UNCERTAINTY IN LONDON

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22516, 26 September 1938, Page 11

UNCERTAINTY IN LONDON

RANGE OF NEWSPAPER COMMENT "RESPITE AFTER NIGHT OF ANXIETY" THE LIMITS OF CONCESSION REACHED (■BITISH OIUCIAL WIKKLXSI.) (Received September 25, 8.30 p.m.) RUGBY, September 24. Yesterday's proceedings at Godesberg have left the newspapers, as their comment shows, in considerable uncertainty as to how to interpret the latest developments in the international crisis. The "Daily Express" thinks there is a respite and the "Daily Mail" that as far as can be seen, the world may hope for peace after a night of deepest anxiety.

To the "News-Chronicle" the keynote is still one of suspense. As the "Manchester Guardian" notes, the nature of the difficulty which interrupted yesterday's talks at Godesberg is still uncertain, and is more difficult to imagine since, as it says, "the principal demand made by Hitler at Bei-chtesgaden has been completely fulfilled." According to "The Times" it if generally believed that the difficulty arose from the German proposal that before the negotiations proper begin, Reich or Sudeten troops should occupy the areas with which the Prague Government has, in principle, agreed to part. The "Daily Telegraph," "Daily Herald," and "Daily Mail" also base their comment on different versions of the same supposition. The "Daily Mail" argues that "Every consideration of statesmanship and goodwill urges Herr Hitler to restrain his too enthusiastic followers," and adds, "it is earnestly to be hoped that Mr Chamberlain's determined efforts to preserve peace will finally prevail. He has gone to the utmost limits of concession on the democratic issue of self-determi-nation, and if, in spite of all, he should fail, history will know where to lay the blame." The "Daily Herald" says: "If Herr Hitler's sole object is the'transfer of Sudetenland, then there can be no basis whatever for the refusal on his part to secure an end to the incidents which make impossible an ordered transfer." MR ROOSEVELT MAY TAKE SIDES

ACTION PREDICTED AFTER NOVEMBER ELECTIONS

(Received September 25, 7.40 p.m.)

WASHINGTON, September 23,

Concurrent with the renewed tension here, a member of the House of Representatives, Mr Roy Woodruff, alleges that Mr Roosevelt is waiting until after the November elections to begin a "barrage of propaganda to create a war spirit in America. Then the President will move more boldly towards taking sides in the European dispute."

AMERICANS WARNED TO LEAVE (Received September 25, 7 p.m.) WASHINGTON, September 23. The State Department has instructed the United States Minister at Prague to warn all Americans to leave Czechoslovakia immediately. Officials are deeply concerned at the mobilisation order which embraces all transport and hinders evacuation. BULGARIAN KING VISITS BERLIN (Received September 25, 10 p.m.) BERLIN, September 24. King Boris of Bulgaria left for Berlin after being the guest of FieldMarshal Goring in East Prussia.