London, Mar, 29.
In a letter 1o the editor of the "Manchester Guardian," Lord Noel-Buxton repeats his suggestion that a plebiscite should be held in Czechoslovakia after the pattern of the plebiscite held in the Saar in January, 1935, to allow 3,500,000 Sudetic Germans to decide their own fate.
Lord NoelBuxton suggests that a body composed exclusively of Powers whose disinterestedness is manifest should be appointed for arranging such a plebiscite. Britain, which is at Once trusted as a friend of Czechoslovakia and is likely to be regarded as impartial by- Germany, he declares, might take the initiative in bringing the Sudetic German issue before the international forum, Voters, so Lord Noel-Buxton says, should be given a choice between the status quo" with certain concessions by Czechoslovakia, to transfer outright to the German Reich and some sort of local autonomy, particularly cultural The votes should be counted by small districts so as fo reveal the distribution of different sympathies so that districts adjacent to the German frontiers voting in favour of the union with the Reich might be transferred to Germany, and autonomous districts should be established within the—Czechoslovakia territory if voters in other districts so decide. A settlement of ihe suggested kind, says Lord Noel-Buxton, would constitute a triumph for the principle of legality and it would make war in eastern Europe unnecessary as well as improbable.—Trans-Ocean. ity in that, "We were Germans, we are Germans, and we shall always be Germans. We are unreservedly for Czechoslovakia's democratic and Republican form."
He also condemned Fascism, and reasserted liberalism in opposition to National-Socialism. Herr Heinlein then outlined a list of practical claims:
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