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Balkan Pact

1.3 Sofia, Mar. 14.

The Bulgarian Premier, M. Kicascivanov, is leaving 10- morrow for Ankara at the Invitation of the Turkish Gov- ernment.

Bulgarian political circles bo- lieve that Turkey will make another altempt to scanre the admission of Bulgaria Into the Balkan pact by finding

formula which will meal ́the' Bulgarian territorial and other claima respecting Dobroujo, and an oulici lalo the Acacan BeaReuter."

Spain

Republican Soldiers Sent Home

Madrid Junta Secks Honourable Peace

Madrid Front, Mar. 14. The Madrid Defence Junta, has ordered demobilisation of the 1915 and 1910 classes as well as of alt persona called up during the last few

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 15, 1939.

THE OVERNIGHT NEWS PAGE CENTRAL EUROPE'S NEW

CRISIS: INDEPENDENCE

OF SLOVAKIA DECLARED

The Slovakian Council under M. Tiso has declared the complete independence of the state from the Prague Government. and has appealed to the Reich for ald. German soldiers. arg reported to be already crossing the border.

The Carpatho-Ukraine has made a simillar declaration and appeal and Hungarian troops are invading Czech territory.

The Prague cabinet is expected to resign.

Unofficial sources state that the Czech Government has. accepted the demands for Slovak autonomy and the dismissal of General Sirovy, Czech Defence Minister,

British Interest is said to be turning towards Poland and Hungary and their possible action If Germany allows, or ordera, further dismemberment of Czecho-Slovakia; while it is generally agreed in London that the Anglo-French guarantee regarding the post-Munich boundaries of Czecho-Slovakia does not arise at the present juncture..

24-Hour Ultimatum

Berlin, Mar. 14. A 24-hour ultimatum from Herr Hitler, threatening stern measures, has set the stage for the further dis- memberment of Czecho-Slovakia by

Hungary

Presents Ultimatum

Berlin, Mar, 14.

An ultimatum has been presented

Soldiers Killed

Singapore, Mar. 14;

Ons was killed and thres seriously injured in a shell explosion at Pulau Tekong. fortified land off Changi, dur- Ing Oring practice in connection with the mANDOUVIES.

The dead man

was Gunner James Matray, 20. He and the olliers belong to the 22nd Heavy Battery, Ninth Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery---United Press.

Palestino

POSTPONE PROBLEM FOR YEAR

American Zionists' Suggestion

London, Mar. 14. The Times confirms, that Monday's

to the Prague Government by Hun- gary in connection with the entry of Ilungarian troops into Compatho-Cabinet session formulated final pro- Ukraine on Tuesday, according to a

posals for the solution of the Pales- It reliable source in Budapest.

iine problem, but hints that the Gov- stated that the crossing of the fron- be withdrawn by any one depositor. tier by Hunzarian troops is motivat-

ernment probably will not make this -Reuter Bulletin..

word "final" in too strict a sense of led by "intolerable provocations of

the term. the Czech troops, and their attacks

Hungarian frontier guards."-Irom the English side

The situation now seems be that the present Trans-Ocean,

proposals are regarded as the "Anal discussion basis."

The New Cabinci

Pressburg, Mor. 14: The list of the now Slovak Govern-

weeks to serve in various auxiliary amputating Slovakia and Carpatho- ment which has been finally settled services.

means the toas or to slightly different to the previous Spaniards, the Madrid wireless nn-Ukraine. This nouncer stated, would now be able two-thirds of Czecho-Slovakia and report, reading as follows: Premier to face Spaniards with the object of

more than half the population sincer Tipo: Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dureansky: Tuke, Foreign Affairs, making peace.

the. Munich Agreement.

Home Affairs, Sidor; Chief of Pra- without ministerial rank, Informed elrcles state that formal pogandu

Army,

Finance, Announcement will

Callosc: be made this Mach;

:

National Spanish quarters point out that the Government of Spain is still demanding the unconditional morning before the extraordinary Pruschinsky; Justice, Fritz, capitulation of the Republicans as a preliminary to the termination

session of the Slovak Parliament at metres with 2,600,000 Inhabitants hos struggle between Czechs and Cor. immediately publish a "forced solu- hostilities. Trans-Occan.

Casada Seeking Peace

Madrid, Mar. 14.

of

Bratislava-United Press,

German Hate Campaign

Berlin, Mar., 14.

wern

A country of 40,000 square kilo-

thus become independent. Dr. Tiso will also be the future Slovak State President,

The date of the Slovak Presidential

Clashes With Hungary

Budapest, Mar. 14. Reports from Chust this morning be handed to the, Arabs on Wednes- The new document will probably Caranthochranca pureed in the day and to the Jews of the surat

between Czech soldiery and members of the Hun-then meet again separately for dis- day but later. Both delegations will garian minority.

