Evening star., 1938-08-12
BIG TROOP MOVES
. IN GERMANY STIR
NEW WAR FEARS
France Sends Urgent Call
for Data on Army
Preparations.
1900. 1000 RESERV|STS
REPORTED SUMMONED
Mobilization Is Doubted in Paris.
Bavarian Population Upset
by Military Steps.
Ry the Associated Press.

PARIS. Aug. 12.-France today in
structed her diplomats abroad to trans
nit Immediately to Paris all informa-
ton available concerning military
preparations now taking place in
Germany.
Foreign Office officials declared re-
ports of Nazi military measures Of
unusual size were being followed by
diplomatic circles with the greatest
attention"
An authorized source said informa-
tion in the foreign office's possession
showed important maneuvers will be
held in the Reich"
The statement was made in regard
to reports in French and British news
papers of huge German troop move
ments.
Oficial sources said 1T seems ex-
cessive" to call German troop move
ments mobilization" as reported in
some French and British newspapers
and declared the German troop fig
ures cited in the European press ap-
pear exaggerated.
! Newspapers of both London and
I Paris reported 1900. 900 reservists had
been called to the colors in Germany
for a period of instruction to supple
ment the standing army.
Some belief was expressed in for
eien office quarters that German mill
| tary preparations were designed to
aid diplomatic pressure on the Czecho-
slovak government as we'll as Britain
and France. for a rapid solution of
the Sudeten minority question along
lines demanded by Adolf Hitler, self
proclaimed protector" of all Ger
mans outside the Reich.
Britain's unofhcial mediator. Vis-
count Runciman, is now in Czecho-
slovakia studying the situation created
by Nazi-supported Sudeten demands
! for self-government
Only Pressure Believed Aim.
While admitting anything can hap
pen," foreign office and diplomatic
circles In the main were inclined
to believe Nazi preparations were
designed only for pressure and dis
carded the probability of open conflict.
At the same time disclosure was
made of Socialist demand. thus far
unsuccessful. for convocation of an
urgent session Of Parliament to deal
with the threatening international sit
| uation.
Publication OF a letter from Albert
Chichery. Radical Socialist leader in
the Chamber of Deputies. revealed
his party had declined to. back the
Socialist proposal made July u.
Chichery's letter declared Premier
Edouard Daladier could be counted on
to convoke Parliament when the coun-
try's interests made it necessary.
Two Parties Hold Control.
| Socialists with l55 Deputies and
Radical Socialists with ll2 together
control the Chamber, with additional
votes either from the Communists on
the left or parties on the right. With
out Radical Socialist support the So
cialists could not muster sufficient
signatures to force an extraordinary
session Of Parliament
Movements Upset Bavaria.
MUNICH. Germany, Aug. IL R.-
The Bavarian population was much
upset yesterday over military prepara-
tions along the border between Ger
many and Czechoslovakia.
Despite official assurances that MOTH
ing more than the usual autumn ma
neuvers was planned. the public was
worried. Automobiles. trucks. furni-
ture vans and even municipal busses
have been requisitioned by the army.
| Reich Restricts Miners.
METZ, France. Aug. IL H).-Ger-
man authorities today withdrew per-
mits for German miners to cross the
French German frontier daily to work
in French mines.
The order puts an end to daily con-
tact between French and German
workmen at a time when Germany is
pushing work on fortifications on her
side of the frontier.
The miners, several hundred in
number, had papers today authoriz-
ing them to cross the border for the