Berlin, Nov. 18.
Three more Czechs, two of whom were police officers, were shot by Germans today, according to a Prague dispatch to the official German news agency. The dispatch added that the men were killed because of attacks on German citizens.
Martial law was proclaimed in Prague and certain other towns in the Protectorate, including Kladno, Beraun and Horochowiiz, according to the official German news agency.
The measure does not apply to Germans.
An appeal to Czechs to avoid disturbances was broadcast today by President Emil Hacha, according to a Prague dispatch to the German news agency, The dispatch says President Hacha declared that "irresponsible people" have been misled into "highly regrettable" actions "under the influence of enemy propaganda and the incitement of emigres." President Hacha is quoted as saying: "The Czech realm has been spared the horrors of war, The lesson with regard to its devastating consequences can be drawn from the Polish defeat"
Reuter,
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