POSSIBLE WAR

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 127, 25 November 1938, Page 10

POSSIBLE WAR

POLAND & GERMANY

RUTHENIAN PROBLEM

TROOP MOVEMENTS

COMPLEX SITUATION

By Telegraph—Press Association—CoDyrlcht i (Received November 25, 2.15 p.m.) LONDON, November 24. A situation of the greatest complexity is developing in Ruthenia and well-informed circles do not exclude the possibility of its leading to war between Poland and Germany and possibly Hungary. "It is stated officially from Prague that Hungary is concentrating troops along the frontier and that there are also minor Polish movements. The representative of the British United Press at Bratislava, reports that thousands of Czech troops are concentrating on the Ruthenian fron- . tier prepared to resist an invasion directed towards the achievement of i a common frontier between Poland and Hungary. The "Daily Telegraph" says that bands of Polish and Hungarian irregulars drawn from the armies have created guerrilla warfare in Ruthenia. It,was against a sudden coup that a brusque warning was issued by Germany on November 23 to Poland and Hungary, while German forces are reported to be held in readiness to defend tlie threatened frontiers. Simultaneously, Czechoslovakia has requested the Munich* Powers to implement immediately the promised guarantee of inviolability. In the light of the latest developments, the talks between Herr Hitler and King Carol are now more interesting. It is believed that King Carol declared his opposition to partition of Rumania because it would increase Hungary's power and the revisionist appetite. Present indications are that Germany is dictating to Poland on thel Danzig problem.