The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-13
GERMANS WILL
PUT MILLION
MEN in FIELD
Unusual War Game Ma
neuyer Factor in Nego-
tiations With Czechs
FRENCH AND ITALIANS
AT GREATER ODDS
BY UNITED PRESS


class psychological war fever to-
day which involved disturbing de
yelopments in CZechoSlovakian
minority crisis, the Spanish civil
war and frontier conflict between
Russia and Japan.
Germany, demanding that
CZechOSloyakia come into the Nazl
orbit is putting one million men
under arms for military maneuv-
ers, co-incident with negotiations
at Prague on the minority quar-
rel.
Great Britain sought to post
pOne q showdown but left no
doubt she expects great Czech
concessions to Germany
France. principal ally Of the
CZechS, was caught in the maze
of this structure of crisis. But
even more troublesome TO Paris
is the Spanish civil war interven-
ton by Italy.
In the far east the shooting of
two Japanese by Russian secret
police on Saghalien island, spread
danger of renewed frontier con-
flict.
Ism Shanghai anger of United
States, British and French ma
rines was aroused by u new clash
with Japanese army operatives, a
dozen OF whom were arrested in
the international settlement,
charged with threatening Chinese
patriotic demonstrators.
MasSing of 100000 or more
German troops for admittedly
unusual summer maneuverS
spread anxious speculation across
Europe that Fuehrer Adolf Hitler
may be preparing to bring pres
sure on CZechoslovakia where the
German minority crisis is boiling
TO climax.
German officials in Berlin, re
plying calmly to alarm in other
capitals and widespread rumorS
that another Hitler surprise"
was at hand, said il was fantastic"
TO believe that the Reich's military
maneuyerS were in any way con
nected with the CZechoSloyak sit
nation.
Observers in Berlin felt, how
ever. that the psychological effect
of thousands of troops on war
like footing upon the CZechO-
Sloyak government must be con-
sidered
The maSSed troops. Including
both regulars and reserves who
will take the field Monday for
war games lasting until August
81, are looked upon by diplomats
as an ominous bargaining point
in Germany's demand for sat
isfactory settlement" of the au-
tonomy demands raised bv the
CZechoslOyak German minority of
100000.
Speculation persisted that Hit
Ter might be preparing for the
eventuality of grave crisis in
the Sudeten problem, although it
was stressed that this was merely
q theory.
The tension spread quickly to
France, where fears had been
aroused by Germany's construc-
ton of Notifications along a llS-
mile stretch of the Rhineland
border by 100000 men working
night and day.
Premier Edouard Daladier is
sued a decree, effective at noon
today, fOrbidding any French citi-
zen from visiting Italy without a
special visa issued by French
consulS or projects.
The decree, further complicat-
ing ItalO-French relations strain
ed by repeated differences aris-
ing from the Spanish civil war,
was admitted to be a retaliatOry
measure decided upon as a result
of Italy's recent action along the
same line.
The Italian tourist restriction
was described by the French for
eign office as a measure inter-
fering in the worst fashion with
relations between the two cOun-
tries"