Show BETRAYAL OF czechoslovakia the modern judas iscariot seems to be prime minister neville chamberlain of england trusted and relied upon by the brave little country of czechoslovakia in its dilemma which entrusted its fortunes and future to the british and french premiers chamberlain goes into the conference with the representatives of outlawry armed with a power of attorney to act for the beleaguered beleaguer ed state and emerges from the four map man parley with the victim duly consecrated and set apart for the sacrifice and an agreement signed and sealed of the most friendly nature between his country and the chief offender under the terms of the agreement executed on behalf of the innocent victim of the covetous aggressor germany takes over a wide swath of territory approximating miles in width and surrounding more than half of the czech country and forming a pincer with less than 30 miles between its points ants which can be closed on a few hours notice at any time by the crafty and ambitious dictator thus swallowing all the great industrial section of that country including some of the most pretentious and efficient arms and munitions factories in the world besides important iron and coal deposits and other natural resources so vital to an ambitious military power if europe has had reason to fear germany before she now has double cause for worry for any time ona on a day or twos notice germany can be in possession and command of these plants for the production of every conceivable implement of modern warfare all types of cars tractors tanks airplanes and other machinery electrical and otherwise these factories were sponsored and developed largely by france as a safeguard against german aggression and now they are in the hands of their arch enemy and can be used against them at any time the plight of france as a result of the peace offering is little better than that of the czechs czecho germany obtained everything that it was gunning for and without the firing of a shot president benes of the czech nation was ready to defend his country to the last man france was prepared to take her stand on the side of law and order as was russia but they were all sold out by the british premier who was interested only in saving the hide of his own country which he apparently did by forming a partnership with the worst of the freebooters free with such an example of duplicity and cowardice on the part of one of the leading called so democracies what can we expect of the smaller democracies and independent nations they will also seek shelter under the wings of the vultures as adopted children of course and then what by this coup forming a virtual alliance with england and france if the fuehr ers promises are worth anything at all and with an alliance already existing with italy and japan the road is cleared for his march on soviet russia as soon as he feels himself equal to the undertaking russia being the only barrier to the exploitation of the weaker nations and the destruction of democracy meanwhile in this country a systematic campaign is under way supported by a number of the large industrialists to the U US S and create here a german minority to eat into the vitals of our democracy and undermine the foundations of our government making this country vulnerable to their subversive tactics nazism and fascism are the last weapons of predatory wealth with a dictatorship clamped down upon a country there is no escape those who object are lined up against a wall and machine gunned if laborers attempt to strike the militia is called out workers receive whatever 1 the dictator front sees fit to prescribe and like it and dont think that these are idle forebodings they are a very real and menacing danger as the investigation under way at the nations capital is revealing by the chamberlain deladier deal the cause of democracy received its most serious blow and the stock of the dictatorships boie rose to new and undreamed of heights judas iscariot sold the savior of the world for 30 pieces of silver neville chamberlain sold out the freedom of the world for a hitler collar and a very dubious promise of peace 99 which will probably mean even less than the hapless mere scrap of paper to the german dictator peace is dear to all of us we abhor war but a dishonorable peace can some times prove to be worse than war in defense of freedom and right and as a prelude to all this strife unholy ambition treachery and duplicity we must recognize the part this nation played in the destruction of the league of nations the first and only collective action which could and would have brought enduring peace and justice to the world had it been fostered and strengthened and administered with justice and courage america made a grave mistake under shortsighted short sighted leadership and ultimately with other parts of the world will pay dearly for it from present indications |