TROOP MOVEMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 23292, 14 June 1939, Page 9

TROOP MOVEMENTS

NEAR SLOVAK BORDER ADMITTED BY GERMANY "POLAND’S PERILOUS COURSE" Press Association—By Telegraph Copyright BERLIN, June 13. German officials admit troop movements 'near the Slovak border, but claim that these are In accordance with the German-Slovak Treaty signed in March, permitting Germany to occupy the mountainous zone between Moravia and Slovakia.

The Foreign Office’s ‘ Diplomatische Korrespondenz ’ fiercely attacks Poland’s unconciliatory attitude to Germany, which it declares is becoming more pronounced, obviously as the result of the British encirclement policy. It adds: “ Insults against Germany are a daily occurrence. Germans in Poland are being continually oppressed. Polish tactics toward Danzig show clearly the perilous course the Poles are steering.” □TLER IN VIENNA ATTENDING “ THEATRE WEEK.” (Independent Cable Service.) VIENNA, June 12. As Herr Hitler arrived unexpectedly to attend “ a German theatre week,” German troops are reported to be concentrating on tho Polish frontier and in northern Slovakia, and building fortifications. The Slovak delegation which is negotiating a new trade agreement is staying at the same hotel as Herr Hitler. BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA EXTENSION OF NAZI INFLUENCE BEGINNING. LONDON, June 13. The ‘Daily Express ’ says: “ Drastic extension of Nazi influence in Bohemia and Moravia is beginning. Germany requires 7,000 young Czech officers to train German soldiers in the use of Czech weapons which Germany confiscated after j taking over the protectorate. Germany is planning to equip 20 German divisions with them. The Czechs doubt whether Germany will abolish the protectorate and incorporate it in the Reich. They are using the protectorate to secure foreign currency, and have already asked France to prolong the preferential tariff on Czech goods. This would be dropped if legal independence was wiped out ”

The Gestapo discovered a secret Czech station which was broadcasting anti-Nazi propaganda. The broadcasters fled after attaching a recorded announcement to the transmission apparatus, which was erected in the woods.

. DASH ACROSS FRONTIER BROTHER OF DR BENES LONDON, June 13. (Received Juno 14, at 1 p.m.) The Warsaw correspondent of the ‘ Daily Telegraph ’ reports that Senator von Vojta Benes, a brother of the former Czech President, returned to Cracow after 24 hours in Warsaw. He said he was obliged to leave his two children in Bohemia, from where he and his wife made an exciting dash across the frontier. He expected to go to England soon, thence to America. He preferred not to discuss the situation in the Protectorate beyond saying that the Czechs were united in adversity. His hurried return to Cracow was connected with the influx of Czechs at the rate of 50 a day. It is understood that already 2,500 are encamped there.

STORM TROOPERS IH DANZIG EIGHT THOUSAND ON PARADE. DANZIG, June 12. The week-end celebrations wound up with a parade of 2,000 Danzig Storm Troopers and 6,000 from East Prussia. This is the first time that the latter have exercised at Danzig. The joint display was obviously intended as a demonstration against Poland. CZECH TROOPS FLEE TO POLAND WARSAW, June 13 A refugee camp is necessary to accommodate 4,000 Czccho-Slovakian officers and troops who crossed the frontier during the week-end. The refugees report that German troops are moving on the Polish and Slovene borders.

LORO HALIFAX’S SPEECH OFFICIAL GERMAN COMMENT. BERLIN,. June 13. The political Spokesman said: “ Lord Halifax’s speech is a step backward rather than forward, affording fresh encouragement to the Poles to continue their machinations. Germany has been willing to negotiate, but Poland, encouraged by a blank cheque from England, seeks other ways. Germany won’t beg on her knees for Danzig.”

“ It is quite easy to tell a woman’s age by studying her hands,” states a writer. This is just the sort of encouragement that the glove industry is so grateful for.