Memel, Mar. 17.
There will be no resort to force to bring about a change in the situation of the German population, Dr, Ernst Neumann, leader of the Memel Germans, declared in a speech delivered Fast night, While emphasizing the unfortunate position into which. the Memel Germans were plunged by Lithuanian annexation of that territory in 1923, Dr. Neumann made clear his satisfaction with the absorption of Czecho-Slovakia by the Reich, declaring that "the lay of the dice Is mow. very different'
The German leader went on to refer to the "infamous Kovno trial" in 1935, which, he said, had revealed the: complete helplessness of the Memel Germans at that time. Although the 'Outcome of the trial was detrimental to the German population, the honour those sentenced to prison remained untainted, The Lithuanian authorities, fon the other hand, had defiled them-Selves. before the' entire world, Including the peace-loving, diligent Memo! peasants and the efficient soldiers, Tt_was at this point that Dr. Neumann asserted there would be no resort to force by the Memel Germans to redress their wrongs—but, added, "we are no longer forsaken by Germany, Behind us stands. the Fuehrer of the German Reich, who has declared ina manner under~ Mandable to all that he will not permit a single German to be per Scented because of his nationality." escribes the activities of the Gestapo, rman Secret Police, in Prague as "revolting and unworthy of a civilized state."
The "Daily Mail" states that "Herr Hitler's attitude to the world is contemptuous.. upon our Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, In answering a question in the House of Commons yesterday regarding the large gold reserves held in London by the. Czechoslovakian anal Bank, said that he had asked the Bank of England not to make an exceptional transfer of this. gold or Czech balances without consultation with His Majesty's Government.
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