Evening star., 1938-08-30
REICH MANEUVERS
NORTH SEA FLEET.
Routine Games Being Held.
Link to European Crisis
Denied.
By the Associated Press.

BERLIN, Aug. 30.-Germany's re-
built navy is holding maneuvers in the
North Sea, it was disclosed today while
preliminary army maneuvers continued
in various parts Of the country and
Chancellor Adolf Hitler inspected
Notifications along the French and
Swiss borders.
The maneuvers began last Friday
and may last until the middle of Sep
tember the navy ministry said. They
were described as routine" having no
connection with the Central European
crisis.
The number of units participating
In the exercises was not divulged.
CThe British feet has been or
dered to the North Sea for certain
technical exercises" beginning Sep
tember 6. the day after the Nazi
partys Nuremberg congress opens,
These. too, were described as rou-
tine maneuvers held three times
year,
Discharges Are Delayed.
Berlin families with sons in the
army have received letters informing
them that their sons who normally
would finish their two-year training
course October l will not be discharged
until the last days of October "and
maybe later"
The war office denied this rule was
general, but there can be no doubt
that notice to this effect has been
given in some sections of Germany's
conscript army
Foreign military experts believe Ger
many wants to keep the outgoing class
under arms until the new class starts
drill November l so as to have as
many soldiers as possible under arms
during the Czechoslovak crisis.
Nazis Watch Britain.
Meanwhile Nazi officials fixed their
attention on the emergency session of
British cabinet ministers, contending
Britain had organized dramatic
oullo-up to put blame on Germany
should the Czechoslovak- -Sudeten Ger
man minority negotiations break down
"A latent crisis is threatening to
become acute said the Diplomatic
Politsche Korrespondenz semi-oficial
organ OF the foreign Office, which COM
planned Czechoslovakia had done
nothing concrete to give to the Su-
deten Germans their rights.
The Czechs have been handing
out programs and assurances for the
past 20 years. but all they had in
common was to confirm them in the
power to lord it over other nationality
groups" the publication said
New Protest Lodged.
1t was announced that the German
charge d'affaires in Praha had lodged
a second protest against new and
unheard OF insults" to the German
imperial army in the daily newspaper
Morav-Skoslezski Denik
He was said to have demanded
immediate action against officials of
the paper to prevent continuation of
the slanderous poisoning hatred
against Germandom." A similar pro-
test was made Saturday.
The paper said German soldiers
upon conquering the French city Lille
oiiie .ilc "Ollu WAL aCLeQ not
like soldiers but like beasts" and gave
revolving details to support its asser-
ton.
Interest Intensified.
The presence in London of Sir
Neville Henderson. British Ambassador
to Berlin, to give a personal report
OF German feeling intensified interest
here in the British cabinet deliber-
atoms.
The authoritative neWspaper
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. however
deprecated the prospect of war with
the assertion that mo one wants a
conflict, and if plan No. ,of the
Czechoslovak government on minori-
ties, gives Germans their rights. no
English Minister will need to think
about such an eventuality.
Chancellor Hitler meanwhile con-
tinued his inspection Of Germany's
border Notifications. and was expected
to visit all such military zones from
Aachen, near the Belgian frontier.
south to near Basel, Switzerland.