The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-25

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 Childish Measures
 '"These childish measures were probably meant to make an impress sion in Berlin. In reality they only caused smile of pity"
 But 1t was nothing to laugh about. the newspaper continued, when London and Paris newspapers talked proudly of British firmness prevent ing war. Only Germany's cool head edness had been responsible, the newspaper said, while France and Britain sought only to obtain Suc- cess for the prestige of the "so-called democratic world.
 Whether this was a deliberate maneuver, designed to exert pressure on Czechosloyakia and Britain, or whether 1t revealed an actual rising of temperature in Berlin remained to be seen. It was evident, however, that the time of anxiety had by no means passed and that the entire situation was at the mercy of ire sponsible outbreaks of violence.
 German Dead Made Martyrs
 The fact that Adolf Hitler sent wreaths in honor of two Sudeten German farmers, killed by Czech policemen, whose funerals were held today at Eger, and the presence It the funerals of the German military and air attaches to prague, was in- terpreted as sort of Nazi sponsor ship for the "martyrization" of the victims and made 1t evident that any outbreak between Czech soldiers or police and the almost exclusively German population of Eger, where the service were held, would have in-llreeriouss etacin shrdlucmfwypp serious repercussionS here.
 This morning the Nazi party news papers, Voelkischer Beobachter, featured a dispatch from prague al- leging that Czech soldiers, guarding bridge at Ellbogen, fired without warning on Sudeten German offi- cials as they returned from party meeting Monday night. Adding that the correspondent who telephoned the dispatch was cut off, the news paper commented: This is proof that the press reports are being tapped and censored"
 Press More Belligerent
 This afternoon, the press grew even more belligerent.
 The first afternoon newspaper to appear, the ZWoelfurhblatt devoted it's entire front page to developments in the Czechosloyakian situation.
 "Incomprehensible events on Reich's frontiers" military prepar- ations against whom? Prague calls for more reserves: Cannon on housetops and barricades in streets" were some headlines based on War say newspaper reports from Prague.
 In comment On the front page, such questions as these were directed to Premier Milan Hodza of Czecho- sloVakia: Why does Hodza act as if military hostilities had already begun? Perhaps his conscience does not permit him to sleep because guns have been placed on every houseto2 and trenches in every back yard? Is he unaware that such measures are in themselves provocations? Does ne not know from British sources that there are no troop movements in Germany Are Hodza's reasures meant to be a screen from behind which incidents may be staged more easily?"
 No Troop Movements
 As regards reports of new German troop movements, an extensive | canvass was made by telephone of well informed sources in the Munich area. The result was agreement that there were no signs at present of unusual military activities such as preceded the German march into Austria, and that there was no eyi- dencc of troop movements.
 Some informants said that there were entirely unconfirmed reports that various people, presumably re- servists, had been ordered to be ready to move quickly If they were wanted, but meantime to continue their normal activities.
 Foreign office circles maintained that Germany alone Of European nations remained calm. One com mentator who has sources close to the foreign office said that the Ger man attitude was the same: To await the outcome of negotiations on a minority statute and at the same time to insist on full protec- ton for Sudeten Germans.