FAITH AND HOPE
FEELIN'G in czcheoslovakia BEFORE SETTLEMENT. LETTER TO MASTERTON RESIDENT “Of course we are afraid of war,” wrote a resident of Czechoslovakia to a Masterton friend on August 11, “but on the other hand there is no question about it—we would stand up and defend ourselves and our freedom and democracy. The spirit of the men, mobilised on Mary 21, was wonderful—everybody prepared to give up their lives. They were received with great disappointment by the Germans of the Sudeten party, but several boys who went to different parts of the country told me that the people get quite friendly towards them and brought them pillows to sleep on outdoors and cakes, etc. It all shows that if there was not this artificial excitement and gross provocation, peace would not be difficult betvzeen the Czechoslovaks and Germans here. Of course, England helped immensely and is helping all the time, even if we sometimes wish she was a little clearer about her attitude, for she did not say distinctly that she would help us if we were attacked. We hope that she would help, and France and Russia too. But even if nobody helped we would defend ourselves.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 October 1938, Page 6
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