Troop Movements Towards Slovakia; Arrests in Prague Paris, Feb, 13.
There is considerable activity mong German military authorities in Prague, states} the correspondent of a semi-official French news agency in a dispatch from the German frontier, "There are new movements of troops in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia towards Slovakia," he declares, "Hospitals in these regions have been ordered to reserve 50,000 beds from March 1.
"Authorities 6f the Protectorate have ordered military authorities to organize defence against a possible rising on the part of the Czechs. There have been fresh arrests in Prague, especially among members of the former party of Dr. Edouard Benes, former President of Czechoslovakia," the French correspondent concludes,—Reuter, Lord Halifax Has Audience of King SPECIAL ro THE "kep"
London, Feb. 13.
Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, had an audience of the King at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening.
Reuter.
Vatican City, Feb. 12.
Vatican quarters issued a caietorical denial today of foreign pre: reports which alleged that Pope Pius XII was asked close on one week ago to appeal to the British Government for clemency is the case of Peter Barnes and James Richards, B.A, terrorists who have since been hanged, According to the same reports, the Pope refused to make the appeal, stating that in view of the verdict delivered by an impartial jury, he could do nothing but pray for the souls of the condemned men, all the more so since Christian patriotism cannot justify acts of violence.
No request for a papal was ey made, the Vatican quarters emphasized, and the Pope therefore could not have given We ropy falsely attributed to him.—Havas U.S. Census-Taking Begins on April 1
Washington, Feb, 1 The regular ten-yearly census laking in the United States will be started this year April 1, a proclama-Yon signed by both President Roosevelt and the State Secretary, Mr. Cordell Hull announced today.
It is the duty of every American more than eighteen years of age to answer all questions put to them by the census-takers, the proclamation emphasized. Persons refusing to comply with these laws are liable to punishment.—Havas.
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