Trouble-makers Prague, July 17.
The mystery of the German reports regarding Czech mobilization and troop movements along the Sile-siam frontier is said to have been traced to elements chiefly clerical ud communist, who are reported to be anxious to create an unfavourable atmosphere for the coming negotiations between Sudeten Germans and ihe Czech Government.
It is emphasized here that mobilization orders have certainly not been given, as such a fact could not be kept a secret if true.
It is pointed out also that reports that Sudeten Germans intended to call a strike have been disproved, while the alleged mysterious movement of Sudetens across the frontier, presumably for the purpose of miliary training and receiving arms, is actually the ordinary seasonal movement of farm workers across the frontier for the purpose of participating in harvests.
An official communique, denying reports of mobilization on the Silesian or any other frontier, says that "no abnormal troop movements have taken place today or any other day en the Silesian or any other border and none is contemplated."—Reuter.
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