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BERLIN-Nazi Minister of Propaganda Paul J. Goebbels, tonight declared that the Reich would never "back down" on the Czech problem. Goebbels, addressing a crowd estimated at 175,000, shouted-"We declare categorically and irrevocably that we want the Sudeten Germans and their land returned to us. We will get it, one way or another." Goebbels spoke as Bitier was speeding southward to Munich to confer with the Premiers of Britian, France and Italy on new proposals for solving the Czech crisis peacefully...
Even if the Sudeten areas really provide Hitler's last territorial demand--and it is well to remember that he once promised not to impair Austria's independence--Hitler can promise not to demand more land in central Europe because the territorial basis of the Drang Nach Osten will already have been laid. With Sudeten industry and fortifications in his grasp, and with France's cordon sanitaire virtually dissolved, Hitler can pursue the peaceful phase of his drive to the East--East economic pentration into southeastern Europe. Czechoslavakia, Rumania, and Hungary will become defenseless puppet states, and thus Hilter will...
...world anxious for peace must turn from Hitler's time-worn protestations to England's belatedly firm stand. Britain's unequivocal warning that she will fight if Hitler marches may shunt the Sudeten crises back to the channels of discussion and conciliation. If so, it may prove to be the first effective caveat to Fascism and permit us to hope that the victory of democracy is really coming...
...great deal of time to explain how he and his countrymen were prepared to get out and defend the country to the last tree and rock. "The women too," he added. "They'll go out there and shoot at the Germans. If anyone thinks they'll get through the Sudeten hills, they're very much mistaken...
...went into the Sudeten area and came to Pilsen, where the Skoda, factory is, war activities became more and more noticeable. The plant itself was pouring forth war materials on a twenty-four hour a day basis. It was near here, that several Sudetens aired their minds on their side of the picture. "We don't necessarily want to become part of Germany," said one, "all we want is local autonomy. The Czechs won't let us do anything. We can't hold government posts and they force us to learn Czech in school, although we only speak German...