London, Sept, 15.
HILE an ious world arked time, awaiting the outcome, Great Britain's 70-year.
Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, personally interviewed Herr Adolf Hitler, the German Fuehrer, Berchtesgaden this afternoon in a supreme effort fo avert another general conflagration in Europe, Nothing is yet known about what. transi dat the meeting, for which Mr, Chamberlain made a dramatic flight by air from London, but a communique expected to be issued some time this evening. Everything points to the British Prime Mini: ler's spending the night in Berchtesgaden, Shortly before the talk at Berchtesgaden began, dismay was caused in Bi pean capitals by a report from Prague that Herr Konrad Henlein, the Leader of the Sudetens, had demanded the return of Sudeten territory to Germany.
Accompanied by Sir Horace Wilson and Mr. William Strang, of the Foreign Office, the British Premier arrived at Munich by air from Heston at 1235, British summer time, and was heartily cheered by large crowds fon the outskirts of the aerodrome.
'He was met by Sir Nevile' Henderson, the British Ambassador to Germany; Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, and Dr. Herbert von Dirksen. newly-appointed German Ambassador to Great Britain, After a rest of 40 minutes, Mr. Chamberlain lett by special train for Berchtesgaden, where a Union Jack was flying over the railway station and another above the room reserved for the distinguished visitor, Eighteen of Herr Hitler's. personal guards formed a guard of honour, while later, when Mr, Chamberlain visited the Fuehrer in audience, there Was another jquard of honour, largely of "S" men.
Large crowds near the station gave Mr. Chamberlain a hearty welcome as the train drew in, shouting "Hell" and Uwwowing their caps into the air, 'Mr, Chamberlain, accompanied by Herr' von Ribbenttip, drove to the Grand. Hotel, After a short rest, the British Prime Minister, with Herr Meissner, chief of the Chincellor's staff, motored to the Berghof, the Puehret's resid-once, where Hetr Hitler welcomed Mr. Chamberlain on the steps, Sudetens Ask for Anschluss with Germany Berlin, Sept. 18
'A general strike has been called in the Sudeten areas, the oficial D.N.B. vows agency announced. uctories In Reiehenberg. (Liberec) closed down' asthe workers quit, Newspapers ceased to appear in the streets, The German Sudeten party claimed amalgamation with the Reich through a proclamation issued today by Herr Konrad Henlein, the Sudeten Leader, Eger (Cheb) teased by the D.NAB. here this "In this hour of, distress, German 'Sudetens, I come before you, the German' people, and the whole civilized world, and I declare that we want to live as free Germans, we want to have peace and work again in our Fatherland, we want to return to the Reich," the proclamation said. "May God bless our Aght for justice,"
The proclamation then branded the attacks against defenceless Sudetens by Czech machine-guns, armoured cars and tanks.
British Defence Committee Mecty Many Ministers and chiefs of departments attended the weekly meet-Ing at the offices of the Committee of Imperial Defence at 11 o'clock this morning.
Those present included Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary; Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sit Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary: Mr, Leslie Here-Belisha, Secretary. of State for War; Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air; Mr. Duff-Cooper, First Lord of the Admiralty; ' Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister for the Ca-ordination of Defence; Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade; Mr. Wale ter Elliot, Minister of Health, Mr. Edward Burgin, Minister of Trans: port; Earl Stanhope, President of the Board of Education and Leader of the House of Lords; Lt.-Col, D, J Colville, Secretary of State for Scotland; Mr, Ernest Brown, Minister of Labour Viscount Gort, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; and Sit John Anderson, Chairman of the Home OMice Committee on the evacuation the civil population in time of war, After the meeting Sir John Simon was received in audience at Buckingham Palace by the King, with whom he stayed for an hour and 25 minutes.
The King also received Lord Hall-tax inthe afternoon—Reuter, Shots Fired at British Observer's Plane London, Sept. 15.
Shoals were fired at an aeroplane in which Major Sutton Pratt, one. of British observers in Czechoslovakia, was flying back from Eger to Pray according to a message its special eorresponde hots hit Major Sutton but he himself was not No confirmation of this report has so far been obtained 16010
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