NEW SLOVAK CABINET

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22661, 16 March 1939, Page 11

NEW SLOVAK CABINET

CZECHS RECOGNISE INDEPENDENCE RELIANCE ON SUPPORT BY GERMANY (Received March 15, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, March 14^~ The Prime Minister of (Dr. Tiso), after proclaiming the independence of Slet/akia, said; “The Government-includes the best range of Slovak people, who in this historic hour have fulfilled centuryold ambitions to keep order and discipline. Prove yourselves worthy of the happier future to which we hope to lead you. We hope that our hard-won independence will be preserved. Developments will be peaceful. We desire to live in amity with all our neighbours.” While police controlled the enormous crowds the Diet held a secret extraordinary session and appointed the following Cabinet:— Prime Minister—Dr. Tiso. Deputy-Prime Minister—Dr. Tuca. Minister for the Interior—M. Sidor. Minister for Foreign Affairs—M. Durcanski. Minister for War—M. Csatlos. Minister for Propaganda—M. Mach. Minister for Education—M. Sivak. Minister for Finance—M. Pruchinsky. Minister for Justice—M. Ftitz. Minister for Communications—M. Stand. German Support After M. Sidor explained why he had resigned the provisional Premiership, Dr. Tiso, reporting on his visit to Berlin, said; “If the Slovaks abide by the principles of racial determination Germany will support them. If not it will be so much worse for the Slovaks.” M. Sidor, after three sleepless nights, collapsed at the end of the session of the Diet. The Czech troops are withdrawing from Bratislava and other districts. It is officially announced that the Czech and Slovak nations bade farewell to one another by wireless. An official Czech communique

states: “To-day the legal Czechoslovak Union disappears and each begins a separate existence. The Czechs have never showed unfriendly feeling towards the Slovaks. They hope that the Slovaks’ independence will be happy and successful and that Slovakia will be able to create all the necessary economic conditions to supply their needs. We shall always remember our friendly association. The new dispensation cannot divide the hearts of people who lived together for 20 years.” The Czech President (Dr. Hacha) and the Foreign Minister (M. Chvalkovsky) have gone to Berlin to see Herr Hitler, after which the Prague Cabinet may be reconstructed. M. Durcanski’s Slovak Free Corps, formed in Germany, has entered Slovakia. Fugitive Czechs and Jews congest the Bratislava station. Hlinka Guards are searching Jews on the roads for jewellery. M. Durcanski has sent Notes to all governments announcing the creation of the new State under Dr. Tiso’s leadership, asking for diplomatic recognition.

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