Prague, July 27.
coo that Lord Runciman, former President of the British Board of Trade, act as inđependent investigator and mediator in Prague in the negotiations between the Czechoslovakian Government and the Sudeten Germans is expected to be communicated today.
It is understood that negotiations between the Czechs and the Sudetens will begin next week, The eagerly awaited Nationalities Statute has been passed by the inner circle of the Cabinet.
It grants many concessions to German-speaking Czechs and Sudeten Germans, but does not mention the much hoped-for autonomy of the Sudeten districts.—Reuter, Berlin, July 27.
Lord Runeiman's mission to Prague is given front-page space in all the newspapers, and the utmost importance is attached to it, not only in connection with the Czech-Sudeten issue, but also with regard to its bearing on the Treaty of Versailles, and upon post-war politics generall The "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitun, declares that Lord Runciman's visit represents the first clear-cut effort since the war to revise the essential part of the Versailles Treaty, The "Nachtausgabe" declares that Mr. Neville Chamberlain has undertaken exceptional responsibility in sending Lord Runciman.
The Nazi organ "Der Angriff" argues that the "tactics of the Prague Government will now be more exposed to criticism by the British public."
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