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SLOVAKS

AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST

BUTTER

PROCLAIM

NEW GOVERNMENT

Dr. Tiso Appointed First Prime Minister

HUNGARY AGREES TO

WAIT TWO DAYS

PRAGUE, TO-DAY.

THE HUNGARIAN GOVERN-

But Ready To Maintain Link With Prague

Pressburg, To-day.

ITALIAN CONCESSIONS TO JEWS

Rome, To-day.

MENT HAS NOTIFIED THE The first Slovak Government with Dr. Tiso as Pre-announcing decisions taken on

mier was proclaimed yesterday.

CZECH GOVERNMENT THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS IN PRAGUE THAT IN VIEW OF

THE PRESENT DIFFICULTIES In a manifesto, the new Government announced

IT IS PREPARED TO DEFER THE OPENING OF THE NEGO- TIATIONS FOR ANOTHER TWO DAYS, NAMELY UNTIL 'NOON OF OCTOBER 8.

In the course of a communique

the Jewish question, the Fascist Grand Council early this morning states that it does not exclude

the possibility of conceding con- trolled immigration of European

that it opposes any change in the Slovak fron- tiers without consulting the authorised repre-Abyssinia.

Jews into some → zones in

sentatives of the Slovak nation,

The Council, announces decree prohibiting marriages be

a

The Hungarian Government in-It demands furthermore an international system tween Italiana and Jews and

of protection for the minority groups in other other non-Aryans. nations and the immediate demobilisation of the Czech army."

timates, however, that it does not intend to modify any of the de- mands put forward in its note of October 3.

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the entry of foreign Jews to Italy It confirms the laws forbidding

and expelling foreign Jews within six months, but makes, concessions

In view of the progressive deter- ioration of the situation in those The Government was officially of the business affairs of the in the case of foreign Jews over 65. parts of Czechoslovakia - with a installed following a festive pro- | Party. Trans-Ocean..' large Hungarian majority, the cession which began at 5 o'clock Czech Government is asked again to reach a settlement of the pro- blem without any further delay. Trans-Ocean.

LORD RUNCIMAN

in the afternoon.

EXPECTED IN PRAGUE TO-DAY

Prague, To-day.

Italian Jews will not be subject to discrimination if they are mem- bers of families of those who have fallen or volunteered in any of the The autonomy demanded in the

four wars fought by Italy in this dual State by the Slovaks is

century Libya, the World War, somewhat after the pattern of The new Slovak Premier, M. Tiso, Abyssinia and Spain or are Austria and Hungary in the old is expected to arrive here on Fri-members of families who have died Empire. The Central Govern- day, when all members of the Slovak or were injured in the Fascist ment would remain with a single National Cabinet will, according to cause, or have rendered the State

(Continued m· Page 24) exceptional services.-Reuter.

FOR ADMIRALTY? head of the State and foreign

London, To-day.

policy and the financial system would be centrally controlled:

The National Parliament would The "Evening Standard" claims be vested with authority to de- to know that Lord Runciman has cide only these points. Regard- been offered the post of First Lord ing the military force, the of the Admiralty in succession to Slovaks demand that Slovakia Mr. Duff Cooper. Lord Runciman is should have Slovak troops with 67 years of age.

Slovak officers and Slovak lan- guage for the commands,

After the War he joined the Coall- tion Cabinet under Lord Baldwin, and latterly has been much in the news in connection with his mis- sion to Czechoslovakia. Ocean.

RECRUITMENT FOR ARMY

Trans-

London, To-day. Rapid progress is made in re cruiting for the British Army, it is revealed, and the total for the past six months is 62% higher than for the same period last year.

Whereas only 12,324 enlisted last year, total for the same period in 1988 18 19,986. The Increase tributed principally to sive publicity cambi fact that the requireme motion -havà

IN PRAGUE CABINET

Dr. Tiso has been appointed as Minister for the Administration of Slovakia by the Council of Ministers in Prague. He was also requested to recommend fur- ther Slovak Ministers who would exercise the administrative rights in Czecho-Slovakia -until a final solution has been decided upon.

The first Sloval Fremier Dr. Tiso, is a member of the Slovak People's Party and like the late leader of the Party, Father Hlin- ka, belongs to the Clergy.

He is one of the co-founders of the Party and is Deputy In the Prague Government. He gene erally

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