CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20504, 21 May 1938, Page 7

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

SUDETEN DECLARATION INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE CZECHOSLOVAK DETERMINATION United Press A e *n.—E7ee. Tel. Copyright 'Received May 21. 11.50 a.m.) LONDON. May 20 The Prague correspondent of the r<-, Telegraph saya Die political comr Ittee of the Henlefn party has made a declaration making the clashes bexeel - md 1 ierm ins an exfor their refusal to meet Dr. Media, Prime Minister of Gzechoslo- . . • s statute. The di cument contains the gravely the c xnmit*ee cannot restrain Individual Germans from exercising the “ right of elementi ary self-defence.” Coming on the eve of the elections haiks between Dr. llodza and Herr Heniein such statements are calculated to '•rcafe the worst possible atmosphere, and possibly will lead to the gravest consequences. The declaration is regarded as a deliberate attempt to wreck the negotiations and encourage the Sudeten Germans to greater vio- • lence. Dr. Hodza has announced that nego--1 nations with the Germans and other j minorities will begin immediately, but | whatever happened Czechoslovakia would stand fast to her allies. He guaranteed that his Government would fulfil reasonable nationalist demands tout would suppress terrorism rigori ouslv.