Oral Answers to Questions — Czechoslovakia.

– in the House of Commons at on 20 July 1938.

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Photo of Mr Benjamin Riley Mr Benjamin Riley , Dewsbury

asked the Prime Minister whether he has yet been informed of the terms of settlement which are being offered by the Czechoslovak Government to the Sudeten Germans and other nationalities in Czechoslovakia; and will he urge on the Czechoslovak Government the desirability of immediate publication of these terms?

Photo of Mr Neville Chamberlain Mr Neville Chamberlain , Birmingham, Edgbaston

I would refer the hon. Member to my reply to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Hitchin (Sir A. Wilson) on Monday, to which I have nothing to add.

Photo of Sir Geoffrey Mander Sir Geoffrey Mander , Wolverhampton East

Cannot the democratic Czech Government be trusted to act in a reasonable manner on its own responsibility in this matter?

Photo of Mr Arthur Henderson Mr Arthur Henderson , Kingswinford

asked the Prime Minister whether, with a view to preventing similar apprehension to that recently caused by the statements issued by the German official news agency that abnormal troop movements were taking place in Czechoslovakia, His Majesty's Government will propose that a neutral international commission of observers be sent to the border districts of Czechoslovakia and Germany?

Photo of Mr Neville Chamberlain Mr Neville Chamberlain , Birmingham, Edgbaston

The Czechoslovak Government recently granted facilities for the attachment of two observers to His Majesty's Legation at Prague. I may say that these observers at once visited the areas mentioned in the recent reports and found no evidence of abnormal troop movements. In these circumstances an international commission would perhaps be superfluous.