No official decision has yet been taken regarding what sort of protectorate will be exercised by Germany over Slovakia, and it is expected that a further meeting' be-{ween Herr Hitler and the Slovak Premier, Dr. Josef Tiso, will be held shortly in this connection.
Political quarters forecast that Germany's protectorate over Slovakia will' be" different from her protectorate over the Czech provinces of Moravia and Bohemia in that Slovakia, will enjoy a greater degree of Customs union will be instituted but the Slovaks would probably have, their own army and diplomatic representation abroad, although naturally under Germany's control, These circles add that the Reich does not want to frighten the various nationalities gravitating within the orbit of Germany's "vital space" and hopes one day to achieve its dream of recuperating all the states which formed the ancient Roman-Germanic Holy Empire—Havas,
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