NOT OUT OF DANGER

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20739, 24 February 1939, Page 7

NOT OUT OF DANGER

CONDITIONS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA THE RIGHTS OF GERMANS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) PRAGUE, Feb. 22 M. Chvalkovsky, in a speech to the National Unity Party, said: “Czechoslovakia must not provoke Providence ana allow Munich to be the prelude to a new catastrophe. There are many difficulties as a result of Munich which must still be overcome. We must aim at the preservation of Lie frontiers and national independence. Propaganda aimed at creating illusions about the revival of former conaiLous must cease. “Good re.ations with Germany are a necessity of the utmost conse»!licnce. Germans in Czechoslovakia will not enjoy special privileges, but the same rights as the Czechs. If Germans desire to profess Nazi-ism they must not be prevented.” He added that Czechoslovakia would not survive another crisis, and is not yet out of danger. A DEMANDB BY NAZI LEADER APPOINTMENT AS MINISTER * (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Feb. 23 The Nazi deputy in the Czechoslovak Party, Herr Kundt, after a three-days’ visit to Berlin, says the Prague correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, demands:

Exclusive rights for Germans In Czechoslovakia beyond the present minority rights; His own appointment as German Minister within the Czech Cabinet to enable supervision of these rights; Permission to found a Nazi Party, membership of which will be open to Czechs, and the reinstatement of German former officials in Government posts.

GERMAN ARMAMENTS

RUSHED TO THE FRONTIER

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PRAGUE, Feb. 22

Trainloads of Czech barbed wire, heavy artillery and cement are being ru-shed to Stettin, Kustrin and Prouse, Germany’s new “Siegfried Line” oppos-

ite the Polish border. Poland is most concerned, as her main war industries and oilfields are only 50 miles from the southern heel of the line;