CZECHS. QUIETLY CALL UP RESERVES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 220, 17 September 1938, Page 11

CZECHS. QUIETLY CALL UP RESERVES.

UKE MOBILISING.

Extensive Martial Law in Sudeten Areas.

FLIGHT OF REFUGEES.

United i'ress AFHociirtion.—Copyright. (Received 10 a.m.) LOXDOX, Sept em her 16. Sudeten land is quieter, says a Prague message, after the incidents of yesterday. Two thousand attempted to crosf? the German border at Wernsdorf, but were turned back by Czech guards.

A camp for Sudeten refugees has been established at Zittan. Others are accommodated in schools and halls at Klingenthal.

An official Berlin agency states that refugees now number 10,000.

Official circles in London confirm the extension of martial law in Czechoslovakia. The quiet but steady calling up of reserves has a similar effect to partial mobilisation.

The highest tension extsts at Eger, where armed troops are parading the streets searching people for arms. The Sudeten German headquarters, the Hotel Victoria, is an empty ruin after the previous night's fight. All those arrested, except one, have been released. The shops are closed, although municipal officers are urging peoplfe to resume work. The station is crowded by fleeing residents.

Carlsbad is more normal. The roads to the frontier are subject to the closest supervision.

Business at the large Sudeten town of Reichenberg, has been brought to a standstill by a strike, which has spread also to factories and schools in other towns.

A German news agency says that more than 5000 Sudeten Germans have fled to Germany, including many young men, who have been ordered to the mobilisation camp, which has been established at Zittau.

CANADA'S COURSE.

Should War Break Out In Europe. PARLIAMENT URGED TO MEET. (Received 2 p.m.) OTTAWA, September 10. The Trades and Labour Congress Canada Convention passed a resolution which urges the Government to assemble Parliament immediately and decide upon Canada's course in the event of war. The Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, though ill, is being constantly advised of developments from London. The autumn session of Parliament is reprarded as being assured after the British-United States trade negotiations are concluded, or earlier, if European events demand.

WAR RISKS CANCELLED.

U.S. MARINE INSURANCE. (Received 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 16. American marine insurance companies have cancelled all war risk clauses in general policies. This will become effective within 48 hours. The action followed that taken by Lloyd's. All war risk coverage henceforth will be written in separate policies at increased rates.