THREAT TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 April 1938, Page 7

THREAT TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA

OBSTACLES TO UNDERSTANDING Avowal of National Socialism INEVITABLE LIMITS TO CONCESSION By Telegraph —Press Association. —Copyright. LONDON, April 27. The principal obstacles to an understanding between the Czech Government and the Sudenten Germans, says the Prague correspondent of “The Times” are the avowal of National Socialism by the Sudeten Germans in a country which has a democratic constitution and the attempt to alienate Czechoslovakia from her friends and allies, which would subject her entirely to German influence. All Herr Henlein’s and other demands are capable of adjustment, including the language difficulty, but it is emphasised that the Czechs cannot be expected to change the country’s foreign policy at the behest of what after all is but a fifth part of her population. GOVERNMENT AIMS. COLLABORATION WITH GERMANY AND OTHERS. PARIS, April 26. The Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Krofta, interviewed by the “Petit Parisien,” said Czechoslovakia was aiming at constructive collaboration with Germany, involving the participation of Italy and Hungary, the Little Entente, Britain and France. . . Germany had not so far meddled directly in Czechoslovakia s internal affairs. No negotiations for a pact were contemplated.