NOT ACCEPTABLE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 April 1938, Page 8

NOT ACCEPTABLE

AS BASIS OF NEGOTIATION HERR HENLEIN’S DEMANDS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. DECISION OF CZECH CABINET. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Copyright. (Recd This Day, 12.45 p.m.) • PRAGUE, April 26. Cabinet has decided that it is unable to accede to Herr Henlein’s demands as a basis of negotiations. A message from London on Monday read: — As the outcome of developments in Czechoslovakia, Mr Basil Newton, British Envoy to that country, has ben recalled to London for consultations in connection with a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday concerning the Anglo-French discussions. The Berlin correspondent of “The Times” says: “It is felt here that the future of Czechoslovakia lies in the hands of the Czechoslovak Government. Herr Henlein, leader of the Sudeten German Party, has made demands, and the President, Dr Benes, must choose between a ‘National State’ consisting only of that part of the country inhabited by Czechs, or a ‘State of Nationalities,’ including Sudeten Germans, on the terms laid down by Herr Henlein.” It is emphasised that Herr Henlein has expressed the minimum demands of his party. The German Government is insistent on the earliest possible settlement of the issue and intensive negotiations between Herr Henlein and Dr. Benes are expected to begin shortly.