Statement Issued by China Embassy Hankow, Mar, 13.
The German Embassy in Hankow issued the following communique on the events in Austri 5 "The Berchtesgaden agreement of February 12, 1938, concluded between Reichs Chancellor Adolf Hitler and the former Austrian Federal Chancellor, Dr, Kurt von Schuschnigg, aimed at solving in a calm and peaceful way the dangerous situation which had developed in Austria, Instead of executing this agreement, the former Federal Chancellor continued to infringe upon the rights of all those who, according to the Berchtesgaden conversations, were to be given equal rights. With only three days notice he announced the holding of plebiscite on his policy which ce and would have only one sense—to oppress the overwhelming majority of the Austrian population with all means at his disposal. The Austrian population itself has risen against this tr
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