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...denunciation of the Polish Treaty, however, was far more serious. Herr Hitler disclosed that he had "proposed" to Poland that the Free City of Danzig, now under the League of Nations and the Polish customs union, be returned as a free state to the Reich and that Poland cede Germany a road and a railway right-of-way through the Polish Corridor. In return, Germany promised to recognize Polish economic rights in Danzig, assure Poland a free harbor in Danzig, conclude a new non-aggression treaty to last 25 years-which, Herr Hitler assured his deputies, would "extend far beyond...
...Premier Daladier to Benito Mussolini's declaration on Italy's colonial issues (TIME, April 3). M. Daladier had said quite flatly and unexcitedly over the air that: 1) France would willingly discuss Italy's demands as soon as Italy clarified them; but 2) France would not "cede a foot of our land nor one of our rights." Such words, said President Lebrun, were "calm, firm, loyal, courageous, and human." This week, for the first time in months, those adjectives applied as well to many a bucked-up French citizen...
...reply to Premier Mussolini last week, France left the door open for further discussion, but announced firmly that: 1) she would not cede one inch of French territory; 2) that she wished no third party to "mediate...
...Plan was to cede about 8,000 square miles to Germany, and at most the Demands would bring in another 1,000 square miles. However, according to official London sources this week, the Plan was to have been carried out over a period of "about six months." The Demands insisted that by October 1-precisely eight days after the last meeting at Godesberg -all Czechoslovak armed forces, gendarmerie, police, customs officials and frontier guards be withdrawn from the areas which Dictator Hitler red-inked. While neither German nor Czechoslovak armed forces would be permitted in plebiscite areas while the voting...
...Czechoslovak Government, after studying the Godesberg Demands, rejected them to the extent of saying it would refuse to cede the Sudetenland under Hitler's new terms, but not to the extent of refusing further negotiation. It did not take back the Czechoslovak acceptance of the Berchtesgaden Plan. According to the Polish and Hungarian Governments, the Czechoslovak Government informed them this week that it was also ready to negotiate their claims to parts of Czechoslovakia...