1938-10-12 — Page 53

THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1938.

CZECH-HUNGARIAN PARLEY DEADLOCK Negotiations End in Failure Owing to Budapest Demands

Troops Occupy

Border

Areas

PRAGUE, Oct. 11.

NEGOTIATIONS at Komorn have reached a

stalemate owing to the Czechs' refusal to surrender territory for 300 miles along the southern frontier.

It is reported that Hungary is insisting on the use of a 1910 ethnological map and Czecho-Slovakia wants use one made in 1930.

to

The Hungarians are also demanding the cession of territory from Bratislava to Uzhorod on the Ruthenia | border.

The acceptance of these demands would isolate Ruthenia, with the ex- ception of a bottle-week strip of

and only 38 miles wide.

Hngary has issued 3 statement charging the Czechs with dilatory facties, and while one Czech negotia- tor is said to have set out for Berlin Herr by plane, presumably to get Hitler's support, the delegations in- sist that the talks have not collapsed and that there is still hope of a com- promise.United Press.

NEW SLOVAK CABINET

Budapest, Oct. 11. The members of the new Slovak Cabinet assembled for the first time at 8p.m. to-day.

Govern-

has not yet been appointed, comprises a Czech, German, a Social Demo- crat, and a Jewish representative.--- Reuter.

SOVIET ENVOY PROTESTS

London, Oct. 11. The Soviet Ambassador in London,

position

Two Wireless Receivers Confiscated After Raid

30.-(1) No person shall, in any place in the Colony or on board any British ship registered in the Colony——

(a) establish, muintain, work or use a radiocommunica- tion station; or

(b) offer for nale, sell or have in his possession, whether with a view to sale or otherwise, any apparatus or material for radiocommunication,

oxcopt under and in accordance with a licence, sale permit or letter of exemption granted, under this Ordinance.

Reproduced from the Telecommunications' Ordinance, Fines up to $1.00 with or without imprisonment for twelve months are provided for

infringements of these regulations.

which the dominates,

in

TWO EXPENSIVE

RADIO RECEIVERS and a large quantity of radio apparatus were con- fiscated by order of Mr. H. R. Butters, Chief Magis- trate, this morning.

WAH.

WAHL.

The receivers and apparatus | were owned by Kwong Ying-pui, of 2, Stanley Street.

The suparatus was seized by the Wireless Department following raid on Kwong's premises,

visited the premises he was refused admission by defendant, and a war vant had to be taken out by the De- partment.

When on assistant Radio Inspector

路

During the subsequent search, led by Mr. A. E, E, Jeffries, Inspector of settlement of the Hungarian mineri-Wireless, the apparatus was discover- M. Maisky, called on Lord Halifax, Czecho-Slovakia to-day to make the British Foreign Minister. this symbolic occupation" of the towns ly problems in Czecho-Slovakia.

ed hidden in a cockloft. Professor Vinsitiart, the British morning to protest against the alleged of Ipelysag and the Czech section of

One of the receivers was in work- ethnological and geographical expert Ing order. statement by Lord Winterton that the town of Sateraljaulbely.

Included in the apparatus These areas have been ceded to has been called in, therefore, and he seized by the Department were 64 Russia did not offer to help Czecho-Hungary by the Czecho-Slovakiun is expected to arrive in Czecho-valves, and several condensers and Slovakin during the recent crisis,

the Conference delegates at and made "only very vague promises Komora as

at Slovakia by air to-night-Trans-transformers. ners. an earnest of their Ocean. owing to her military weakness,' readiness to hand over territory

Kwong was fined $150 when he ap- SETBACK TO SCHEME A statement issued by the Soviel

Hungarian population

peared at the Central Magistracy | Embassy describes the statement

this morning to answer charges un- Prague, Oct 11,

der the Telecommunications Ordin- a "perversion of the actual positi

According to semi-official reports The Polish and Hungarian scheme

Hungarian The Cabinet, it is reported, took of the Soviet, which was explicitly the

ance. The confiscated apparatus will troops

were to detach Ruthenia from Czecho-be retained by the Wireless Depart- stated by M. Litvinoff at Geneva on enthusiastically received cognisance of the Prague

the Slovakia and unite it with Hungary ment and added to the large number by ment's decision declaring the Slovak September 29, when he recapitulated populace at Sateraljauhely.

received a set-back to-day with the of receivers and other apparatus al- Government to be competent to the conversation between himself

With the occupation of the railway formation of on autonomous govern- ready seized. bardic all Slovak Affairs, and decid- and the French Charge d'Affaires in at this town the control of the line ment for that region.

