DEBTS DUE FROM CZECHS

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22678, 5 April 1939, Page 11

DEBTS DUE FROM CZECHS

—« — ACTION BY BANK OP ENGLAND (BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.) RUGBY, April 3. Tho following statement has been issued from No, 10 Downing Street: “The Bank of England, by authorisation of the Treasury, to-day published a notice asking for a return of certain financial obligations due from Czechoslovakia to British holders. This request applies to such obligations as loans of the Czechoslovak Government and public authorities- and corporations in Czechoslovakia, to bank balances, etc., but not to trade debts, nor does it apply to obligations due from Sudetenland. , Forms are / obtainable from any bank oh which a return may be made, “Thfese details are required for information of the Treasury, which does not, of course; accept any responsibility for obtaining satisfaction in the question,” REICH PROTECTOR OF CZECH STATE BARON VON NEURATH'TO TAKE OFFICE (Received April 4, 10 p.ih.) BERLIN, April 3. Baron von Neurath will ceremoniously take over his position as Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia on Wednesday. A communique declares that order and security have been restored. COLONEL BECK IN LONDON LONDON, April 3. The Foreign Secretary (Lord Halifax) welcomed the Polish Foreign Minister (Colonel Beck) on his arrival in London. The police took the strictest precautions. Photographers’ cases were examined'. ■ A British Official Wireless message says conversations will begin to-morrow between Colonel Beck and Lord Halifax at the Foreign Office. Colonel Beck will afterwards be the guest of Lord Halifax at luncheon, and will later be received by, Mr. Chamberlain. In view of the discussions with Colonel Beck,: the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr R. A. Butler), in the House of Commons,' declined to make a statement on the present position at Danzig. LITHUANIAN PACT WITH POLAND /' ■ ' AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED SHORTLY [lndependent Cable Service.] KAUNAS, April 3. A Lithuanian-Polish Noh-aggres-sion Pact is expected to be signed shortly. It is believed that, the pact is intended as a bulwark against future German aggression. The Lithuanian public greatly favours solidarity with Poland.