The Archive · 1938

United Press

Arms Surrender Ordered

Prague, Sept. 14, AN inhabitants in Sudeten German areas have been ordered to surrender their arms to the authorities within 24 hours. Heavy penalties are pro: vided for infringement. of this order.

Oficial reports indicate consid able unrest in the Sudeten areas, but evidently nowhere has this assumed proportions, he following incidents are men tioned in an official communique:

Seventy armed Sudetens at Warmstadt surrounded the police station, but the arrival of troops restored order.

'A total of 2,000 Sudetens attacked the Post Omee at Benson, and cut the telephone lines. They were dispersed by. the police, who used A similarly large crowd of Sude-fens made a demonstration at Ram-burg. but they were quickly seatter-ed by the police.

An attempt at disorder in Schoninde was suppressed without bloodshed.

'A band of 2,000 Sudetens at Warmsdort tried to cross the frontier into Germany, but they were stopped, and riven back.—Reuter.

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