Floods Subside Along North American Coast (New York, Sept. 25.
With an improvement in the weather, the flooded rivers are subsiding, and reconstruction work in the afflicted areas in the North Atlantic States is now being tackled.
Owing to the numbers of people "who are missing, the final death roll is still a matter of conjecture, but will probably exceed 600.
The most pressing problem at the moment is the housing and feeding of 12,000 distressed families, and the prevention of an outbreak of disease. The highways in many areas are impassable, communications have been interrupted, and villages are isolated.
The inhabitants of the city of Hartford, Connecticut, breathed a sigh of relief when the roaring lout River reached its highest point without breaking the barricaded banks. Nevertheless, one tenth of the city is still flooded.—Reuter.
London, Sept. 25
The conference between French and British statesmen, scheduled to take place here this afternoon, will aim at fixing a common attitude in the present European situation. It is stressed here that it is up to Prague to declare whether the German claims as outlined in the memorandum to Czechoslovakia are acceptable not.
Observers point out that the British Government, when handing the memorandum to M. Jan Mazaryk, the Czech Minister here, added no ^omment in order to let Prague assume full responsibility for their final decision.
It is believed that a friendly influence will be exerted by France and Great Britain in favour of a conciliatory attitude by Prague, but it is difficult to ask the Sirovy Government to make sacrifices still bigger than those requested previously.
"Well-informed circles declare that the German claims included in the memorandum are different from those submitted by Herr Hitler during the Berchtesgaden meeting. It is this reason which incited Mr. Chamberlain to obtain in Godesberg a written document fixing the German (Continued on page 6)
Belgrade, Sept. 25.
A broadcast by the official Czech news agency Ceteka was heard here at 1230 p.m, today in which the Czech Government explained the circumstances which led to a general mobilization.
The agency recalled Prague's acceptance, "against its will and in order to save peace" of the German claims formulated at Berchtesgaden, but Herr Hitler during the Godes-berg conversations presented new claims greatly exceeding the previous ones, These new claims, contained in a memorandum, were handed to the Czech Government through Great Britain this morning.
Last Friday night, the British and French Ministers in Prague informed the Czech Government of the German.claims, announcing that Mr. Chamberlain had warned Herr Hitler in Godesberg that he could not recommend the Prague Government to accept the new conditions.
Under these circumstances, Prague decided upon a general mobilization which was further justified by several attacks against Czech frontier Germany.—Havas. H posts by armed bands coming from rendering" declaring that in the Johnson and Neutrality Acts the United States had actually encouraged German aggression.
The article continues: "Mr. Chamberlain and M. Daladier have been following exactly our own neutrality policy. They draw no distinctions and nor do we, between tyrant and oppressed. They merely put our precepts into practice.
"Tmless a guilty conscience is the explanation, there is neither sense nor decency in present popular den-undation of the British and French. The knife which Hitler wields today, we helped to place in his hands."—Reuter.
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