GERMAN DOMINANCE OF THE CZECHS
THE ARMY DEMOBILISED EFFORT to WIN THE REGARD OF PEASANTRY
Received March 21, 8.10 p.m. PRAGUE, March 21. ' The Germans have demobolised 49,-* 000 of the Czech army. Barracks at Prague have been opened. There arc ! 35 held kitchens in the city, but they are largely boycotted by the Czechs.' It is understood the Germans are pie- ' paring to break up big estates and • distribute the land to peasants in the I hope of winning their support, and simultaneously launch “a drive against corruption in high places" and bring many Czech agrarian and manufacturing leaders to trial on charges of enriching themselves at ;ho nvnonco nf fhn npnnlp. In rasp
these tactics fail to win popular support, plans are ready to move 100,000 of the most brilliant Czech workers to different parts of Germany and replace them with Germans. A thousand Czech planes escaped German seizure and flew to Poland, Rumania, and Yugoslavia. Russian officers sabotaged airport fuel tanks. Formulas for steel alloys, special concrete for fortifications, blueprints of a new automatic rifle and of many other secret Skoda productions were taken from the country, though the swiftness of the German occupation was intended to prevent this.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 68, 22 March 1939, Page 7
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