INCIDENT AT EGER
REVOLVER SHOT FIRED BY CZECH DURING ALTERCATION IN CAFE TWO SUDETEN GERMANS WOUNDED. GOVERNMENT ORDERS STRICT INQUIRY. By Telegraph.—Press Association, Copyright. (Recd This Day, ■ 9.45 a.m.) PRAGUE, June 1. During an altercation in a cafe at Eger, a Czech non-commission-ed officer, whom thirty-five Sudeteners allegedly threatened, drew a revolver and fired at the floor, wounding two Sudeteners in the leg. The Government arrested the Czech and ordered a strict inquiry. FRONTIER VIOLATIONS FORMAL PROTEST LODGED BY CZECHOSLOVAKIA. BITTER PRESS CAMPAIGN IN GERMANY. LONDON, June 1. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Berlin correspondent says the Czechoslovak Minister, Dr. Mastny, called at the Foreign Office and handed over a Note detailing 15 alleged violations of the Czechoslovak frontier by German military planes during the last few days. There are no signs of slackening of the German Press campaign against Czechoslovakia . Prominence is given in reports to alleged terrorism in the elections and to Czechoslovakian military precautions in the frontier areas.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 June 1938, Page 7
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