Evening star., 1939-01-15

PRAGUE-The worlds map makers
can settle down now and finish that re-
touching job on Czecho-Slovakia.
The results of the carving at Munich
in September have jelled so that final"
lines of the new frontier can be accu-
rately drawn.
Germanys slice of the war-born re-
public is listed by these latest figures as
encompassing l0,8l0 square miles and
36l5,833 persons.
Hungary's share is given at 1893
square miles and 1.035,272 persons.
Poland gets 375 square miles and
1000 persons.
Maps showing this final rearrange-
ment of the old Czech boundaries are
already on the market, but the sale of
them is not brisk. For Central Euro
peans are asking the question::
How long will it last?"
The general opinion was expressed
by Viennese land owner in this way:
Il am going to wait another year be-
fore spending any money on a final
boundary map"
Two points on the new map. one at
either end Of redrawn CZecho-Slovakia
hold one big answer to the doubts They
are the famous beer city OF Pilsen on
the German border at the west and the
Carpatho- Ukranian capital of Chust
near the Rumanian line on the east.
May Be Route to Ukraine.
Between Pilsen and Chust Adolf Hit
Ter will build this year a 1,00O-mile- long
motor road.
Observers are asking whether that
road may prove to be Germany's route
to the coveted Russian Ukraine
1t will at least be one more lever in
Nazi hands to keep the Czechs under
Germany's economic and political thumb.
1t will be one more reason why the
broken republics exports largely will
flow to Germany, as Germany does not
pay cash, Czecho-Slovakia will have to
take goods in return, thus making it
more dependent upon Germany.
1t will be an avenue of communication
between Germany and the 39l 900 Ger
mans left in Czecho- -Slovakia when Sude-
tenland was lifted from the Czech map
This minority Git is scattered thus: 244.-
600 in Bohemia and Moravia 1873 900 in
Slovakia and 8793 in Carpatho- Ukrania)
is in position to stir trouble at any time
desired. 1t is organized on nationalist
socialist lines, recognizes Hitler as Fnleh-
rer, waves the Swatiska flag, uses the
Hitler salute and Hell Hitler 1t has
leader in Prague and another for
Bratislava and Chust.
Nazi Influence Predominant,
Nazi influence in the Slovak and
Carpatho- -Ukranian governments is pre-
dominant. 1t extends even to the erec-
ton of concentration camps
Slovaks look across the Danube River
at Bratislava and see electrically lighted
Nazi propaganda signs strateeicallv
placed for their benefit. Slovak anti
Semitism and anti-liberalism are taken
from the Nazi copy book.
Nazi influence with the Slovaks is an
added weapon to keep the Czechs in
check. Thinly masked harmony between
Czechs and Slovaks frequently bursts
forth into Slovak demands for full SOW
ereignty, not just autonomy which thew
now have.
Farther east, the Carpatho- Ukranians
believe they have German support for
united Ukraine state composed of Ukran-
1ans now living in -Slovakia.
Poland and Russia. A strong united
Ukranian party which now has head
quarters in Chlst has never concealed
the fact that for it union with the Czechs
and Slovaks was merely a step toward
their great objective.
Poland would suffer heavily from a
united Ukrania. It also does not like