London, Sept. 19.
Germany intends to establish a customs and monetary union between the Reich and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from October 1, according to information reaching Czechoslovak circles in London.
The Czech crown will disappear as an instrument of international currency, and the Protectorate will have no economic autonomy.
All its trade agreements will be concluded by the German Government, and taxes and duties will correspond with those in the Reich. Germany also intends to acquire a tobacco monopoly in the Protectorate.
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an hour, (continued on page 2, cot. I s Narrow Escape When des a Few Feet Away pected for some time in Czechoslovakia, where it is believed that Germany is anxious to complete the economic subordination of the Protectorate, so that she can present the world wth a good case for its permanent retention when the war is Large Forces to Be Kept in Iceland Canada and Britain Agree On Country's Defence Ottawa, Sept. 19.
Canada and the United Kingdom have agreed that substantial forces must be maintained in*Iceland, the Minister of Defence, CoL J. L. Ralston, told a press conference today in answer to a question regarding reports that Iceland might be invaded before Britain.
Colonel Ralston refused further comment, but it is understood here that the defence of Iceland is one of the chief preoccupations of the joint Canadian-American Defence Board.—Reuter.
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