1938-10-21 — Page 39

21, 1988 THE HONGKONG ⠀⠀ TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER

NEW PROPOSALS BY CZECHO-SLOVAKIA Eat at

Col. Beck Returns Empty-Handed from Visit to King Carol Parisian Grill

Rumania Stays True To Ally

BUDAPEST, Oct. 20. "TRANS-OCEAN" LEARNS from reliable sources that new Czech proposals for solving the Czech- Hungarian Minorities dispute have now been drawn up, and already communicated to the Hungarian Government. Publication is expected at any moment.

It can be stated in good authority that the proposal the former constitutes a decided improvement on proposals. But from certain signs it would appear that

· even this improved proposals will fail to satisfy the Hungarian Government.

Bucharest, Oct, 20. It is firmly believed here that Colonel Beck, Polish Foreign- Minister, returned from Ru- mania empty-handed. Neither political circles nor the press are ablo to throw any light on the conversation hetween King Carol and Colonel Beck.

of

of

the

Hungarian

Party, which, with the anti-Nazi German elements, is blamed for the "terrorism preceding the surrender of Sudetenland."

The decree suppressés Communist newspapers in Bohemia, Moravia and Sucsia.

It is announced that reinforcements of police and storm troops have been sent in order to "oppose every such incident with force of arms to assure the safety of the districts."

Herr Hitler who is in the southern zone of Sudetenland has telegraphed

Walter Colonel-General

von

Brauchitsch to relinquish the army control to the civil authorities

Friday.

on

While Herr Hitler was speaking at Krumau, the Prague command re- ported that five Crechs, including the Mayor of Leitmeritz was shot at and killed in an unprovoked attack by German customs officers who fired at П Czech patrol occupying Nielechvice.

A Czech farmer was killed when

a German soldier fred at him as he

worked in the fields near Vazacka.

Herr Hiler told a cheering crowd that Germany had "reconquered" two 10.000,000 people and 38,000 square miles without drawing the sword."

Count Canky Foreign Office, In which all problems

Interest mutual

to the Lubienski k enfuraing to-United Press. countries were reviewed at length. Warsaw by air on Friday in order to report to President Muscick! person- ally on the outcome of his conversa-

M.

tions.

FIVE CZECHS KILLED

Berlin, Oct. 20. The German News Agency reports The Polish Minister in Belgrade, M. that five Crechs were shot dead by Dembleki, arrived in Budapest to day German customs officials and police and had lengthy conversations within an encounter at Lobisltz on the M. Lubienski, whereupon he left German side of the frontier deilmitat- ing the second zone of the occupation Budapest again late at night.

Prague. Oct. 20.

Considerable significance is attach- the ed to the announcement that Polish visit did no way change the

A luncheon was given by Count of Sudetenland.-Reuter Special, course of Rumanian foreign policy,

Csaky in honour of M. Lubiens! and DYNAMITE ON RAILWAY TRACK which is one of strict neutrality.

It is declared that there is no in-among thone present was the Polish tention on the part of the Rumanian Minister, M. Orlovki-Trans-Occant,

the to interfere in Government

HUNGARIANS TO DEMONSTRATE Czech-Hungarian dispute, or present to participate in negotiations for a

partitioning further

Czecho- of Slovakia,

According to reports Colonel Beck offered Rumania certain small parts of Slovakia in return for Rumanian Rimonrt for

Budapest, Oct. 20, 11 1s expected that upwards of 100,000 people will particinate In

of gratliude to demonstration Poland" which will take place this in order to celebrate the the Polish-Hungarian Hungary, which, as Hungarian newn-

Poland between

and plan to annex a considerable part of

unanimously declare, has Slovakia rexerdless of ethnical con-papers

been cemented by their joint efforts siderations.--Trans-Ocean.

to re-establish a common frontier.- Trans-Ocean,

IN CONCLAVE

Budapest, Oct. 20.

Political circles have focussed their interest during the last few dovs on the viet to the Hungarian capital of

CZECHS KILLED IN SUDETENLAND

Prague, Oct. 20.

