The Archive · 1938

Czech President Hopeful

Washington, Sept. 27.

The belief that the Czech-German dispute would be settled without resort to force was expressed by Dr. Edouard Benes, President of Czechoslovakia, in reply today to President Roosevelt's appeal—Reuter.

"Appeal Comes Too Late"

New York, Sept. 27.

The view that President Roosevelt's Appeal has come too late is reported to have been expressed by Colonel Vladimir Hurban, Czechoslovak Minister to the United States, who arrived here from Europe yesterday.

"We have made sacrifices," he declared, "as far as the security of our people would stand, The question is not one of liberating the German minorities; the question is one of opening a path to German supremacy and domination in Europe."

Colonel Hurban was accompanied by M. Votja Benes, brother of President Benes, of Czechoslovakia Reuter.

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