TROOP MOVEMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 61, 14 March 1939, Page 10

TROOP MOVEMENTS

GERMANS AND CZECHS

(Received March 14, 2 p.m.) LONDON, March 13. The Bratislava correspondent . of "The Times" says it is believed that Slovakia is about to become an independent, nation with German support under German influence. It is expected that the independence of Car-patho-Ukraine will also be proclaimed. The correspondent adds that there are unconfirmed reports of a concentration at Energau, opposite Bratislava, of German troops and Storm Troopers equipped with anti-tank guns and light artillery, and also three divisions of Czech troops near Bratislava. The Munich correspondent of "The Times" states that . increased troop movements on the main highways, which have been noticeable in recent weeks have been intensified in the last two or three days. Long columns of army lorries filled with soldiers have been proceeding to Salzburg, mainly at night time. Travellers in the vicinity of Leipzig, Breslau, Munich, and \ Salzburg claim that they met large \ detachments of troops in active service dress, but that in the neighbourhood of Vienna, where concentrations were to be expected in the event of trouble, there was nothing that could not be explained by the preparations for a review in celebration of the Anschluss anniversary. I