The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-06
BERLIN SAYS
CZECH TROOPS
STRIP zone Z
international Body Gives
Germans Benefit in Oc-
cupation Decisions
HITLER ENROUTE TO
ACQUIRED TERRITORY


German official news agency al-
legged today that conditions IN
Zone 2 of the Czechcslovak Sude.
tenland, allotted 10 Germany, is
Chaotic" and that Czech troops
are plundering the area.
The agency 'communique said
that the Czechoslovak government
apparently is no longer able to
maintain order in the Sudeten tor.
ritory and that footing by Czech
troops endangered the entire pop.
ulation.
1t also revealed that Fuehrer
Hitler left Berlin for Zone 2 by
train.
The official agency said that
German occupation Of Zone 2 had
been delayed beyond schedule be-
cause the Czechs were late in
evacuating several points.
The cities of Warnsdorf, RUM
burg and Friedland, near the from
tier, were mentioned as points
which the Czechs were late in leav-
ing.
Continuing, the agency asserted
that all roads leading back into
the interior in Czechoslovakia
from Reichenberg, the chief city
in Zone 2, were congested and
that Czech troops lacked gasoline,
and their armored cars and trucks
were immobilized.
Food also was lacking, the COM
munique said, and It continued to
allege that in consequence 1000
Czech troops were reported to be
pl,fnderinx Kunersdorf, where
conditions were "chaotic."
Then came the concluding state
ment that the Czechoslovak gov
eminent seemed no longer able to
maintain order in the Sudeten ter
ritiry.
Zone No. 2 is at the north side
of Czechoslovak, north of Prague.
Under the Munich agreement Ger
man troops were to have entered
it Sunday and completed their oc-
cupation Monday.
The high command of the army
announced that German troops UNI
der COL Gen. Karl Rudolf Gerd
Won Rundstedt began their occu-
patton Of the last zone, No. a, this
morning. crossing "the former
Czech-German frontier" between
the frontier towns of Loebschuetz,
on the east, and Landeck, on the
west. Zone No. I is on the north
side Of Czechoslovakia, east Of
Zone No. 2.
The international commission
delegated to fix conditions for the
surrender Of Sudetenland terri
tory materially extended at a
meeting last night the territory to
be occupied by the German army;
The coal area Of Bruex and
Dux, the hop growing district OF
Salz, the important district just
west of Pilsen and its great Skoda
munitions works, and the cities or
Neutischein, Troppau, Znaim, Bis,
chofstein, MISUNDERSTANDING ana
Auspitz were allotted to German
troop occupation.
Foreign quarters expressed oe-
lief that there was strong ten
dency. among all members of the
international commission-natur-
ally excluding the Czechoslovak
delegate-to use the 1913 census
as a basis for defining boundaries
of Sudetenland Zone No. 5, VIII Sc
status the commission is to deter
mine. A.,
Germans have insisted from the
start that the 1913 census, the
last taken under Austrian rule,
should be used. They argue that
Czechs filtered into German dis
tricts after the World war.
Now the question has arisen re,
parding cities where Czechs and
Germans live in about equal num-
pers, and the international COM
mission seems to be awarding
some of these such as Troppau
and Znaim to Germany. The
Czechs also lose, under last nights
rulings, important industrial areas
between Bruex and Reichenberg.