The Archive · 1938

Free Corps Rush to Border

Seidenberg, Sept. 21.

Thousands of armed Sudeten Free Corps troops rushed to the border today following a German announcement that Czech troops, tanks and artillery were preparing to attack.

"The consequences of such an attack would be incalculable," the German report said. "All measures have been taken to repel a large-scale attack."

The semi-official Deutches Nach-richter Buero said 1,000 Czech reinforcements were entrenching near Obsersdorf, 500 yards from the frontier.

Seidenberg was deserted except for armed patrols of Germans and Sudetens guarding the German border town.

Emphasizing yesterday's clash "at Seidenberg, the press today said in banner headlines: "Czechs attack. Brutal Breach of Peace. Frontier Czech Parliament Must Ratify Acceptance Prague, Sept. 21.

The Cabinet of Czechoslovakia tonight officially announced that it had accepted the Anglo-French proposals.

The Czechoslovakian Cabinet today agreed to accept the Anglo-French "cession" plan subject to approval by a coalition committee representing the Government and Parliament, according to a semiofficial announcement released here.

The coalition group's decision is expected to be in the affirmative but it was indicated that it might be necessary to ask Parliament to assemble immediately for an extraordinary session to affirm the Cabinet's decision in accordance with the constitution of the republic.

—United Press. aflame."—United Press.

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