Berlin, Nov. 18, Morning and afternoon newspapers here today ignored reports from Prague of the rioting of Czech students and the execution of nine young Czech patriots for "attempting to break peace and order and attacking German nationals" United Press.
"Germanization" Ordered Zurich, Nov, 18, The German authorities in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia have been confidentially instructed to take all necessary measures to ensure complete "Germanization" of those regions, These authorities are taking advantage of the anti-Jewish laws to place German controllers in practically every Czech firm and in large armament plants such as the Skoda works, German employees are replacing the Czechs as much as possible.
Following the repatriation of Germans from abroad, German nationals are settling in what were exclusively Czech regions, while the officers of the army of occupation are invited to bring their families from the Reich.
The "Germanization" of the autonomous administration has been proceeding since the beginning of the European conflict, A great number of Czech schools have been closed under the pretext that the army needs buildings, while in the remaining educational institutions the Ger-mao language has been made compulsory.
'The German authorities are nevertheless meeting with remarkable Passive resistance from the Czech population. The boycott of German' shops and concerns is becoming more and more organized, while spontaneous pro-Czech demonstrations are more frequent.—Havas, Members of the crew of the British ship Africa Shell (3,984 tons) which was sunk by a German raider, today picked out a photograph of the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer as the warship which sank the vessel.
The Africa Shell was sunk on Thursday about 180 miles north-east of Lourenco Marques, inside Portuguese territorial waters, after provisions had been seized from the ship and the captain taken prisoner.—Reuter.
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