Word: runcimans
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...pikestaff plain that Adolf Hitler wanted all Europe to hear about and be frightened by his mobilization. Der Führer, who thus far has had only to rattle the German sword to get what he wanted piecemeal, was rattling his loudest for the benefit of Lord Runciman in Prague...
Britain's cautiously mediating Viscount Runciman, having spent his first Czechoslovak weekend at the castle of Count Jiri Kinsky, who is pro-Czech, spent his second weekend at the castle of the Count's cousin, Prince Ulrich Kinsky, who is pro-German. Apart from this effort at impartiality, Lord Runciman last week continued to make the Czechoslovak Government nervous by devoting most of his time to conferences with henchmen of Sudeten German Nazi Führer Konrad Henlein...
...jittery Prague, President Eduard Benes' nephew, Jiri Benes, front-paged an editorial declaring blandly that Neville Chamberlain has sent Lord Runciman to act as a "witness for the Crown" in case war begins at the Czechoslovak border. Its conclusion...
...English public will fight only on the side it believes to be in the right. In England, Lord Runciman is known for his justice and honesty. His word will be good enough. . . . If it is clear that we, having been attacked, will defend ourselves to the end; and if it is clear that an unprovoked attack will have the same consequences as the attack on Belgium in 1914, then there will be no war. Because even the aggressor in his blindness knows that in such a case he will be crushed...
...British mediator uncorked his first proposal. He declared that before he could attempt to advise he must understand the problems of Czechoslovakia, must study them for at least a fortnight. Therefore, he proposed that the Government and the Sudetens stop negotiating while he studied. To this provisional Pax Runciman they agreed. Instead of discussing the disputed Minorities Statute, the Czechoslovak Parliament met for only 20 minutes-its first meeting since the war crisis was averted on May 21 -then meekly adjourned indefinitely...