London, Sept. 2.
OMicially reported to be visiting Herr Adolf Hitler at the express request of Lord Runciman, Herr Konrad Henlein, Leader of the Sudeten German' Party, arrived at Berchtesgaden by car yesterday' afternoon, according to reports from Berlin. Herr Henlein drove straight to the Fuehrer's house, where he was said to have attended a three-hour conference with Herr Hitler, Field Marshal Hermann Goering, and Herr Rudolph Hess.
The meeting at Berchtesgaden has encouraged hope in diplomatic circles that the dispute may be taking a turn towards a settlement. Lord Runciman, it lis understood from Prague, sent 'a special message to Herr Hitler through Herr Henlein, in which he stressed the need for continuing peaceful negotiations. It believed that this message, coming on the eve of the Nuremburg Conference, may have a favourable effect on the situation.
While all Europe awaits in an atmosphere of tension and expectancy, the interview between Herr Hitler snd Herr Henlein, a feeling is rife that the German-Czech situation has taken an unfavourable turn.
For one thing, despite strict preeautions taken by the Czech authorities, further incidents have occurred in the Sudeten regions, pointing to an increase in local tension.
'The official Czech agency admits: that brawl occured near Freudenthal, involving Czech soldiers and Sudetens, but says it ended without ser-fous consequences although it looked ugly' at one time.
The Sudeten organ, "Die Zelt," was. confiscated ast night for the second time within 48 hours and the sixth time in a month. The offending paragraph dealt with the poverty of the Sudeten region of Eger and repeated the allegation that some people were eating cats and dogs. The censorship measures taken by the Czech authorities have caused great irritation among the Sudetens.
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