CZECH ARMY CHIEFS VISIT
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FRONTIER ZONE
Prague, To-day.
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An official statement issued here yesterday declares that the Minister of War, Machnik, companied by the Inspector Gen- In eral of the Czechoslovakian army.] General Syrovy, inspected “cer- tain fortified areas and military formations."
Members of the Parliamentary Control Commission likewise in- spected fortified areas and mili- tary formations in the frontier region.-Trans-Ocean.
MARRIAGE AGE LOWERED
Ankara, To-day.
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 2, 1988
Czech Assurances To Minorities
Prague, To-day.
The Czecho-Slovakian Prime Minister, Dr. Milan Hodza, yesterday granted an interview to the special correspondent of the Hungarian news- answer to a question as to what attitude the
paper "Pesti Hirlap.”
Czech and Slovak Parties would take to- wards the Nationalities Statute and to what degree the views of these parties would in- fluence the final decision of the Government, Dr. Hodza said:
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"Hitherto I have not thought it with the views of the nationalities| expedient to promulgate the Statute parties. because it was my opinion that the solution should be made to conform
INSURGENT CLAIMS
The Turkish Government has de-} cided to modify the civil law of the country, which is an exact copy of the Swiss Civil Code, in so far as
Bilbao, To-day. Insurgent claims state that marriageable persons are concern-offensive on the Teruel front made an average advance along the whole
ed.
A Bill introduced in the Nation-front of about 5 kilometres. al Assembly provides that the mi-
the
'How far that will be possible. will in course of time reveal itself.
"For my own part I can only de- clare that the Government wishes for the most far-reaching settle- ment possible. But in order to ob- viate all misunderstanding I should like to point out, again what must be the mission of the Czech State in this part of Europe.
REPUBLIC'S MISSION "This mission is that the Repu-| blic should be not only a state for Czechs and Slovaks but also for all those national elements which after
nimum age of marriage will hence- On the Teruel-Sagunto road, the the World War either from econo- forth be fixed at seventeen for troops advanced towarde Sarajon mic or geopolitic reasons were left males and fifteen for females, in-up to 11 kilometres. The heights inside our frontiers. stead of eighteen and sixteen, res. around were secured by the troops pectively. Trans-Ocean,
"That imposes on the Republic as
from Valbona.
one of its chief missions the The Evening Service on Sundays the insurgents surrounded.
In the front sector of Mosquerela, obligation not only of safeguard- at St. John's Cathedral is to
Castel-ing Czech and Slovak interests but be vispal and continued held at 8.30 p.m. until further notice foccupy Salvatierra
further to also peaceful organisation of other and not at 6.30 p.m.
Range-Trans-nationalities on a basis of absolute equality of rights."
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The Czech Constitution, ever, offered the possibility of solv- ing all nationality problems on a republican basis of local self-ad- ministration.
FULL OPENNESS
"In any case, I declare that this settlement will not only be prepar ed by the Government alone but in full openness by all parties sup- porting it."
Answering a question as to what! guarantees could be given the na tionalities that the principle equality referred to would actually be respected, Dr. Hodza declared "The loyalty of the nationalities can be assured neither by legisla- tion nor by a supervisor."
The question as to what princi-| ple would be adopted for self-ad- ministration, was answered: "In principle, self-administration would be on a proportion to the whole po- pulation.
LOCAL CONDITIONS
"In practice, the proportion would always be determined by lo- cal conditions.”
"How
Dr. Hodza was asked: would the safeguarding of nation- alities problems in the Cabinet be assured?".
Dr. Hodza said: "I consider it as the only possible solution that in every case the Ministers chosen for the Cabinet should at the same time also themselves be the guar- dians of the interests of their own. nationality in the Cabinet." Trans-Ocean.
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