OMINOUS ACTIVITY IN SLOVAKIA

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 225, 21 June 1939, Page 9

OMINOUS ACTIVITY IN SLOVAKIA

Report Of More Nazi Troop Movements (Independent Cable Service.) PRAGUE, June 19. Large numbers of' tanks, armoured cars, and transport wagons passed eastward at the weekend. German troops are concentrating on the Slovak border. It is reported that eight divisions are concentrated in the region of Ostrau, while German General Staff officers, all wearing civilian dress, are carrying out a military survey in north-east Slovakia, through which German troops would pass in the event of a conflict with Poland. REPORT DISCOUNTED Statement In Commons LONDON, June 19. Speaking in the House of Commons, the Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr. Butler, said: “I understand that no recent German military developments of special significance have occurred in Slovakia.” REPLY TO GOEBBELS Poland Deports Germans DANZIG, June 19. Immediately after the speech of Dr. Goebbels calling on the people of Danzig to hold out pending the return of Danzig to the Reich, Poland issued a deportation order against three important German land owners bordering on the Free City. HUNGARY’S PROMISE Status Of Ruthenia If Incorporated BUDAPEST. June 19. Tlie Premier, Count Tcleki, informed Parliament that. Ruthenia, if incorporated in Hungary, would _be granted Parliamentary representation and minorities treated on modern lines. Ho announced that a cultural treaty with Japan would be concluded shortly.