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neh neal er eT | _ ; THE. NEW YC HITLER HEARTINED| ‘HITLER'S ROLE AS ‘BY DEAL IN MUNICH * Tae Sudeten Grab Strengthened ' . IMusion He Could Act With | Entire impunity | The fortright ending with the cession of the Sucdeten region to Germany, at the end of September, . 2938, and marking the prelude to; the destruction of the Czechoslovak ' State, gave Eurcpe the most acute! crisis tt has expericnced up to that! time since the end of the First, World War. Encouraged by his, triumph over France and England! § in the Sudeten dispute. Hitler or zu-! pied the whole of Czecholovakia | Jess than six months later and! began almost immediately to pre-j Pare for the showdown with Poland. The latter development? brought him inte armed conflict with the Western democracies and. ultimately, with the United States { > The Sudeten crisis was preceded , 3 montis or violent agitation by " . rr ; the Sudeten Nazis, Sinder the In Munich in 1938 when he won the tonsent of Britain and France te mareh into S leadership of Konrad Henlein. Orig-’ Chamberlain, Great Britain; Premier Edouard Daladier, France; Hitler, Premier Musso! inally the Henleinists demanded! ot en! only autonomy with the Czecheslo-}__—__ ly vak State. Gradually, however, uns jo. . . . sen 1c Ger incitement from Berlina, they Frantisek Chvalkovsky, Foreign expanded their dewands to a scone Minister, arrived in Hitler's cap-| yack made ee ticut wea ithree hours. There followed al. Proguc esstre mel) iffieult, if no communiqué declaring thet Presi-1;} Moved hy the desire to facilitate dent veers Ce rae uliy tai the) a sefdencnt in the hope of Pre’ ‘try into the hands of the Fuehrer: °: ventiny a Eurepean war, for which} f the German Reich.” . the great democracies were unpre-{° Already German troops were pared, Great Britain dispatched |. ross the border, marching into Lord Funciman to Czcchoslovekia oy emia on the excuse of restor-|. with instructions to bring about an!: ‘ ; ; , jing “order.” The Czechs submit- Muth amined intention tet ted under threat of serial bombard- in vai ment of Prague. Hitler proclaimed Pre eiy it ees ey Tmeny, weeks. that Czechoslovakia “has ceased Fines: it appeared that the Hen- to exist.” On the morning of the leinists were determined to reject same day the German troops ar- any Plan of | settlement except | ved in Prague. greeted with jeera direct annexation of the Sudeten from the populace. With them came! country to Germany. After fanning! the Gestapo. German clerks took trey Wgitation and disorders to the ‘over the National Bank. In the late | point of civil war, Henleinists in- | afternoon Hitler himself arrived in| = gorned Lord Runciman that the the Czech capital to sleep in the|.° - Sudeten question was no longer an Hradschin Castle, seat of the internal one for Czechoslovakia. Bohemian kings, "the Habsburgs Hitler Talks Self-Determinatlen and of the Czech democracy B _— On March 15 Moravia on O- at etme time in an ee hemia were annexed to the Reich. raised the question of “self-determ- jates were made Gerinan protector- | | a . « POP Re aden ys EE ; Be: et Fa ination” for the Sudetens. It be-/ates. The Hitler swastika was | .. came ‘lean that the conflict was Taieed over public buildings. Perse-| . one between Czechesiovakia andjcutions of Jews were unleashed. Germany. The situation reached a/Mass arrests of Prominent liberals climax on Sept. 14, when the con-|began. From the Hradschin, Hitler . centration of German troops on the ‘issucd a proclamation setting forth| - Czech frontier made Hitler's in-‘the new status on the country. pre - Ph i ours. Bohemia an oravi a ee a _ Pritish diplomacy, Prime Minisicv{ates on the ground that they were Germany was at war with Poland. Great Britain and Neville Chamberlain rushed by air- once, many centuries ago, part of . a Plene to Berchtesgaden for r con-|the Holy Roman Empire. Germany versation with Hitler in an effort'now needed them for her lebens- 'n avert a military invasion of!raum." Meanwhile, Slovakia re- Czechoslovakia and the embroil-|quested that she, too, be taken macnt of Tingland and France inlunder Germany's rule as a pro- war with Germany. Upon his re-|tectorate. Hitler granted the “re- Lon te deedes Mr Chamberlain quest.” reverts at. tigese of Commons! Only one pariian af Crechoslo- hos “ PE that Miyehaen tag fhe norte d oocterda thy t a : ad