Here Hitler declared that German; slablishing the right of dell:
nation in Austria and Czcehohe repeated, "that in the tutu aliso. shall) hot tolerate attempts "at interference "in matters concerning, lus alone with the purpose of pr venting natural and" sensible solutions."
Herr Hitler said al Germany was "happy" as a result of the Munich Conference which settled the Czech crisis.
"We were all happy," he said, "that thanks to the initiative of our friend Benito Muscolini and thanks to the equally gratifying readiness of Mr. Chamberlain and M. Daladier, the elements of an agreement were found which not_ only" permitted Peaceful solution of an unpostponable situation, but could also. Fegarded as an example of the posslbility of sensible" treatment and settlement of definite important problems.
"without the determination settle this problem one way or the other, no such an agreement among the great European. Powers could have been achieved. The Sudeten German people on. their part approved the incorporation into the Greater Reich with the same over= whelming majority as shown in the slections to the first Greater German Reichstag.
"The year 1938 was foremost as a year: because of the triumph of idea, The idea of a united people as distinguished from previous centries when it was thought such task must be settled only by. the sword. This time it was no longer necessary to draw the sword to compel "national unity, but only to protect it against threats from' the outside. Our young defence force of the Reich has stood its first test excellently."—United Press,
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