Paris, Sept. 12.
Britain is seeking French approve of a new plan to settle the. Czech crisis whereby the Prague Government would be instructed tr capitulate to Sudeten-German demands for complete autonomy, usually reliable Franch sources reported here today.
The British proposal was said to embrace Czechoslovakia's acceptance of the Sudetens' Karlsbad demand: and, if necessary, Czechoslovakia wil! be neutralized by cutting her free from French and Soviet alliances.
Britain was said to be arguing that the Czech Government must be induced to make all possible sacrifices to avoid a general European, war The British. Ambassador here wa said to have broached the plan the French Foreign Office last week French officials were said to have received the impression that although Britain's attitude - had apparently stiffened, she really hoped the Prague Government would capitulate to the Sudetens—United Press French Reply Made to Tokyo, Sept. 12 The "Asahi" "learns from reliable sources in Tokyo" that Italy intends io recognize the new regimes in the Japanese occupied areas in China following the fall of Hankow.
The paper says, "Italy has maintained the friendliest of attitudes towards Japan since the outbreak of the China ipeident by fully under-fanding Japan's position in the Far the Reich's Air Minister. Field-
Marshal Hermann Goering. he said "I do not intend to reply to the many words and insults which have recentlg been preferred against the democracies although I could easily do so and also show that the democracies have proved they are able to impose a discipline much superior to that imposed by the dictatorships."
M, Herriot continued, "I believe that real energy is not violence, nor the brutal affirmation of any conviction. Real energy self-control and coolness, which are the more necessary qualities in a responsible This is the French people's reply to harsh words and the true duty of all responsible peoples is to realize that no interests and no incidents will ever justify the catastrophe that will ruin mankind if allowed to occur."—Havas,
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