The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-16
Czech Soldiers Fill
Sudeten Area Streets
Blood on Sidewalks, Bullet Holes in Buildings Attest
to observation-disclosures Continue Their
Flight Into Germany

Of enforced calm, although Sude-
tens were more or less in control
Of police at Asch, as usual, and q
statement was broadcast from
there, attributed to Sudeten lead
ers, which said that terror Is rag
Ing throughout 'Sudentenland and
every Sudeten must defend to the
utmost his life and those of his
comrades
Flow Of Refugees
There was steady flow OF
refugees In both directions from the
Sudeten area, one-half of which was
under martial law. The official
German news agency, D. N. B., esti-
mated that $4,000 Sudeten refugees
had crossed into Germany Other
thousands Of Czechs, Socialists, Jews
had fled to the interior Of Czecho-
slovakia, fearing for their lives In
the event the German army invad-
ed the country to rescue" the Su-
detens.
Conditions at Haberspirk were
worse than elsewhere momentarily,
but they might be duplicated any
where along the frontier at any
time.
Armored cars stood In the streets
Two hundred soldiers reinforced the
gendarmes. A Czech officer. dis
putting Sudeten reports that rs had
been killed here Wednesday, said
that the battle between Czech police
and Sudeten party storm troopers
had lasted only a few hours and
ended with the Sudeten ringleaders
fleeing 10 the neighboring woods,
where they hid In an old mine shaft.
A Czech border patrolman report
ed that the rebels had fired three
shots at him from the mine shaft
yesterday.
Few People In Streets :.
There were few persons In the
streets except soldiers and police
men. who were systematically
searching houses. Many suspects
were still being brought In today
for questioning.
A typical prisoner was Sudeten
German In whose home police had
found q Czech army rifle, probably
taken from q gendarmerie post. Po-
lice said no one had been officially
charged with the riot, since the
leaders had escaped.
1t was estimated that 1000 Su-
detens had Joined In the outbreak,
which developed into an attack on
building, pock-marked by buluet-
police headquarters. Inside this
building, pock-marked by bullets
was the straneest assortment OF
arms have ever seen. The weap-
ons included shotguns, sporting
rifles, revolvers, World War bay
onets, ADDE'S, clubs, table legs,
lengths of telephone cable cut into
convenient lengths as truncheons,
even an old flintlock pistol-some
almost primitive weapons remiri-
scent OF the pitch forks carried by
French revolutionists In their as
sault on the Bastille. All had been
confiscated
Refugees Make Charges
Bad-Ester, German Czechoslova-
kia Frontier, Sept. l6.-(UP)--Sude-
ten German refugees, arriving at
this German frontier town today,
charged that Czech authorities had
issued orders 10 shoot at sight all
members Of the sudeten party storm
troop organization and certain party
offlcials.
Refugees asserted that the shoot
at sight order was issued last night
and that the Sudeten officials af.
fected took refuge In flight.
Several hundred refugees were
gathered In knots In the streets OF
Bad Elster today after fleeing
through the woods, over unknown
paths, from the Asch district OF
the sudeten area.
They said that similar streams OF
refugees were going over the noun
tains In oil section Of the Sudeten
Germany.
The principal question asked by
the refugees was what Germany
would do.
According to the refugees, many
Others were unable 10 reach Ger
many because their homes were too
distant, and wre hiding In the woods
after abandoning their houses.