1938-10-03 — Page 9

THE CHINA, MAIL, OCTOBER

1938.

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SUDETENS OUT OF HAND Czech Soldiers Watch Sacking Of Houses

German Troops'

Show

Fine Discipline

Prague, To-day.

All reports agree that the incoming German troops are behaving with exemplary correctness, and in one place where they overstepped the agreed boundary they immediately withdrew after their error was pointed out. However, the Sudeten Germans are not showing

the same restraint.

metros back to the other side of the former frontier to despatch. their reports.

despatch MAGISTRATE'S

WARNING

IN CHILD CASE

The first day of the entry of German troops Into Sudetenland thus, passed without any incident, since order and discipline, were In the completely maintained, evening the troops entered their quarters to rest. from the strenu- bus march and to wait further Remarking that in similar cases in future, he would impose a prison orders.

The peace plan agreed upon by sentence without the option of ``a the "Big Four at Munich is thus fine, Mr. H. R. Butters at the Cen- being carried out with minute tral Magistracy precision according to schedule Trans-Ocean.

“MIGHT OF THE REICH"

Berlin, To-day.-

| woman, $100 ming, fined

Tai Kwal, aged

a married weeks' impri-

sonment when she pleaded guilty. to Ill-treating a five-year-old child, Fung Kau.

*20

per-

Inspector Fraser said that the Entry of first German troops into child was the adopted child of de- At Krumau, they sacked Czech houses and shops,

Czech troops not interfering, with the object Sudetenland was prominently fea-fendant and had been sold by its tured by the press, here yesterday natural mother for $19 some time ago. The child had been beaten morning. of avoiding a grave incident.

The papers publish lengthy des-with a feather duster, some issued to heard. All houses in the region Appeals have been

dents which describe in eloquent mission. The mother had previous- Czech refugees from Sudetenland were decorated with swastika flags patches from special correspon, times, for taking food without

of the Third Reich. to return to their homes.

have been compelled The entry of German troops took language the tremendous joy and ly offered to redeem the child but Some actually

relief of the liberated German in- defendant wanted $88, double the The

amount originally paid, before habitants of the region. ” to return to ensure their presence place without any incident.

The National Socialist organ doing so. in the plebiscite regions when the troops passed through Josefstal,

When asked why she had adopt- where signboards on the road still Voelkischer Beobachter discusses vote is taken.

TANKS IN ACTION showed the former Czech name the international position which ed the child, defendant said that "Dul Josefuv," and then continued Germany has gained through re-she had lost her own child and

took this: one for her own. Lines of motorists who arrived their march through the hilly wood-cent events, in a leading article. on the frontier from the unoccupied ed mountainous terrain.

The paper says that the might of part of the Sudeten areas, report: The region was occupied without the Reich to-day is greater than an incident at Krumau last night. firing of a single shot. The lunder the reign of Charlemagne.

Some sixty Sudeten volunteers in Czechs had evacuated the region a mill owned by Sudeten Germans, during the last few days and re- are said to have been fired on by tired inland. Czech troops and Czech tanks, apparently acting police have been withdrawn to the

other bank of the Moldau River. without orders.

WIRES CUT

It is not known whether there were any casualties. Reuter.

LONG COLUMNS

Berlin, To-day.

""Political decisions of these days' have shown that the outside world is gradually realising the change that has taken place and is taking it into account in poli- tical affairs.”

DICTIONARY THEFT

With two previous convictions against him, a 25-year-old unem- ployed, named Wong Tak, was Icharged before Mr. R. Edwards at ⠀ CHAMBERLAIN “A MAN” When press correspondents cover- Ling the entry of German troops "Franckfurter Zeitung" says that the Central Magistracy this morn- entered the post office at Gloeckels-the world will always recognise ing, for the stealing of a dictionary- berg to despatch messages describe the important services rendered in from the Commercial Press Ltd., on Interesting details regarding the ing the liberation of the first the solution of the Czech crisis by Saturday.

Defendant was sentenced to three the western| entry of the first German troops in sector of the Sudeten German re-the premiers of to the Sudeten German region, are gion, they found the post office powers, Daladier, and, above all, months hard labour and recom-

| Chamberlain, "who were there mended for banishment. reported by Trans-Ocean's special completely deserted. correspondent, Dr. Walter Bastian, Telephone wires had been cut so when people called for a man,'

Mr. Beirman, of the R. A. Stan- in a message from Passau.

that it was impossible to get a ant, "who realised the task of the connection with telephone ex-hour and were willing to throw the ley, has reported that at about 3 full weight of their authority into aim, yesterday, he lost a wrist watch changes in the Reich.

Beach. The journalists thus were com- the scales for the solution of the to the value of $20, at Repulse Bay pelled to motor some 60 or 70 kilo- task."-Trans-Ocean.

The correspondent left Regens burg early in the morning, driving at a mad pace over slippery roads and reaching the former German Czech frontier about one hour after passing through Passad,"

At Hauzenberg, long columns. of German troops could be seen murch- ing towards Ulrichberg, the German customs house on the former Ger- man-Czech frontier. The comman~ der of the German troops-ordered to occupy. Zone No. 1, General Rit- ter von Leeb; arrived at this point. Punctually at two o'clock, German troops crossed the frontier at the Czech customs house at Gloeckels- berg, which has a purely · German population.

General von Leeb reviewed the troops in front of the Gloeckelsberg customs house, while bands played the German National Anthems and the Egerland military march.

Practically all the inhabitants of the region who had not sought re fuge in the Reich had come, to the frontier to witness the

of the entry of the toric event

German

troops into the Liberated Sudenten- land.

WITHOUT INCIDENT They received the German troops with flowers and bouquets and burst into prolonged frantic cheers. Num- erous women as well as men were so overcome by emotion that wept when, the German

into aight. At the

pealing of bells of the church of Gloeckelsberg

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