CZECH MOBILISATION ORDERED

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 226, 24 September 1938, Page 9

CZECH MOBILISATION ORDERED

WITHIN SIX HOURS OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION DEFENCE LINES BEING MANNED (United Press Association.—Copyright.— Rec. 12 noon.) LONDON, September 23. be completed hZT Dr " Ben " haS o ' de " d to C Z ech^ h Grrmin Sa H 0n Proclam c! ion , was br ° adcast from al > stationi > at 10.40 p.m. in Czech. German, Hunganan. Slovak, Ruthenian, Polish and Finnish. is one for t ?,ti,Js ;iti T S ' kee t P c Cal r a , nd remain faithful al >d reliable. Your struggle justice and your fatherland. Long live a free Czechoslovakia!" . . 7 h „ C mo^,l ' sat |°n order requisitions all horses, motor cars and aeroplanes. All telephone communication with Prague is cut off. ; «.l* C Legation at Berlin declare that the mobilisation order was radioed all over the country For the first time in history the Czech Army plans to [riLk nVa,Bl °u r - 18 take place first on the heavily-fortified mountain frontiers i-i. Cn L a v,- j I ® Vln gJthat they could hold a line long enough to enable them to mobilise behind it. Once the first line is lost the army will retire to the border fortifi C <d ° Cmia a Moravia, which is shorter, mountain-protected and heavily The Czechs are self-supporting in war material. Notices giving an indication of the whereabouts of bombproof and gasproof cellars are appearing in the! most crowded centres. Workmen are digging trenches where suitable shelter is not available. No more gas masks are left, but the majority of the population is equipped with them.