After the signature of the Four-Power Agreement here last night, Herr Hitler thanked the representatives of the three other governments for their goodwill and their efforts to. save peace.
Mr. Chamberlain thanked the Fuehrer on behalf of the three other statesmen and the four leaders shook hands heartily.
Mr. Chamberlain and M. Daladier then established the text of the communication which was to be forwarded to Prague, and then received M. Vojtech Mastny, the Czech Minister to Germany, and explained to him in what conditions agreement had been reached.
Mr. Chamberlain spoke in English, M. Daladier in French, Herr Hitler in German, and Signor Mussolini in each of these three languages, often mixing them in the same sentence, while the official interpreter, Herr Schmidt, translated as quickly as he could, The atmosphere in which the conversations took place was most cordial.
Each. of the statesmen was given a tremendous ovation by the huge crowd which had gathered outside the building—Havas,
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