The Archive · 1938

Bavarians Perturbed While Berlin and the Rhineland

main calm, great military activity' is noticeable "in the region of Munich, perturbing the Bavarians, whose sole epic of conversation is the question Columns: of troop-laden lorries are continually on the move through the ety tin the direction of Salzburg and inz Several cavalry detachments left Munich in a southerly direction on Monday night.

An "army officer admitted that roads are being built with res speed, leading to the Czech Frontier."

From Prague, it is reported that a Ininety-minute meeting of the Supreme Defence Council yesterday decided that the situation did not call Hfor any special measures—Reuter.

Villages Razed In, Austria Vienna, Aug. 16, Thirty villages north of Vienna, in the Austro-Czech frontier region, fave been razed to make place for the erection of fortification works. [The inhabitants of these little townships were transported to Burgenland, since their homes had to be destroyed State orders, and have been given homes in a certain section of Count Esterhazy's huge estate. They are now living on special lots of ground.

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