Evening star., 1938-09-09
SUDETEN CROWD
SHOUTSFORNAz|S
Thousands Demonstrate at
Border ToWn-CzeChs
Hit Concessions.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
In Sndeten German area OF
Czechoslouakia are 100000 Social
Democrats who yant autonomy but
oppose union NTH Naxi Reich.
For the 3.500,000 Sudetens the
goal IS union ,Otth Germany. Har-
monizino minority factions is ain,
OF Sudetens, iDho see minor con-
cesstons as mere straWs In the
tDind of eventual anschluss,
By the Associated Press.
PRAHA, Sept. 9.-Several thousand
Sudeten Germans, shouting Nazi slo-
gans. demonstrated for an hour to-
day In front Of the police station at
Jaegerndorf, near Czechoslovakia' S
German and Polish borders.
The clamor added to the pressure
on the harried government from both
Sides
Premier Milan Hodza received q
Hood OF kilograms from Czechosloyaks
who oppose more concessions to the
autonomy demanding Sudeten Ger
man minority.
The demonstrators at Jaegerndorf
obtained permission to make a Sudeten
German party affair tomorrow Of the
funeral Of Alfred Knoll.
Knoll, q minor Sudeten German
functionary. was killed when he fell
from a railroad train while In GUS
tody OF a military guard. He had
been charged with espionage and
Sudeten Germans have demanded an
inquiry into his death, intimating he
was killed after a scuffle with the
officers.
Had Refused Permission.
Fearing violence. officials had re-
fused permission for the funeral to be
held under Sudeten German auspices.
A crowd quickly gathered at the
Jaegerndorf police headquarters when
this earlier refusal became known,
anerily shouting Hail victory" and
"One people! One state!"
Onicias were persuaded by a Sude-
ten German committee to grant q
permit for marching and music at the
funeral and the crowd dispersed.
Worried authorities. however, began
preparations TO prevent disorders
tomorrow.
In Prague Sudeten German deputies
Ernst Kundt and Alfred Rosche wore
mourning bands on their arms in
tribute to Knoll.
They visited Hodza to discuss with
him investigation of a clash between
Sudeten Germans and police at Mach
rlsch-Ostrau, in the same region as
Jaegerndorf, in which q Sudeten Ger
man deputy was struck. The incident
caused suspension Of the critical auton-
omy negotiations between the gov
ernment and the Germanic minority
Most Of the appeals repeated the
new Czech slogan: Not one millimeter
farther!" Many Of them were from
groups Of citizens and political organi-
zations.
The messages. a government spokes-
man said, indicated a stiffening Of
Czechoslovak opinion outside the re-
gions inhabited by the $500. 900 Sude-
ten Germans whom Adolf Hitler sup
ports in their demands for self govern
ment.
Champions State Integrity.
Accept no solution which endangers
the sovereignty. integrity or unity Of
the state or which in the slightest de-
gree diminishes the ability OF the re-
public to defend ITSELF" urged a reso-
luton adopted by the Executive Com
mittee OF the National Union, an in
tensely Nationalist party
The Communist party, the third
largest in Czechoslovakia, but without
any representation in the cabinet,
sponsored mass meeting in downtown
Praha tonight to protest against some
concessions held out to the Sudeten
Germans.
The newspaper A-Zet warned that
disorderly Sudeten demonstrations