Word: chamberlaine
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chamberlain went home to forward the latest German demands to Prague and then await events...
...Chamberlain flew to Berchtesgaden on September 15. Next day, Mediator Chamberlain and ex-Mediator Runciman, starting respectively from Berchtesgaden and from Prague, flew back to London where they arrived within a few minutes of each other. They promptly conferred at No. 10 Downing Street. Events then moved so swiftly that by September 19 the capitulation of Prague had already been demanded by Britain and France, but it took methodical Lord Runciman until September 21 to write his report. Excerpts...
...will be considered by public opinion in my country, in France, and indeed in the world generally, as carrying out the principles already agreed upon in an orderly fashion and free from the threat of force. . . . There must surely be alternatives to your proposal. ... I am faithfully, Neville Chamberlain...
...dear Reich Chancellor," rejoined Mr. Chamberlain in cold British wrath, ". . . Since the acceptance or refusal of Your Excellency's proposal is now a matter for the Czechoslovak Government to decide, I do not see how I can perform any further service here. ... I propose, therefore, to return to England. . . . Yours faithfully...
...House of Commons this week Neville Chamberlain dramatically announced that His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom is opening a British credit of $50,000,000* for the Czechoslovak Government in response to an appeal from President Eduard Benes that Czechoslovakia receive an immediate international loan of $150,000,000 to rehabilitate homeless Czechs, rebuild lost industries and fortifications...