iTo Be Elected Dr. Chvalkovsky Expected To Succeed Dr. Benes; Slovaks Given Autonomy Prague, Nov. 1! Parliament will elect the new Czech President on Thursday next, Jand Dr. Frantisek Chvalkovsky, presently Foreign Minister and formerly Minister to Rome, is expected to be voted into the office vacated early in October by Dr. Eduard Benes.
Meanwhile, progress is being made in drafting the law that is to accord autonomy to the Carpathic Ukraine (Ruthenia). The text of this measure has had to be modified before being presented to Parliament for ratification.
It is recalled that the Treaty of Saint Germain recognises the exist-of this lend as Subcarpathic sanctioned, A special paragraph of a law voted today, however. specifies that the autonomous Diet of the "State" may constitutionally change the name of the region to the Carpathic Ukraine instead of Subcarpathic Russia.
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