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\. ' oe ere ee ee | mpmieo on Rabe AMice wha oO” “ase of the growing influence af .y Tianded, the incorporation of t Nazis in Budapest. He was on Budeten country into Germany. ang to da to Hungary what ) & plan for effecting this transfer) yc -lid to Czcchoslovakia. “waa then worked out by French[ On March 16, after a ee t and British experts, deliniting the'tour ef Bohemia ana Moravia, Hit- ‘ . * new frontier, With this plan, toljer rode into swastika-bedeched : _ which Czechoslovakia was com-|Vienna. Behind him, at Prague > pelled to asset, Mr. Chamberiainjand in other Czechoslovak cities, - returned to Germany. He againistayed the Gestapo. Another wave met Hitler, this time at Godesberg. jog arrests, estimated at several To Mr. Chamberlain's surprise, (tyousa:4, icliowed. Many suicides Hitier was not satisfied with the! of Jews and liberals were reported. lan of setilement. He simply | The occurrences Were & repetition ded to the Prime Minister a) of what happened with the annexa- map indicating the territory he/tion of Austria and the occupation proposed to occupy bevord the con-+ of the Sudeten country. tines embodied in the plan agrerd| On Morch 18 Hitler named the to by the French and ihe Britich,|-Reich Protector” for Bohemia - together with & mMeMorancin, jad Moravia. He was Baron Kon- which Mr. Chamberlain charactcr- jstantin von Neurath, former Nazi ized as en ultimatum, announcing Forcign Minister, president of the : er's intention to march into!pg2; j i -Czechoslovakia on Oct. 1. Wor Nazi secret Cabinct Counc. was Hitier willing to agree to 8 guarantec of the integrity of tre! Aitler Wen Way to Unique Power; verer form in the st pt € crisis fo)- ° Jowed quickiy. It ended in Mu-. Bent Most of Europe to His me ahops and °° es ar, Congratulating his Gestapo Chief, Heinrich Hin appointed the latter Minister of the Interior in 1943 + nich. Hitler got what he wanted, guards in front o and in some sections cf the terri- ments and keeping. tory in dispute even more. On Sent. entering. Jews wi 29 an agrecmment WAS signed end-| affirming end extending the Gov- an inferior positior ng the cries. Missi the next few (rountste were the incendiaries, ern e rocpers, Sieplaying pis ciety and virtually ays, Marchin aecordance Wii ; A ; . orm Troopers, displa ~ : the conditions'agreed upon at Mu- while Goering prociaimed that doc toils, were alationed in the Reichs- portunity for exist nich. German armies occupied the, 2™e>tary material to prove thi8/ta>’ meeting now in the Kroll centiles, countere Sudeten country and such other ;¢harge would soon be made public./Opera House, filing the aisles be-| nomic boycott ag atrips of territory as iad been ced-| The burning of the Reichstagitween the members! benches. This failed, howev ed by the Czechs. Shocked by these|preduced a profound {mpression.}"“Choose between peace and war!" liee, merciless can developments, the world sat back|Masses of peopte believed the Com-jshouted Hitler to the terrorized( “One of the mos ‘to see whether peace actually hadi muntsts were. actually responsible.|representatives of the people ef h@)sqdag of the earl: been saved. More than ever they looked to|demanded passage of the bills. Be regime was Continued From Page Eight | for March 23. Bills were Introduced One immediate consequence of/Hitler as the savior of the nation,; The Social Democrats alone voted) ine books of outs Munich was the resignation of theland, indeed, in the elections a/in the negative, but Hitler had hie}onq fore! gn “auth Czechoslovak Government, includ-|weck later he won his greatest} majority. He was now the “legal” | consigned to fune Ing Presiden: Eduard Benes. Advietory, but with only 43 per cent}dictator of Germany. On June 27 \streets and publip new Government took over. Thelof tne votes cast. lhe Unrew Hugenberg, leader of'jin and other lead rest of the world heped that within! Later, af a trial conducted by the! the Conservatives, out of the Gov-lsented the sclenti its narrowce territorial confines) Nazi Governnicnt itself, a group ofjernment and the Nazis ruled SU-|liberal he: itage of Czechosiovaiia would find it pos~| Communists accused of atarting the |preme. Ostensibly, the dictatorial | hurning aves sUpPO sitle to live in peace. lfire were acquitted. Among them|power wrested by Hitler from:the/the break betwee: A New Crisis Follows jwtre the German Communist lead-| Reichstag waa for four years, until Germany and wha But a nev cris sun made itset |e: Torgler, and the Bulgarian Com: | April 1, 1937, but actually it meant) acterized as the. ’ | gnenitest Te come trom Slovekia, j7unist, Dimitroff. The latter sub-|the end of democracy in Germany.