An official communique issued at Prague today denies a report circulated by the German News Agency that Czech motorized troops entered Sudeten towns and fired on the inhabitants.
"Arms," the statement says, "will only be used to establish order where rebels make' armed attacks ort state buildings. This happened recently in the Tepla: district. where a sentinel who was shot at replied, killing three members of the Sudeten Ordinance Corps.
"The Government must maintain legal order in these regions. It cannot tolerate acts of violence and must enforce respect for the state's authority among those who make armed rebellion."
The German report in question alleged that armoured cars entered Konigsberg, Falkenau, Graslitz and Neudeck, "opening fire on the inhabitants" Czech troops, it added, were marching into Eger, "where the population has hastily removed Nazi decorations and flags."
The German News Agency also asserted that on the German side of the frontier, shell fire could be heard from the Sudeten town of Graslitz.
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