which it is suggested should now be packed. INNER CABINET MEETING TO STUDY HITLER’S SPEECH. KING HOLDS PRIVY COUNCIL. (Received This Day, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, September 26. The Inner Cabinet met at 10 p.m. to study a preliminary report of Herr .Hitler’s speech. The King held a Privy Council. . In the event of war the Empire air mails would continue, but would be modified according to necessity. The Leader of the Opposition (Mr C. R. Attlee) said: “I don’t believe Hitler is going to help the Sudetens. ne does not mention his fellow Germans repressed by the Italians in the Tyrol.” x CABLED CORRECTION ' MODIFICATION OF EARLIER MESSAGE. A correction cabled from London states that the message on Page 7 headed “Position Defined,” is not a British Foreign Office communique (as stated in the message in which it was conveyed) but is based on a statement made in British official circles. ' BRITISH ENVOY VISIT TO HERR HITLER IN BERLIN RETURNING WITH REPLY TO MR CHAMBERLAIN. INDICATION. OF FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS. (Received This Day. 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, September 26. Reuter’s Berlin correspondent says Mr Horace Wilson is returning to London tomorrow with Herr Hitler’s reply to Mr Chamberlain. A BRIEF INTERVIEW. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) BERLIN, September 26. The German Foreign Office was rm f "epresented on Mr Wilson's arrival. He and Sir Nevile Henderson (British Ambassador) drove to the Embassy. Mr Wilson met Herr Hitler at the Chancellery at 5 p.m., and stayed only forty minutes. FRANCE & BRITAIN. ALTERNATIVE TO SUMMARY REJECTION (Received This Day. 11.55 a.m.) LONDON. September. 26. It is understood that the French favoured the summary rejection of Herr Hitler's memorandum but that a message "sent with Mr Wilson leaves the way open for further negotiations. APPEAL TO LEAGUE. SAID TO BE CONTEMPLATED BY FRANCE. (Received This Day. 10.5 a.m.) LONDON, September 26. Reuter’s Geneva correspondent understands that the League of Nations Council has been advised of France's intention to call for League action if Germany embarks on aggression against Czechoslovakia. UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE CZECH VIEW OF GODESBERG PROPOSALS EVACUATION OF BRITISH NATIONALS (Received This Day, 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, September 26. A Government radio broadcast from Prague states that the “Godesberg proposals are utterly unacceptable." An Imperial Airways plane is ready at Croydon to fly to Prague to evacuate further British nationals in the event of necessity. Normal air communications between London and Czechoslovakia have now been reduced to a skeleton service, operated by the Netherlands and Belgian lines. BRITISH LABOUR EXECUTIVE TO DISCUSS POLICY (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) RUGBY, September 26. An emergency meeting of the National Council of Labour considered the latest developments, information of which v/as earlier given to Messrs Attlee and Greenwood by Mr Chamberlain. ■ The Labour Party Executive and the : Executive of the Parliamentary La- ■ hour Party will meet tomorrow to dis- 1 cuss the procedure tc be adopted in Parliament. Mr Attlee will address.a demonstration. of over ten thousand people at ’ Empress Stadium at Earl’s Court to- 1 night. 1