PLIGHT OF THE CZECHS.
ARMY NEEDS WEAPONS. PARIS, June 10. General Scheiner, Inspector-General of the Czecho-Slovak Army, in an interview in Paris, gave a striking picture of the tragic difficulties of Czecho-Slovakia. There are 200,000 men in the army. They are well trained, but have few rifles or field guns, no horses, no heavy artillery, aeroplanes or transport. Piles of munitions lie at Vienna. By agreement Czechoslovakia owns a quarter of these, but tho material is impossible to move, and so the army ie fighting " with bare breasts" in a manner reminiscent of the earliest days of the war. General Scheiner expects to halt the enemy and make him retreat. Already the army has driven in the Hungarians for 15 kilometres at Komarno. The gallant nation wants only weapons.
Vienna reports that a regiment of Czecho-Slovaks has joined Belakun. The latter says that he would gladly stop fighting if the Roumanians and Czecho-Slovaks would cease. He is ready to negotiate peace, and adds obliquely, "We will accept the Allies' invitation to Paris."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17213, 15 July 1919, Page 7
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172PLIGHT OF THE CZECHS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17213, 15 July 1919, Page 7
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