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CZECHS SIGN HUNGARY'S DEATH WARRANT ULTIMATUM
the
(Continued from Page 1) only 20 kilometres south of town of Marovian · Ostrau. The occupation of the town itself was carried out without
any incident, the Czech militia having been withdrawn. The entire town is now in German hands,
The occupation began at 5.30 p.m. The police-headquarters and the town-hall were occupied first of all. Police and officials were dis- armed and detained. Czech, troops, had already left the town and the whole industrial district, which forms the narrow salient between German and Polish territory.
TO PRAGUE
· BUDAPEST, TO-DAY. THE
HUNGARIAN ULTI- MATUM ΤΟ THE PRAGUE GOVERNMENT WAS REMITTED BY ACTING FOREIGN MINIS- TER VOERNLY TO THE CZECHO SLOVAK MINISTER HERE YES- TERDAY AFTERNOON.
It points out that the Slovaks had declared their national inde- pendence and stresses the Hung- arlan Government's conviction that Slovakia, as part of the Czecho- slovak Republic, became an inde TROOPS MOVING
pendent State 20 years ago by At 6 p.m. further German troops | virtue of the right of self-deter- crossed the Oder bridge which mination of peoples will fully ap forms the frontier between. Ger-preciate the importance of this many and Czecho-Slovakia, and dis-expression of their desire by the armed the Czech custonfs officials Slovak, German and Hungarian in- and police who did not attempt any habitants of Slovakia. resistance. With armoured cars the Nevertheless events in Carpatho- troops quickly proceeded to Sile- Ukraine and the constantly recur- sian Ostrava which adjoins Mora-ring-incidents which on one hand vian Ostrau and from there to the threaten peace, on the frontier and Czech-Polish frontier at Michael on the other hand are calculated to kovics.
justify the fears of attack on Slovakia who is asserting her right to self-determination compel the Hungarian Government to make five demands of the Czech Government.
Shortly after 8 gm. further Ger- man troops reached Morayian-Os- trau.
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At the same time the industrial centre of Vitkovics, situated only a few kilometres further south, which The Hungarian Government again contains large blast furnaces and and most seriously draws the at- iron foundries, was occupied by tention of the Czech Government to German troops. The occupation was the Hungarian note of January 19 effected with such rapidity that which was presented after the neither here nor in the coal-mines Czech aggression at Munkacs and the Czech found time for destruc-in which it was stressed that in the tion.-Trans-Ocean.
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event of a repetition of such inci- dents Hungary would not hesitate to resort to force. The note em- phasises that the Hungarian Government true to its old establish- ed political principles could not re- main indifferent in the case of an armed Czech attack on Slovakia at the Carpatho-Ukrainian fron- tier.
The note concludes by stating that the Hungarian Government expects a reply within 12 hours, Otherwise the Prague Government must assume full responsibility for the consequences →→Trans-Ocean,
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