The secession of the Sudeten districts as a possible solution of the Czech problem is suggested in a leader in "The Times" today.
The article says that if the Sudetens now ask for more than the Czechoslovakia Government is apparently ready to give, it can only be inferred that the Germans are going beyond the mere removal of disabilities and do not find themselves at ease within. ihe Czechoslovakia Republic.
In that case it might be worth while ior the Czechoslovak Government to consider whether or not it should exclude altogether the project, which found favour in some quarters, of making Czechoslovakia a more homo-generous state by the secession of the Sudeten districts.
"The Times" adds that in any case the wishes of the population concerned would seem to be the decisively important element in any solution that can hope to be regarded as permanent.
The executive committee of the Social Democratic Party, one of the principal components of the Government bloc, has unanimously approved the decisions of the Cabinet on the subject of the new concessions 4o the Sudetens.
A wider degree of autonomy for the German minority than hitherto envisaged is contained in the nine chief points of the Government's new proposals, which will be laid before the Sudetens to enable a resumption of negotiations.
It is re-emphasized that the points almost completely satisfy the eight "Quite Unacceptable"
Proposals Nuremberg, Sept. 7.
Political circles here today rejected the Czech Govern ment's new proposals to the Sudeten Germans, qualifying them as "quite unacceptable."
—Havas. demands made by Herr Konrad Henlein, Leader of the Sudetens, at Carlsbad.
It is believed, therefore, that the Sudetens will have no difficulty in accepting them, although they may not be in a hurry to do so, Reuter's diplomatic: correspondent leaths that the suggestion in the London "Times" regarding secession of the Sudeten areas does not represent any British official views—Reuter,
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