The new which ed that members of the Slavak Gov- Moscow on September 2, in

Joining Czech:o-Slovakin with Government is on the model of the ernment should attend the sessions of the Soviet Minister declared that the Rumanin

posses into Hungarian new Slovak Government which was Soviet intended to full all her hands-Reuter. the Central Ministerial Council

formed inst week within the Czech Progue.

obligations under the Soviet-Crech.

France, OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED A special department was created Pact, and, together with

to Czecho- for Hungarian and German minori- would afford assistance

Budapest, Oct. 11. ties which will hold a regular weekly Slovakia.

The news of the crossing of the session.Trans-Decan,

The Soviet War Department was ready to start immediate staff talks order by Hungarian troops was with the French War Department in announced in the following terms: order to

In the Jubilee year of the coin- Prague papers tend to raise in-priate to the moment. Independent-moration of Hungary's King St. and in the Nineteenth year ly of

Stephen, ing the Czech question at the League Admiral Nicholas de Hurthy, Hun

M. Litvinoff suggested rais-i this

of the Government of the Regent, of Nations under Article Two of the Covenant, and to call an immediate frontier dictated by the Treaty

garinn troops have erossed the consultation between Great Powers Trianon--Trans-Occan, of Europe and other interested Powers

JEWS IN PRAGUE

Jewish refugees

Prague, Oct. 12.

in

creasingly frequently the question of and suggest that Czecho-Slovakia has done more than her fair share of helping the Jews

One paper points out that D8 per cent. of the lawyers and 40 per cent.

discuss measures appro-

of the doctors In Prague are Jews.to decide the terms of a collective

Reuter,

LORD MAYOR'S FUND

Prague, Oct. 12, The Lord Mayor of London has constituted a local committce to dis- tribute the Fund he is raising irt Britain for the relief of refugers in Czecho-Slovakin.

The Committee, which will br presided over by an Englishman who |

TO-MORROW

AT

THE

demarche.

The statement added that “It was

DELEGATES MEET

Komorn, Oct. 11.

of

not the fault of the Soviet if these The Hungarian and Checho-Slovn proposals, which were made near-ian delegations met here again this Conference, brought no response." assembled for a short time in the

State.

This development was announced at the conclusion of the negotiations which have been going on between Czecho-Slovakion Government the

and Ruthenian delegates.

It is hoped that the Hungurinn n plebiscite will now proposal for

be dropped-Reuter.

REFUGEES' APPEAL

Prague, Oct. 11, About 700 Austrian German refu- gees have handed an appeal to Sir Neil Malcolm, the High Commissioner for refugees of the League of Nations, asking him to aid the United States Legation in finding them an asylum in the United States or some other

ly four weeks before the Munich morning for three hours and later place «ppeal says that many of the

Reuter,

TROOPS CROSS CZECHI FRONT

Budapest, Oct. 11. Hungarian Troops marched into

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refugees would be sent to 'eoncentra- A proposal by the Czechotion camps and others are faced with Slovakian delegation to postpone the the prospect of execulion under meeting for a week in view of the German rude.

lack of necessary statistical data was Prague is faced with the problem opposed by the Hungarians who in-of finding homes for

about

00,000 sist un an immediate discussion and German refugees to whom the Hun-

When one thinks

Mr. Jeffries told

the Court this morning that defendant was carrying on a small radio business without n licence.

garian and Polish frontiers Are virtually closed. United Press.

LONDON FUND GROWS

London, Oct. 11. The Lord Mayor's Fund for Czech refugees is now nearly £30,000- Reuter,

BRITISH VOLUNTEERS

London, Oct. 11. The British Legion Volunteer

which is Police Force

awaiting orters to go to Czecho-Slovakia will leave the Olympia to-morrow and embark at Tilbury on the steamers Naldera and Dunera.

Nothing definite has been decided about the netual departure of

the

the ships and it is not likely that nal orders will be issued to the Legion until all the men have em- burked, To-day large parties of the men were engitted it taking the (Continued on Page 4.1

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