Evening star., 1938-12-26
Nazis and Enemies
Map Plan for Hold
On Czecho-S|ovakia
Officials Fear Violence
Moy Result From
Illegal Activity
BY ROY PORTER,
A. p. Foreign Correspondent,

PRAGUE, Czect1o- -Slovakia.
posing groups of German political
agents-one seeking 70 extend Nazi
influence in Czecho-Slovakia and
the other fighting to block the
movement-are engaged in a cam
paign of intrigue and espionage
which Czech authorities fear may
flare into violence.
The activities of both sides are
illegal in the reduced second Czech
republic. However, they each have
support in the government. The
Nazi promoters obtain theirs pri-
marily from German sympathizers
in Foreign Minister Frantisek
Chvalkovsky's Office, while the anti
Nazis are strongly, but unofficially,
supported by the authoritarian gen.
eral staff
Agents in both groups move free
ly, discuss their activities without
restraint and make no secret of
the purpose they hope to accom-
plish.
The NaZis say they believe the
Munich accord was not meant to
establish definite lines of demarca-
tlon for the new Czech frontiers.
They assert that occupation of the
Sudeten regions by German troops
was merely the first step in series
OF developments which will lead to
complete domination of the republic
by the Third Reich.
Hope to Regain Lands.
Their opponents declare they hope
and admit somewhat vainly-that
they can rally sufficient Czech spirit
to halt the spread of National
Socialistic influence and even. at
some distant future time, bring back
to Czecho-S -Slovakia the rich Bo-
hemian lands which she lost.
One, Nazi agent said frankly: I
am working with and for the Ger
man gestapo."
An anti-Nazi opponent of his
said equally as frankly: Il deserted
from the German Army because +
cannot support the men who sur
round the Fuehrer. Now with nv
friends, I am working to prevent
the collapse of Czecho-slovakia un-
der the Nazi party attacks
Impartial observers. subjected to
a barrage of propaganda both for
and against the extension of Ger
man influence, have come to the
belief that the Nazi agents will be
successful because of one factor:
Organization.
Since the establishment of the
Sudeten party movement which led
TO the Anschluss, careful, painstak-
| ing, deliberate organization has been
going on throughout Czecho-S -Slo-
vakia. At least one phase has
reached its height in the formation,
in the Praha district, of brigade
of secret Storm Troopers (the equiv
alent to the German S. S. political
troops.
These political campaigners, with
their German leaders, have estab-
lished headquarters in a small vii
lage just north of Prague. Their
members include Czechs, Slovaks,
Germans, and men of mixed races
with the sole exception that Jews
are strictly excluded.
On call from party leaders sent
into Czecho-Slovakia from Ger
many, they meet in a central hall.
Most of the sessions begin early in
the morning-around S am.-and
last for two or three hours until the
members must relinquish tempor-
arlly their party duties to take up
their regular business duties.
The members enter the building
for their meeting wearing their
ordinary civilian clothing. In a
small room, they change to the black
S. S. uniform with vivid red sWas-
tika armbands.
Before sWastika banner and un-
der the direction of paid party
agents, they make their reports,
discuss future policies and plan the
dissemination of Nazi propaganda
in the capital district.
One night they were careless
enough to leave one of the blinds
up on back window. An anti-Nazi
agent, who had been attempting for
weeks to gain information on their
meetings, watched the entire pro-
cedure from nearby tree.
But even the volunteer Storm