George GJ - "They betrayed Czechoslovakia"

The incredible has happened. A little people, pacific, industrious, freedom-loving, has been betrayed. Betrayed and partitioned. Not by ruthless enemies, as Poland was partitioned. Partitioned by a State reputed friendly and by a sworn ally. By the United Kingdom and the French Republic. By Englishmen deliberately and after calm reflection ; by Frenchmen in an hour of panic. More, the guilty have accepted praise and rejoicing for their act. For did they not save world peace? Is anything worth more than peace—honour or freedom or democracy ? What if it is a German peace, a Fascist peace, imposed on no longer quite free peoples by the threat of war? Faced with the choice between possible (though by no means certain) war and dishonour, the rulers of Great Britain and of France chose dishonour. No wonder they have ever since sought shelter behind specious explanations.

In that, at least, they will not succeed. This is the story of the betrayal by one of the betrayed, a Czechoslovak. In a series of unforgettable scenes he traces the stages of a felony. I cannot imagine any right-minded person in France or Great Britain reading his story without burning cheeks. Mr. George does not tell quite all the story. He does not tell how the partitioning was prepared in advance. But Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain hinted at it.

This book is the work of a journaUst, and not ofan historian. History will later pass judgment onthe occurrences of October 1938. All the statementscontained in this book are based upon trustworthyreports and documents. The texts of the letters have been taken from the English WhitePaper.