In the Carpatho-Ukraine Czech

cussion of these proposals.

Should troops continued to arrive from tary for Colonies, Mr. Malcolm Mac→ no agreement be reached, the Secre- Eastern Slovakia all day yesterday.

According to reports,

a decisive Donald, will, according to The Time, Kon" in the form of a white paper. patho-Ukrainians is now in pre-

-Trans-Ocean. puration. In Carpatho-Ukrainlan circles it is stated more and more cinphatically that no outside domina-

being made continually by the Czech

A postponement of the settlement gendarmerie.

of the Palestine question by at least The concentration camp at Raho a year is proposed by representailves is so overcrowded that it had to be of the American Zionists as the re- enlarged in the last few days. sult of the British proposals for a

Inhuman treatment of the solution of the problem, prisoners is of common occurrence.stated in conference circles on Tues- so it whe Trans-Ocean.

Building up for to-day's climax, elections has not yet been fixed-lon would be tolerated. Arrests are

Y

General Casado stated to-day that the Loyalist Defence Council expecl- the afternoon papers carry such head-Trans-Ocean ed Franco to attack the elty at any nes "How

23 time and that the Loyalists

much longer?" "Europe's bonfire." "Rising disgust

TROOP MOVEMENTS prepared to fight, though preferring at wild terror," "Unbearable," an honorable peace.

Berlin, Mur. 14. One editorial says that the situa- Regarding discussion

A high Slowik source told the al pence tion In the German race group in United Press to-day that Germon said, "The Council knows Czecho-Slovakia terms,

is Kelling worse troops are expected to occupy Brien the people want their national sover-every hour. Responsibility before and Ieu in the course of the day. eignty to be respected, that there can

the forum of Europe and the world Ile Indicated that probably the same be no reprisals, and that once peace

are solely and alone the Is signed harmony must reign among Czecho-Slovakia has become Europe's care of Pilsen, Machrisch and Ostrau. Czechs procedure will be followed in the Spaniards. Since the people want bonfire through a stream of hate All these towns lie in the so-called this, and we want it too, we will against everything do all possible to achieve it.

United Press.

German.-mixed language belt and have large "That is my fundamental decision."

German authorities. -United Press.

Bruern is the centre of the Czeca armu Industry and the scores of cases of alleged violence in The tone of the German pruss the past three days. At Iglau, which One of the first detailed descrip-comments on events in Czecho-s predominantly German and sur- tions as to how the British steamers Stuvakin grows steadily sharper.

rounded by Czech districts, there is! Bellwyn and Stangate were stopped The situation in Slovakia has been hardly a whole window pane lu the by a Nationalist Spanish warship relegated relatively to background in, lawn. was given by the Bellwyn's captain, | news of the day by messages from

STORY OF BELLWYN

Santonini

Gibraltar. Mor. 14.

Berlin Press Allegations

Berlin, Mar. 14.

Swastika dags to

press.

broken

out,"

the

scene

of

returned

Hungarian Invasion

Budapest, Mar. 14. troops crossed the Czecli frontier and It is officially stated that Hungarion decupled the town of Ocrhegyalja during a clash with Czech troops, The Czechs opened fire on the Hun- garian border troops and the latter the fire and advanced across the frontler. Firing was still going on this moming.

The number of Czech prisoners and casualties has not been revealed. Derlegyalja is near Munkaceva or Munkarz In the Carpatho-Ukraine which became Hungarian territory after the Munich agreement.

Frontier Incidents

day.

American Zionists

London, Mar. 14.

The American Zionists base thel Proposal on the expectation that by tant time the international situation will have quietened down and the un- rest in Palestine will come to an end. The discontent of the Zionist repre- sentatives with the British proposals also finds expression in a report in the Dally Herald, which states thai If the rumours of the creation of an Independent Palestine stale to be set up after a certain transitioanl period should prove true, the American Zionists would open a great propa- ganda campaign against England. For this eventuality an extraordinary Zlonist World Congress had alread been convened to meet in Washing- ton next month in order to make and the United States, so as to pre- a direct appeal to the demperacies vent the defrauding" of the Jewish people.-Trans-Ocean,

Informed quarters claim that the . Percy Evans.

various parts of Czecho territory troops movements so far are very In an interview, Captain Evans which report attacks by Czech police small. At the same time they point United Press. said: "Reports were received that and elvillans on members of the out that the German border rings General Franco intended to fire and German minority group.

