London. Apr. 30.
A communique was issued at the conclusion yesterday afternoon of the Anglo-French talks.
The statement declared that, during their stay in London M. Daladier, the French Premier, and M, Georges Bonnet. the French Foreign Minister, French Ministers have agreed on a joint demarche to Prague requesting that full autonomy be granted to the Sudeten Germans within a federal system to be modelled on the Swiss pattern.
Further, Britain is to approach Berlin with a view to recalling previous German assurances to the effect that the Reich nourishes no hostile intentions in regard to. Czechoslovakia and advising Germany that Prague has been counselled to grant satisfaction' to the aspirations of the Sudeten Germans within the frame-
Work of the Czechoslovakian state.
Tu case of any violent action on the part of Germany, Britain will become. automatically involved in a Franco-German conflict arising out of the French Commitments to Czechoslovakia, Berlin is to be informed.
Pledges to be Honoured This agreement, it is understood, was reached with much greater ease than anticipated. In the morning session, the British and French ministers immediately saw eye to eye regarding yhe necessity of diploma-tie action in order to prevent the Sudeten issue from teathing the proportions of a still more serious crisis, culties arose about the attitude to be adopted in case diplomatic efforts should fail. The French delegation firmly insisted on their determination to carry out France's pledges under the Czechoslovakia treaty. The firm stand of their French colleagues surprised the British Ministers, who held a separate meeting in the afternoon prior to the official session of the Franco-British Conference, The Britons then yielded to the French viewpoint amd pledged themselves to assist Frani in case a dispute with Germany should arise out of an enforcement of the Franco-Czechoslovakian treaty.
The British admitted that if such a case arose, their assistance would be regarded as a mere enforcement of their previous pledges towards France, which they undertook while fully conscious of France's obligations under the Czech treaty. It was emphasized, however, that the recognition of this viewpoint by Britain did mot mean that she was willing to enter into any new commitments on the Continent.—Havas.
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