Posted on 08/30/2008 6:22:36 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
The Diplomatische Korrespondenz complained that nothing concrete yet had been done by Czechoslovakia to give Sudeten German their rights as it warned of the crisis.
“The Czechs have been handing out programs and assurances for the past twenty years, but all they had in common was to confirm them in the power to lord it over other nationality groups,” the organ said.
The paper then went on to urge that “representations concerning the crisis should be directed to those in power to mend matters radically and without delay so they shall not be left under the impression that they have done enough and that anyway they are safe by being backed by great powers.
“Until now Prague has persisted in the delusion that Czechs in the border regions are and should be lords of the country and that they can behave as such, instead of as what they are – a typical minority,” the Foreign Office mouthpiece concluded.
Hitler’s inspection trip was expected to take him from Aachen, near Belgium, to the vicinity of Basle, Switzerland. He touched at Kehl, opposite Strasbourg, France, today.
The tour began Saturday with but brief public mention. A communiqué said that “during the entire drive he was greeted by troops and the populace with indescribable joy and stormy enthusiasm.”
In Berlin officials fixed attention on tomorrow’s British Cabinet meeting. The summoning of the British Ambassador, Sir Nevile Henderson, from Berlin for conferences with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and the Foreign Secretary, Viscount Halifax, prior to the Cabinet meeting heightened interest here.
Nazi spokesmen tonight charged Britain had “organized” another dramatic week-end Saturday and yesterday to manoeuvre Germany into shouldering “any future blame” if negotiations should break down between the Czechoslovak Government and the Sudeten Germans. Week-end speeches by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon and Winston Churchill, veteran Member of Parliament, contributed to this British game, in the Nazi view.
The authoritative newspaper, Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, commenting on a forthcoming Czechoslovak Government plan – its third – to appease the Sudeten Germans, said:
“If the famous proposal, No. 3, gives the Germans their rights, then England does not need to threaten with cannon in order to bring us to a more constructive attitude toward the proposals.”
Outspoken criticism of the British warning to Germany, conveyed in Sir John’s speech when he said Britain might have to participate in event of war, pervaded all comment.
“The experience of the last few years in war outside Europe does not support the English pessimism,” said the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, whose editor is close to the Foreign Office.
“Or,” the paper asked, “are we to read the Simon speech as meaning that England does not want localization?
“No one wants a conflict, and if plan number three gives Germans their rights, no English Minister will need to think about such an eventuality.”
The newspaper charged “we are in the middle of complete misrepresentation” of facts.
“World peace and the rights of the Sudeten Germans must not be manoeuvred into opposing positions,” it said.
The Nazis recalled that Lord Halifax had described the mission of Viscount Runciman, unofficial British mediator in the Czechoslovak crisis, as like that of a man “alone on the ocean in a small boat.”
The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung added: “Only it should not have been omitted to add loudly that behind the next wave was an English warship.”
The Czech Government’s new plan which, it is understood here, will be submitted to Lord Runciman tomorrow, provides for a so-called cantonal constitution that would divide Sudetenland into four cantons with only local administrative rights and the suggestion that Sudetens accept posts in the Federal Government. While the terms of the offer have not been announced it is already assumed that the Henlein party will reject the proposal on the ground that it does not meet its fundamental demands.
The Sudeten Germans will apparently reject any compromise which does not accord them administrative autonomy free from all intervention in the central government. The mere concession of communal or local administrative jurisdiction, it is predicted, would still leave the German minority at the mercy of the central government as it would not have a voice in deciding the cardinal issues of national policy.
It is assumed here that the Sudeten minority will probably answer the new proposal with concrete demands of its won. To this extent it is predicted that the current week will bring about a definite clarification of the respective positions. Such clarification would be welcomed here, apparently, if only for the reason that it would enable Lord Runciman to decide whether his mediation efforts warrant hopes for overcoming the impasse.
The situation holds critical implications, it is suggested here, in that it concerns concrete issues whereas the crisis of May 21 was largely of a psychological nature. It is not improbable that the Reich government would welcome a development which would prompt the British to retire from their voluntary intervention and refer the settlement issue back to Prague and the Sudeten Germans.
Queen Wilhelmina witnessed the spectacle which, according to witnesses, could very well stand comparison with the review in Regent Horthy’s honor in Berlin, where 16,000 troops demonstrated the strength of the German Army.
The review today included 630 officers, 12,600 rank and file from the army, navy, air force and colonial troops, 1,800 horses, 115 field guns, 780 military automobiles, armored cars, light tanks, and 100 motor cycles and bicycles.
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, Aug. 29 (AP).-Queen Wilhelmina, who has reigned longer than any living king or queen, reviewed a jubilee parade today, part of the celebrations for a twin anniversary Wednesday, her fifty-eighth birthday and completion of the fortieth year of her reign. Crown Princess Juliana and her husband, Prince Bernhard, reviewed the troops with the Queen.
President Getulio Vargas last April dissolved all associations affiliated with foreign political groups. The move was believed to be directed against Nazi associations, which were most active here. The Deutscher Segel Club at that time was reorganized into an athletic club.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Aug. 29 (AP).-Representatives of Bolivia and Paraguay today formally exchanged instruments of ratification of the July 21 peace treaty, which ended their century-old dispute over the Chaco.
The ceremony, held in the office of Dr. Jose Maria Cantilo, Argentina’s Foreign Minister, was the last step prior to the start of arbitration to fix a definite boundary between the two countries.
The work of establishing the boundary, which under the treaty must be completed in two months, will be in the hands of the six neutrals – Brazil, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and the United States – whose efforts resulted in the peace treaty. A military commission already has departed for the Chaco to examine the boundary zone.
MANILA, Tuesday, Aug. 30 (AP).-A strong earthquake, starting last night and continuing with occasional tremors early today, inflicted heavy property damage on Masbate Island, southeast of this city.
Ten houses were destroyed, and the Municipal Building and postoffice were badly damaged in the town of Cataingan. Several persons were injured.
The earthquakes also were felt on Samar Island, east of Masbate.
The explosion occurred not far from the pier where the regent had left his steamer. The police began an investigation. There is considerable excitement here over the incident.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. 29 (AP).-Hungary’s regent, Admiral Nicholas Horthy, returned today from a German State visit described as a strengthening link in Hungarian-German economic relations.
Although Admiral Horthy and his host, Adolf Hitler, did not sign any agreement, officials in the regent’s party said the two were in full accord on a plan for peace in Central Europe. They said Hungary probably would join Germany in demanding positive concessions from Czechoslovakia to her minorities.
Major Ferenc Szalasi, Hungarian Nazi leader convicted of “revolutionary activities,” was moved under heavy guard today to the state penitentiary at Szeged to serve a three-year term confirmed last week by the Supreme Court.
The storms caused considerable damage throughout a large area. The Danube flooded 100 square miles between Linz and Vienna.
Biggest Military Display Staged by Netherlands
BRAZIL IN NAZI INQUIRY
RATIFY CHACO PEACE PACT (Peace in out time for Bolivia and Paraguay)
QUAKE IN PHILIPPINES (Pre-Richter scale)
BLAST SHAKES PIER AFTERN HORTHY LANDS
Gee. I thought this was Robert Reich the dwarfish Clinton lieutenant who reminds me of Josef Goebbels.
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