Evening star., 1938-11-19
Cze(hs' Assembly
Votes Autonomy
For Two Provinces
Corpotho- Ukraine and
SIovukio Granted
SeIf-RuIe
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Part of Czechoslopdk crisis OF
September, tDtich sdW Germany
and Poland lop of large Czech
territories. Uds demand of Slo-
pdkia and Ruthenid for auton-
omy within the republic. When
disintegration of Czechoslouakia
became fact autonomy ,Dds
promised those ttDo areas.
By the Associated Press.
PRAGUE, Nov. 19.-The lower
house Of Parliament passed by over
whelming majorities today auton-
omy laws for Slovakia and Car
patho- Ukraine as Czechoslovakia be-
gan reshuffling her constitution In q
search for compromise between die
tatorship and democracy.
When the two autonomy laws are
approved by the Senate, Czechoslo-
vakia, shorn of nearly one-third Of
her territory by cessions to Ger
many, Poland and Hungary, will be
a federated state consisting Of three
parts: Bohemia MoraNa, Slovaha
and Carpatho- Ukraine.
Formerly Ruthenia.
Carpatho-U Ukraine is the renamed
easternmost province Of Ruthenia.
Bohemia -Moravia are the western
most provinces, inhabited chiefly by
CZechs.
The vote for Slovak autonomy
was 142 to 81 and for Carpatho-
Ukraine autonomy lat to %, with
the negative votes largely Com
munist.
Both laws, when approved by the
Senate, will be incorporated in
Czechoslovakia's new constitution.
which will be drafted and promul-
gated by the new President and new
cabinet after the presidential elec-
tions expected next week.
Differences concerning the presi-
Dental candidate were reported to
have been eliminated and decisions
concerning the new constitution
reached at an all-night session Of
party leaders.
One Nominee Expected.
Frantisek Chvalkovsky, the foreign
minister, it was said, would be the
only nominee for President of the
second republic" at the elections.
He has served as representative of
his country in Germany, Italy and
the United States.
Under the new constitution Par
lament will not be dissolved but 1t
will have little occasion for meeting,
since it is planned to pass an "en-
abling act" next week which will
give extraordinary powers to the
President and cabinet.
Terrorists Active.
Meanwhile, the oficial news
agency said terrosist bands from
Hungary and Poland had caused
six deaths on the borders Of Car
patho- Ukraine.
Four persons were killed at the
village of Rakosin by Hungarian
band, the report said, and 40 Polish
terrorists attempted to storm the
post Office at Sinewerska Poljana.
A boy and girl were killed at Torun.
Authorities insisted, however, there
was no general disorder.
The former minister of justice of
Ruthenia, Stephen Fencik, a pro-
Hungarian. made an appeal in
Budapest for armed HUNGARIAN in
tervention.
Hungarian observers pictured the
situation In Carpatho-Ukr as
beyond the control of Czech authori-
ties as 4 result Of the secession
movement.
A common frontier with Poland
was refused Hungary by Germany
and Italy, who acted as arbitrators
of her claims upon Czechoslovakia
at the conference Of Vienna Novem-
Der 2.
Od1cials said no information had
reached Prague that 80 gendarmes
had been killed in Carpatho- Ukraine
battling rebels" They scof1ed at
such reports and said they were In
tended to prevent that territory from
being incorporated as an autonomous
part Of Czechoslovakia.