The Charges Against Czechoslovakia The decision of the British Government
to refuse (after having first accepted) the invitation extended by the Czechoslovak Government to the British military attache at Prague to inspect the aerodromes throughout the country, and see what truth there was irithe allegation that they were being used by Russian officers and pilots, is very much to be regretted. The charge has been repeatedly made in Germany it is part of the organised campaign worked up in that country against Czecho- slOvakia*; and it has been categorically denied by Czechoslovakia. More than that Dr. Hodza's Government could not do, except the one thing it did--to invite some completely impartial authority to inspect and report. This reasonable plan was, hoWever, considered contro- versial, and liable to offend Germany. Czechoslovakia is in many ways the most deserving of the new States and it argues a lamentable lack of spirit on the part of our own Foreign Office to decline to dO Dr: Benes this small and reasonable service.
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