Bohemia and Moravia from the p sink all vessels in the vicinity of the "Gerinons are once more in dis-of Silesia to Vienna, and heavy

Budapest, Mar. 14. Spanish .co4it. Thereupon three tress,

A serious incident occurred on the announces four-column strength is not needed for such un Hungarlas-Carpatho-Ukraine border steamers decided to quit Valenela-heading the front-page of the operation as at present contemplated. the United States vessel Erica Lokal-Anzeiger to-day. "Czech mob

near Municacz this morning, It is expected

The Reed for Marseilles and the Bellwyn tears

there would be Hungarian version

the Accuses and Stangate for Gibraltar.

pieces," little opposition to the German Czechs of attacking the Hungarian "Brutal assaults in Iglau, Brno and troops. Bruenn lies directly across the frontler guard. "When 23 miles north-west of Cape Olmuetz." and "Cheers for Benes" route of march between Bacslau and

Spanish cruiser appear-are uther typical heading which np-Vinna and which the German armies lage of Poderhind,

The Hungarians occupied the vil-night and in view of the seriousness ed and flashed her searchlights on pear in the German the Stangate, signalling her to pro- P

two miles north of the situation, the plan to make would have token Inst September its

of Munkacz.

certain changes in the. Cabinet. have. -ceed to Palma The Stangate change "The--Czecha-old-hatred-for-the cut-off Bohemin and Moravia-from

ed course towards Palma. She had | Germans

been abandoned. The Slovakia. Some foreign quarters

differences no wireless board.

says the Lokal-Anzeiger which out-

heard an unconfirmed report last: A free-for-all Oght resulted be between various Ministers have re- The cruiser then flashed similar points that the Czechs have learned night that the Germans will follow tween the callway mea and newly

moved any possibility of the council Instructions to the Bellwyn. I ac-nothing

from past experiences.

same route und establish a conscripted Czech recruits, a number Proceeding tranquilly. knowledged the message,

but con- Germans have been arrested and in corridor between Bohemin, Moravia, of seriously and alightly injured men tinued on the course to Gibraltar, the most brutal manner maltreated, pletely isolating the Czechs and pre--Trans-Ocean.

Slovakia and Ruthenia, thus com- being left between the railway tracks, Seeing I had not complied, the knocked down

truncheons, cruiser began to circle around at full wounded, persecuted and insulted. venting the constant border incidents, speed and constantly flashed her The German national emblem,, the Slovakia, United Press.

between the two parts of Czecho- German Troops Expected searchlights. I ignored all this and Swastika. Ang has been torn down

Vienna, Mar, 14. Jastructed the wireless operator to The German minority was refused

German troops are expected to despatch on S.OS. stating, molested, protection of any kind and German

march into Czecho-Slovakia during ordered Palma by warship, immediate language papers were subjected to airplanes have been

the next few hours. assistance. The cruiser approached ruthless censorship."

Traffle in Vienna this morning was within 25 yards and through mega- The Voelklacher Beobachter ad- and near Vienna sinco dawn. pruetically at a standstill owing to phones shouted, we will fire and dresses extremely grave warning n

soldiers moving through the streets gink you if you don't obey. I again the Prague Government in view of

In full war kit and heading for the Ignored the threats, whereupon the new attacks on 350,000 people of the

Berlin, Mar. 14.

Slovak frontier. cruiser came so close to our bows German race who are still living in It is reported' from 'Vienna that

An official German spokesman, that we nearly collided, and at the the Czecho-Slovak republic.

German Army will probably asked by Reuter whether occupa- "In the same time she fired a shot. I con- Bruenn, tiqued,

which for many centuries move in along the Vienna-Breslau or invasion of Slovakin has begun, ignoring everything. belonged to the German peoples, and

line already ceded by Prague as a replied "not yet," but added it was signalled by morse to the Stangate, which still has more than 60,000 German express highway-United probable. Reuter, I am not submaliting but proceeding German inhabitants, a mob of alien Prest.

German Troops Marching -- Gibraltar. I have wirelessed assistance.' I would have

for people apparently believes that it

Prague, Mar. 14. had the can attackt with Impunity Germans Bollwyn sunk rather than surrender who profess loyalty

with

Aerial Activity

Vienna, Mar. 14. An unusual number of military flying over

United Press.

Army's Roule

Troop Movementa

Budapest, Mar. 14,

It is stated at Bralistava that Dr.

prevent, disorders, and voke these Germans in shameless contingents of Czech troops passed Vienna messages state that German Burgos, Mar. 14. nanner, insulting them, knocking through the city all day yesterday troops are already marching into

to the Spanish ship"-United Press. National Socialist Germany, and pro- in Slovakin state that considerable in order to

to symbols of Reports received here from Eperies Tiso telegraphed Herr Hitler for help

TO RECOVER TREASURES

No Cabinet Changes?

