AUSTRIAN DISORDER
ROBBER BANDS ACTIVE. I RESULT OF HUNGER. (N.Z. Press Association. —Copyright.) (llec. 10.20 a.m .) LONDON, Aug. 22 An outbreak of lawlessness among displaced persons in North- * Eastern Austria menaces the security of the civilian population and military personnel travelling to and from Czechoslovakia, says the Exchange Telegraph Agency’s correspondent in Vienna. There arc more than 500,000 displaced persons in the central States who are receiving no food ration so they are compelled to rob and murder in order to exist. Austrian peasants have appealed to the Austrian Government for protection, but the police force is inadequate. The Government has asked _ the Russian military authorities to intervene, but they have so far not taken action. The Austrians have established patrols of 10 or 12 men in the border areas, but this is inadequate because the lawlessness spreads over a wide area. The robber .bands, who are well armed, frequently hold up supply vehicles travelling between Prague and Vienna.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 226, 23 August 1945, Page 5
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