Dr, Benes Opens Pavilion Recent Fighting At New York Fair; Spirit Several districts on the Shanghal-Of Nation Unquenchable Hangchow Railway are being surrounded by Chinese troops who have New York, May 31. crossed the Chien Tang River in "The Czech people will never die," order to launch the counter-offensive Dr. Eduard Benes, former President and, as a result of fierce fighting of the Czechoslovak Republic and now during the past few days, the train lecturer at, the University of Chicago, service was once disrupted, according stated today when he inaugurated to Chinese reports from Kinghwa, Czech Pavilion at the World's wartime capital of Chekiang.
Two detachments under the com-Construction of the pavilion was mand of the Japanese garrison com-before Germany annexed mander in Kashing are stated to have Bohemia and Moravia, and was com-participated in the fighting and as a pleted with the aid of contributions result, it is claimed, half of his men from private individuals. have been killed or wounded. They. "In the great hall of the impressive have retreated into the district await-"structure is a beautiful statue of a ing reinforcements, untod deer, with a bird, symbolical Preparations are still being made "of the Czech people's spirit, flying by Chinese troops and guerillas along towards Liberty. the railway for launching the much-Xt was in these surroundings that heralded counter offensive. General Dr. Benes made his speech, recalling 'Tang Sen-chi, garrison commander of the United States' refusal to recognize Nanking before the fall of that city the annexation of Czechoslovakia, nearly two years ago, is said to have "This action conformed to inter-reached the railway zone giving national law, justice and-honesty and necessary" instructions from Chung-helped us to prove to the world that king. The commander of the Japan-the legal existence. of our nation ese forces on the eastern front has rested on a solid and healthy basis," called a military conference in Soo-he stated. chow, "A dictatorial regime may temporarily govern our country, but it Between Sunday and Tuesday the cannot kill the spirit of a people 45th Regiment of the Chinese army who, in 20 years, accomplished under crossed the Chien Tang River for the 'a regime of liberty and democracy purpose of ce-operating with other what many other European nations Chinese forces already landed on the were unable to do in a much longer north bank of the river in attacking period of time... several districts including Siashih, "We believe that liberty will be Kasan and Pinghu, all on or near the re-established in Europe for all Shanghai-Hangchow Railway. As a nations, may be sooner than is gên-result of more than two days' fighting erally expected," Dr. Benes con-these districts were surrounded by cluded.
Chinese troops, the report states. Troop movements along the railway Courageous People's Story by both sides are reported to be in progress, and the people are nervous.
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia also It is asserted that so far only small delivered an address on this occasion. groups of Chinese regulars and He stated, is pavilion is a living guerillas have clashed with the story of a courageous people, the Japanese forces and that, in the near Czech-people, who exist today just future, a big battle will be fought as they existed several weeks ago. along the railway in which more Chi-"This pavilion is dedicated to nese regulars will participate. These cause of Liberty and to a people who reports are confirmatory to' a former Will not surrender and who refuse report that Chinese troops have land-to give up their freedom," the Mayor ed near Chapu where the situation is stated. still obscure.
Colonel Vladimir Hurban, Czech Minister to the United States, then recalled the events of last September, which led to Germany's annexation of Bohemia and Moravia this
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