Tokyo, Mar. 15.
The fresh upheaval in Czechoslovakia is given prominence by newspapers here this morning. The press agrees, however, that no serious sequel will follow the new flare up, but instead, questions whether the autonomy of Slovakia will be settled amicably between Berlin and Prague.
The newspapers also believe that the autonomy of Slovakia will give Germany another strong stepping stone in her eastern penetration, whose immediate objective—is Ukraine.
Ascribing the serial dismemberment of Czechoslovakia to the fact that it is founded with different races, cramped in a limited territory, the "Yomiuri Shimbun" predicts that a successful autonomy movement in Slovakia will certainly stimulate Ruthenia to follow suit
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