STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2526, sig. 109-12/173 Page 10 · 10 of 20
A SOCIETY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2526, sig. 109-12/173
English Translation
-8-6 is a struggle that has been forced upon the assailant. Our cause will prevail, which is the cause of those nations that defend peace. We are not alone. Today has brought a number of important decisions that point the way to further development. Close Minister President Chamberlain returns early to London. His consultations with the Reich Chancellor Hitler did not lead to the goal. In England neither the opposition parties, nor the conservative ruling party, shed light on the fact that Great Britain cannot make any further concessions to the Third Reich. French Prime Minister Daladier told a delegation of the radical party that France would take all the necessary measures to protect Czechoslovakia if it were to become the counterpart of an unproven attack. Russia has also shown that it will help us in the sense of the current treaties if France provides assistance to us. One important thing is that Russia has announced to Poland that it would not consider itself bound by its non-aggression pact with Poland if Poland attacked the Czechoslo-Wakei. The Polish Ambassador to London told the British Foreign Minister Lord Halifax that Poland is not thinking of attacking Czechoslovakia. It has been confirmed that today and tomorrow our Kxinxx friends and allies will fight with us if this is necessary. PragueTagblatt Prague, 25 September 1938. The day after the appeal. "The Czechs who are obliged to defend themselves and also a large part of the Germans enter enthusiastically. To the supporters of the dissolved Sudeten German party this measure has made an impression and among the most radical of them a intimidation has occurred. The mood of the population is uplifted, and the German population is especially in those places where there was an earlier tendency to resist, to perceive depression, anxiety and anxiety. In Slovakia, the mood of population and those who are obliged to travel is very good. The Slovak population has taken this measure to ensure the security of the state with joy, and in the case of the populous Hungarians there has been depression. The overall effect of the mobilization throughout the country is reassuring." "The infiltration began immediately after the announcement of the mobilisation by radio and at the moment when the first announcements were posted, thousands of callers were already on the spot or on the way. Public and private means of transport, which were readily provided by the owners, tiaxnk served throughout the night and during the morning hours for the transport of the armed forces. In the midday hours the vast majority of Prague streets already show the usual quiet life again. Only around the railway stations there is clearly a lively life, but rade here one can observe an admirable order and discipline. A supervisory officer in a Prague barracks, who was asked how quickly was reacted to the mobilization statement on the radio, replied: "The effect of the announcement occurred in a record time. A quarter of an hour after the announcement of the mobilization had ended, the reservists were already streaming through the streets of Prague.