|The apectacle serv where the Hlinka party and Hinks sequently became the general séc-) Gn March 12, 1933, President von |the divorce of Naz Guards. similar to Nazi Sterm Tetary of the Communist Interna-|Hindenburg decreed that the Nazi| Western culture a Troopers, agitated continually for |tional. The only man convicted was|swastika, Hitler's party emblem,{ On Dec. 1,’ 103 autonomy, @ demand which soon Marinus van der Lubbe, a formerjshould be incorporated th the!lclaimed the -“unt! was exiendec to independence..Duteh Communist of distinctly | black-white-red ensign as part of|party and the Btat German agents, active among the (queer mind, who was supposed to the official flag of Germany. cree Hitler meant Slovaks, did their best to fan these "ave been found in the Reichstag; With supreme power in his ganizations, yout’ sentiments. until finally, early in| Building at the time of the fire. lnands and millions of Storm Troop-[universities, | scho March, 1809, the Prague Govern-| Widespread belief in Germany ers ruling the country like an army (individuals had It ment took steps te crush the and abroad, on the basis of exten-jof occupation, Hitler then pro- and were merge Slovak movement. Slovak Premier sive investigation, was that the; ceeded to destray the last vestiges Nazia were concet Tiso, a tocl of Germany, appealed |Hitleriles themselves set fire to the jot opposition. He abolished the So- But despite the to Hitler. Events then followeg|Reichstag, with van der Lubbe as/ciatist, Communist and Democratic|ready wielded by rapidly. their tool, to enhance their chances! parties, smashed the trade unions, | was not yet ent On Mareh 12 anti-Czcch demon-/in the election. suppressed the entire opposition{even in his own strations, provoked by German, After the election Hitler pro-|press, drove all Republicans from jso-called left wing agents, broke out at Bratislava, ceeded at full steam toward estab-|Government and civil aervice posi- Roehm, was ma Slovak capital. Simultaneously lishment of his dictatorship. De-|tions, filling all available posts|faction over Hit the German press and radio un-)crecs issucd by him and Goering,}with his party friends and sup- seek coordinator Jeashed the usual blarcs of denun-,;Who was Minister-President for} porters. the army a3 4] ciation against the Czechs. Then j Prussia, vested the Government! Even the Nationalist party, the /Troopers, who re Dr Tiss, who meanwhile had been! with dictatorial power. All Com-|party of the conservative Junkers [aa the real forcé driven from office by the Czechs,{munist members of the Reichstagland industrialists, was dissolved, Nazi party to vi took a plane for Berlin. He was/were ordered arrested, as werejwhile the Centrist party, the great; Arourid Capta! received with full military honors.|{many Social Democrats. Theyjparty of German Catholics, an-jone time aspired He conferred with Hilier. Germar.|were thus prevented from attend-/nounced its own “voluntary disso- ership of the pal a troops were ordered to the Czech, ing the Reichstag session called tution.” o Nazi eteme bDokder. Hitler's failure t . | a ; On Maren 13, after x de Arvests and Terror Established Control; economic Potind mand served upon hint by Hitler, po ¥ play politics w ; eeepc greeting of the Slovak | Unity of Nazi Party and State Was Decreed jand industrialia! Ce ane eee arcembiet + islava. The had raged in diet. assembled at Bratislava. J ciet proclaimed the independence | There were masa arrests of Bo- murdered by prison guarda and|was denouncing of Slovakia, Tiso became Presi- cialists, Communists, liberals, Cath- (Storm Troopers. forts to gain dent, The Slovaks Jearned in as-lolics and others, many of whom} At the seme time a wave of anti-[workers. < tonishment that they were no long-:were taken to concentration camps, |Semitic outrages spread all over} Feasting & 1 er part of Czechoslovakia, Hun-(where they were severely beaten|ihe country. Decrees depriving Troopers, or © fairy moved up inte the Carpatha-:and maltreated in brutal fashion.\Jews of civil rights, of property |under Roehm Tete eee ‘Some of the Iendinc statesmen andiand the right tu work in variows|breach betwe . toe ge agate were npr feedons were issued. These!end the Gov Soe ft ae & oe ounces ig + ae ew te ae eres