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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1938, Page 7

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FUNERAL OF SUDETEN GERMANS KILLED AT CHEB No Soldiers or Police Present NAZI SALUTES GENERAL \ By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Recd This Day, 9.50 a.m.) PRAGUE. May 25. No soldiers or police were visible in Eger for the funeral of Boehm and Hofmann (who were killed at Cheb by a Czech Potman). By arrangement with the Ministry of the Interior Sudeten Germans, wearing white shirts, kept order. The coffins were draped with a red flag, inscribed with the initials of the Sudeten Party. . German military attaches laid wreaths, on which were msc.imd “Adolf Hitler,” surmounted by an eagle and swastika. There were no incidents during the procession through die stf.ce. m Eger. The shops were closed and Nazi salutes were geneial. PROTEST BY GERMANY. ALLEGED FRONTIER VIOLATION. WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS URGED FROM SUDETEN AREAS. (Reccl This Day, 9.50 a.m.) BERLIN, May 25. Herr von Ribbentrop has ordered the German Minister at Prague to nrotest sharply against an alleged crossing of the frontier by Czech aeroplanes, the occupants of which allegedly were engaged in observing reported that Dr Eisenlohr, the German Minister at Prague is delivering a demarche to the Czech Government, uigmg the withdrawal of troopf from the Sudeten areas, on the grounds that peace is impossible while they are there. MORE ALLEGATIONS. MOVEMENTS OF CZECH AEROPLANES. Thl. Da,, 11 R It is alleged that a Czech aeroplane, equipped with a machine-gun, crossed the German frontier at Grossschoenau and another allegedly flew over Klingenthal.