ORGANISED VIOLENCE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 September 1938, Page 6

ORGANISED VIOLENCE

FRONTIER POSTS TORN OP BY GERMANS CZECH COAT OF ARMS DEFACED. THREAT TO HANG POSTMASTER. (Recd This Day, 11.55 a.m.) PRAGUE, September 13. Sudeten headquarters at Prague have been closed down as a protest against the Government’s attitude. An official declared that the party would have headquarters only in Sudeten territory. Reports of incidents continue to pour in from frontier districts. German Customs officials are reported to have torn up frontier posts and barriers at Eisendorf. In order to avoid an incident, the Czechs did not intervene. Crowds destroyed the Czech coat of arms on public buildings. Two thousand persons assembled in front of the Post Office and threatened to/hang the Postmaster if he were found on the premises tomorrow./ Telephone lines have been cut in some districts. Reports of casualties thus far are hard to verify.

ULTIMATUM REJECTED CZECH CABINET OFFERS TO DISCUSS DEMANDS IF SUDETENS TELL FOLLOWERS TO OBEY THE LAW (Recd This Day, 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, September 14. Reuter’s Prague correspondent says Dr Hodza’s reply to the Sudeten ultimatum has not been published, but the Premier invited Herr Frank to Prague to discuss the situation and pointed out that it might be possible to reach an agreement leading to pacification.

Herr Frank replied that Herr Kundt was going to Prague. A Paris message states that the Foreign Minister, M Bonnet,, has been advised that the Czechs have rejected the ultimatum, but have offered to discuss the demands, provided the Sudeten's issue a proclamation exhorting their followers to obey the law.

FRENCH POLICY MOBILISATION DEFERRED DESIRE NOT TO BE ACCUSED OF PROVOCATION (Recd This Day, 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, September 14. “The Times” Paris correspondent says Cabinet considered immediate mobilisation. It was decided at present to do nothing which could be interpreted as an excuse for accusing France of provocation.

CARLSBAD DEMANDS FRENCH VIEW OF WITHDRAWAL REGARDED AS OMINOUS IN THE EXTREME (Recd This Day, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, September 13. The “Times’s” Paris correspondent says the withdrawal of the Carlsbad demands is regarded by France as ominous in the extreme.