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Show Czechs Bow Under Pressure From Britain, France PRAGUE, Sept. 21 (U.R) The Czech government bowed under the "irresistible pressure'' pres-sure'' of Britain and France today and formally surrendered surren-dered to Adolf Hitler's demand de-mand for partition of the republic. re-public. Unless the army should revolt and decide to fight Germany by declaring that approval of the cabinet's decision by the inter-party inter-party parliamentary commission is unconstitutional, the post - war Czechoslovak republic as constituted consti-tuted at Versallise ceased in effect ef-fect to exist at 4:55 p. m. today (5:55 a. m. CST). At that hour, the note of acceptance ac-ceptance was handed to the British Brit-ish and French legation here. Communique Head The official communique said: "The Czech government has been forced under irrestible pressure pres-sure from both the British and French governments to accept with pain the proposals elaborated in London." The Bitish-French plan provides pro-vides for surrender of the mosf valuable portions of the Sudeter German area to Hitler. It does not include surrender ol other areas to Poland and Hun. gary, but those countries, with the approval of Hitler and Premiei Mussolini of Italy, have notifiec the powers that it must be don if Germany's claims are granted The news of surrender sent wave of patriotic indigTiatior through the capital. Extra de tachments of police were placec at all strategic points in the city. Uprising Feared Shortly before 5 p. m., crowds began gathering in ythe streets, .shouting: "Long live the republic! Long live Czechoslovakia!" The temper of a large part of the populace and of some of the ranks of the army was such that the danger of an uprising and national suicide under the boots of the troops massed on the other side of the German border was not overlooked. Shortly before the cabinet's decision de-cision was announced, the wives of the United States Minister, Wilbur J. Carr, and Vinton Chap-in, Chap-in, first secretary, left the capital for Switzerland. Messages telling of the cabinet's surrender were coded by the British Brit-ish and French ministries and sent to London and Paris, i |