Washington, Mar. 18.
The State Department will refuse to assist the German Embassy to obtain possession of the Czech Legation, according to authoritative circles.
The Administration, these circles added, will give "complete moral backing" to the determined fight waged by M. Hurban, Czechoslovakian Minister to the United States, to prevent "German occupation of the Legation promis The Czech Minister has refused to surrender the Czech Legation and Consulates to German representatives, on the ground that the capitulation of Dr. Emil Hacha, President of Czechoslovakia, was invalid because it was unconstitutional.—
Reuter.
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