Concessions; Agreement Principles Due Prague Sept. 1. OUR the acute. tension which swept the country following the development of the present crisis, there was a general feeling of optimism here last night, as it' was felt that the situation had taken a strong turn for the better.
A meeting of the political committee of the Sudeten Party has been called for today and is expected to be decisive, and to show whether or not the proposals, put forward by Dr. Edouard Benes President of Czechoslovakia, will satisfy the conditions enunciated by Herr Ernst Kundt, Sudeten Deputy, for the resumption of negotiations.
The general belief is that the Sudeten Party will reply in the affirmative.
Simultaneously with the atmosphere of relief throughout the country came the announcement of the immediate programme of the Czech Government for dealing with the nationalities problem.
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