ISSUE AT THE POLLS

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20511, 30 May 1938, Page 5

ISSUE AT THE POLLS

HERR HENLEIN v. SOCIALISTS VIOLATIONS OF THE FRONTIER United P:ess Assn.—Elec. Tei. copyvlgnt LONDON, May 29 One the eve of to-day’s second instalment of the local elections in 2480 towns and villages in the Sudeten area of Czechoslovakia, in which the issue is largely Herr Henlein versus the Socialists, the Czech Minister in Berlin. Dr. Y. Mastny, protested to the

German Government about German military aeroplanes committing fresh violations of the frontier. He also alleged that espionage was going on, and that 120 machine-guns had been found in Aussig, an important Sudeten town. It is alleged that German military aeroplane's flew over the Czech frontier on 22 occasions in a few days. The Germans retaliated by alleging that Czech aeroplanes twice crossed the frontier. Many minor incidents are said to have occurred on each side of the border. The Czech Ministry of the Interior, following the further German protests, has increased the prohibited frontier zone for Czech aeroplanes to six miles. Important Disousslons Mr William Strang, head of the Central European Department of the British Foreign Office, is to visit Paris, Berlin and Prague for the purpose' of talking over matters. British diplomats have arrived in Berlin from Prague, and saw Sir Nevile Henderson, the British Ambassador to Germany, who previously had visited the! Foreign Office. Efforts to reach a settlement continue. The Czech Prime Minister, Dr. Ilodza. discussed the problem again with the Sudeten deputies, and also received Mr Basil Newton, the British Minister, who sought information regarding frontier incidents and Czechoslovakia's actions regarding them. DISCLAIMER BY HERR HITLER DESIRE TO MAKE PEACE 1 DOES NOT WANT WAR (United Press Assn. Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, May 29. The Sunday Graphic gives promin- ! ence to an interview which Herr Hit- ■' ler gave before the Czech crisis last j week. “ It is a lie to say I want a war ' when 40 minutes after its outbreak bombers would have done more damage than could be repaired in half a ceftlury,” said Herr Hitler. “We know tlie utter futility and calamity of war. Mankind's task is to make peace impregnable, and Germany is ready to participate most fully in it. i •* I should rejoice ai an Anglo- j German-Amerlcan understanding, . which I believe would be decisive for world peace. “ We will be most careful what wo sign, but when we have signed we will honour our signature regardless of the cost." The Fuehrer said that the colonial question was most important and heavy with fate for peace. “ Negotiations regarding them must move quickly ahead of the unfolding of human necessity if force Is not to take the matter in hand," he added.