WORLD PEACE CONFERENCE

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22512, 21 September 1938, Page 11

WORLD PEACE CONFERENCE

: # Mr Roosevelt Urged To Lead PLEA BY FRENCH LABOUR CHIEF CUKTTKD PBBSS ASSOCIATION —COtYBIOHT.)

[Received September 20, 11 p.m.)

WASHINGTON, September 20.

Returning from a labour conference in Mexico, M. Leon Jouhaux, president of the French Trades Unions' Federation, and leader of 5,000,000 French workers, waited on Mr Roosevelt and pleaded with him to convene a world peace conference.

M. Jouhaux expressed the opinion that Mr Roosevelt was the only man with sufficient international prestige to make a conference possible.

Mr Roosevelt continues to maintain silence.

M. Jouhaux later declared that French labour would demand that the Chamber of Deputies repudiate the plan for the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia.

CZECH COMMUNIST

PROTEST

OPPOSITION TO PLAN EXPRESSED DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN HELP (Received September 20, 9 p.m.) PRAGUE, September 20. Dr. Bottwald, president of the Czech Communist Party, before the Permanent Committee of Parliament, saidi "There are no persons in Czechoslovakia with powers to carry through something against which stands united the whole Czechoslovak people—besides the masses of Henleinites who demand a just settlement without an occupation by the Reich. "Britain and France for the last 20 years demanded that we should maintain our frontiers in the interests of the defence of central an 1 eastern Europe against a German drive to the eastward. We are sure that the British and French peoples think differently from the Ministers at the London conference. "We shall not stand by and let the Republic be destroyed, but will defend ourselves in the sure knowledge that Russia will be loyal to her treaty." The Prime .Minister (Dr. Hodza) said: "The ' Government will do everything to assure that the interests of the country and the people are not violated."

NEUTRALITY FOR *CZECHS

PLAN WELCOMED IN SWITZERLAND

GENEVA, September 19.

The Swiss people welcome the report of a neutralised, guaranteed Czechoslovakia which forms the keynote of the British and French plan. They consider that the establishment of three neutralised States, Switzerland, Belgium and Czechoslovakia, would stabilise the European position and prevent the outbreak of war.

It is felt in League ,circles that British statesmanship and French sacrifice have saved Europe from conflict.

"LOSING CONTROL OF

EMPIRE"

BRITISH POLICY ATTACKED BY U.S. PROFESSOR

(Received September 21, 12.5 a.m.)

NEW YORK, September 20.

Returning to Massachusetts from Europe, Dr. J. Anton de Haas, professor of international relations at Harvard University, said: "Britain is not only selling out Czechoslovakia for the sake of temporary peace, but is striking at the existence of her Empire. She is losing control over Asia Minor and ultimately over India."

CZECH RESIDENTS IN AUSTRIA

NO FURTHER ARRESTS REPORTED (Received September 20, 9 p.m.) VIENNA, September 19. Czech residents in Vienna have been summoned to the police stations and closely questioned, but no further arrests are reported.