Prague, Mar. 14. The Czecho-Slovak council Ministera continued In session last

The National Spanish Government

them down and maltreating them and this morning in the direction of Slovakia.—Reuter. bas appointed a commission which watches these excesseF

till blood flows. The Czech Police the Carpatho-Ukrainian frontier. will leave Spain for France to-day plete passivity. This is a naturally came derailed near the city when with com One of the Czech troops tralos be- to recover all of the Spanish art intolerable situation for members of the wrong switch was pulled. works, jewels, gold and other money deposited in French banks by the the German nation twenty kilometres former Spanish officials.

from the frontiers of the Reich and The com- mission is headed by Senor Jonquim therefore for entire German nation." Riuz, who is in charge of the Na-Trans-Ocean.

Cabinet Meets

tional Spanish debts, and consists of Senor Cesar Arruche, Vice-Governor of the Bank of Spain and Senor Vic-

Prague, Mar. 14. for Artola as representative of the from Beriln by nir this morning. A Dr. Tiso arrived in Bratislava Spanish private banks. Another commission

Cabinet meeling which will

was held immedi- take over and return to Spain all lely on his arrival at which Dr. materini

Tiso and also M. Sidor and military equipment sent.

were pre- which

Dr. Tlso has communicated the Republican troops toos the result of the talks to Berlin. across the French frontier has already

The Cabinet meeting was followed arrived in France-Trans-Ocean.

by a private conference of lending members of the Slovak Diet.-Reu- ter.".

HAPSBURG PROPERTY

Vienna, Mar. 14.

Independence Declared

Prague, Mor. 14.

Shanghai

WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. TROOPS DEMANDED

of

Washington, Mar. 14, Japanese-American claalies in the International Seitlement of Slang- hat lays prompted Senators J. H. Lewis and R. R. Reynolds to demand withdrawal of all the United States troops from the Orient, terming their presence in the war zone" a threat to peace."

The Schulors sold that the United jare only U.S.$240,000,000. “In order States commercial stake is too small to protect this we have to maintain Slovakia has been declared an in- to warrant the presence of the troops, troops In Chim which might lead to A decree formally, confiscating all dependent State following mecting | Senator David I, Walsh, challenged, considerable embarrasement, troubic the Hapsburg property in favour of of the Slovac Cabinet. One of the their statement, assorting that with- and possible embroilmont," he add- the German State will be published first acts of the new Government drawal of troops would violate in- ed. on Tuesdny-Router.

Spelling Bee

rational agreements and leave the

was to send a telegram to Herr Hil-ternational

Senator Lewis said that the Stafé les notifying him of the fact and United States unprotected, "which and War Departments do not agree on * asking for his help.

tantamount to withdrawing police-the China policy. The War Depart The Arst news of the formation men from the streets of Washington, ment wants the troops to be with- of the new Government was male and expecting law, and order to con. | drawn. The State Department-in-

How many of these words are corktown to the outside world by the Unue as before. We have dennite sists that the troops be maintained to

-rect and what is wrong with the athers?

rajectory winablo windias

tranquil· stupilaetior) Deification

English Oxford Dictionary speil- ings of these words will be found on

Vienna broadcasting station.

obligations. In the Settlement," he protect. American nationals, family The new Government includes Dr. sold.

Senator William H: "King com- Tiso, Dr. Sidor and M. Durcunsky an

mented: "Tho Minister of Propaganda.

Senator Reynolds said: "The whole Marines tene mere presence of the to check the cruel and There was a rush on the banks at of Chipa is not worth spilling the ruthless prosecution of tho wer. Bratislava this morning and a de- blood of a single son of a United Further, we have American nationals cree had to be immediately issued States mother," "Hé, ødded that the and property in Ching, which, should that only 500, Slovak crowns could United States, investments; in China bo protected, United Press.

The fact that the Foreign Minister M. Chvalkovsky, had an audience with the President of the Republic, is regarded as a favourable sign.

M. Chvalkovsky Trans-Ocean learns from a well informed source, protested strongly against the action of the Government in dismissing the Slovak and Ukrainian Ministers. He is said to have declared that from the very beginning he advocated un- conditional

political co-operation with the German Reich. He also criticised Premier Beran for not having been better informed of the planned measures In Blovakia de- claring that more opportune Inter vention would have saved the situa tlon. Unted Press.

Historio Decision

Prague. Mar, 14.. The Slovak Parliament will meet at 4 pm. to "take a historic decl- sion, according to Premior Sidor in a radio message. He stated that the extraordinary session had been called Hs a result of "the demand" from M Josef Tizo, the ousted Premier, after Tiso had conferred with Kerr Hitler. M. Sidor sald "the decision will be of importance not only for Slovakia but for the whole of Central Europe."! -United Presa..

Momentous Meeting

Prague, Mar. 14. An extraordinary session of the Slovnic Diet at which it is thought the independence of Slovakia' will be (Continued on Page 5.)

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