The people of Prague went about their business almost as usual today while waiting to learn the fate of Czechoslovakia from Herr Hitler, Compared with a week ago, how: ever, there was a quickening of pace, the development of a nervous speed, noticeable on Prague streets, Anything referring to Herr ' Hitler, Nuremberg or the minority question attracted crowds. Newspaper bulletin boards were posted throughout. the city and all editions were quickly sold, Newsboys made small fortunes as eager readers purchased thousands of extra copies of newspaper readers appeared too nerve falled to wait for their change, In restaurants the people of Prague, who take their eating seriously, went American style today and read their newspapers ap the table, Loudspeakers were erected throughout Prague to direct the residents of the city what to do in ease of violence or attack, but, the only announcements to come' over them were municipal advertisements—United Press, Eire Studies Measures In Event of War Dublin, Sept, 13, 'The Government has' considered measures necessary in the national interest in the event of war, it Is officially announced:
The character of these measures is not indicated, Air raid precautions, coastal patrol work, putting the military forces, now 25,000 strong, on a war footing food, and the question of supplies, tare all understood to have been con= sidered—Reuter, opposing the holding of a plebiscite as a solution to the Sudeten problem, The grounds on which the Czech Government bases its opposition to the holding of a plebiscite are, firstly, that the Czech Constitution does not allow a plebiscite; secondly, the Government which tried to carry out such a step would inevitably fall on Account of nation-wide opposition; and thirdly, the wide diffusion of Germans in Czechoslovakia makes it impossible to define the limits of areas which would undergo a plebiscite, While a plebiscite over the whole country, it is considered in Czech circles, is clearly not Herr Hitler's intention, M, Masaryk is understood to have pointed out that the most Fecent Czech concessions constitute the farthest point {0 which the Go\ ernment is prepared to go, and, under pressure, they went further than could earlier be expected, 'M, Masaryk also saw M, Kagat Counsellor to the Soviet Enbas Reuter,
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