Army reports from Slovak have revealed that the military authorities removed 17 sticks of dynamite from the callway track between Uzhorod and Velkekspusany, said to be the work of Hungarian terrorists,

It is also reported that an Hungarion captive balloon dropped pamphlets "appealing to the people to revolt United Press.

gainst the Slovak Government.

REDS SUPPRESSED

Progue, Oct. 20. The Communist Party in Czecho- Slovakia is now dead. This import- junt development in smoothing the between path towards co-operation

of

Mobile police with storm troops as Germany and Czecho-Slovakia, re- the Pollsh Government's representa-reinforcements were sent to Sudeten-sults in the formal dissolution tive, M. Lubienski.

land after Czecho-Slovakians had the party to-night In Bohemia and with Silesia, following its carlier prohibi- been killed to-day in clashes

tion in Slovakia and Ruthenia.

well- German customs officers.

which The party, organised, is credited with the pos-

It was reliably learnt to-day that the Polish statesman had a series of discussions with Premier Imredv. Foreign Minister von Kanyo, and

Simultaneously a decree was issued at Prague outlawing the Communist

Exhibition of Photographs

Was

Ming Emperor's Descendant Is Sent To Gaol

Pelping, Oct. 21.

A descendant of the first Ming Emperor, Chu Tu-chi, arred 26, has been arrested in Pelping for stealing a purse from a girl student.

Chu Ta-chl, who is a heroin addict, claims to be descended from Ming Thi-hsu.--

Chu, it is said, squandered his inheritance, and became a He has been sentenced to begrar.

one year in prison.-United Preto.

CABINET RE-SHUFFLE FOR FRANCE?

Paris, Oct. 20.

M. Leon Blum spent an hour in conference with M. Daladler to-day. It is believed that the conference arose out of M. Daladier's intention to seek a broader-base Government. The question of dissolving Parlis- ment,

now receding speculation, is

the background.-- Into slowly much sound which there has been

Reuter. session of large funds, and is repre- Aented in Parliament by 32 Deputies. All the Communist newspapers, ot which four are published in Prague and at least 20 in the provinces, are now to be suppressed. Reuter,

L

TURKEY AWAITS DICTATOR'S END

Istanbul, Oct. 20.

The President of the Turkish grand Assembly, Mustafa Abdul Halik Rendo, and all members of the Government who up to the present had remained at Ankara, arrived here to-day.

The Council of Ministers will discuss the situation created by the serious illness of President Kemal Ataturk.

A bulletin issued this morning stated that there was an improvement in the President's condition.

The bulletin added: "The Pre- weil. sident passed the night very The nervous symptoms have disap- peared almost entirely.

His general condition is better. The pulse is 102, breath 20, tempera- ture 38.8 centigrade."-Trans-Occan.

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to- Army rule will morrow in Sudetenland, which hence-

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of Sudcienland.-- tour Reuter.

EIGHT YEAR PLAN

Berlin, Oct. 20. It is reported that Germany's of economic drive for domination Eastern Europe may result in an ex- tension of the Four Year Plan to eight years.-United Press. LITHUANIAN ENVOYS RECALLED

Memel, Oct. 20.

T

The Lithuanian Ministers in other been recalled home for conterence capitals of European countries have with the Government to-day- Reuter.

LORD MAYOR'S FUND

London, Oct, 20. The Lord Mayor's Fund for Czech refugees has now reached £170,000. Sir Ronald Macleay has accepted the Lord Mayor's invitation to go to Prague as chairman of the committee appointed to administer the fund. under the presidency of the British Minister to Prague. Reuter Special.

COLONIES' ANXIETY

Calcutta, Oct. 20. "You cannot have one law for Sudetenland and another for Tan- ganyika," declared Sub-Jaschandre Bosc, President of the Indian Na- tional Congress in an interview with Reuter, with regard to the anxiety of Indians in Tanganyika on the ques- tion of the transfer to Germany of this Colony.

He said that surely people in Tan- ganyika should have self-determina- tion in the matter. They were not cattle to be bought and sold at the sweet will of the big Powers. -Reuter,

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