The Archive · 1938

German Version of Clash

A report issued by the German News Agency describes the alleged attack on two Sudeten deputies at Maehrischostrau by Czech mounted police with riding whips as "a monstrous scandal."

The deputies, according to the agency, had gone to investigate reports of the beating and ill-treating of 82 Sudeten Germans, who are alleged to have been dragged from their beds and imprisoned for possession of arms or weapons, The incident in question is reported to have occurred when the police charged a crowd clamouring for the release of a Sudeten arrested On a smuggling charge, 1t is alleged that two Sudeten s deputies were struck by mounted police although brandishing Legitima~ tion certificates, A radio station here lost night broadcast a report on several cases Of violation of Czech territory by German military aeroplanes. The swastika sign was clearly visible on five craft that flew over South Bohemia near Zelezna Ruda, the radio station claimed.—Havas.

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