Evening star., 1941-09-29

Baron konstantin Won Neurath who
was SAID to have asked for tenn
porary leave because of i'll health
Gen. Elias. who was trained in the
Austro-Hungarian Army and became
Premier of the Protectorate on April
II, 1899. with Adolf Hitlers blessing
Will be tried before the German
Peoples Court, an announcement
said.
In explanation Of the arrest OF
Gen. Elias, Heydrich told Czech
President Emil Hacha that in re-
cent days irresponsible elements in
the pay of the enemies Of Europe
have committed a number of actions
hostile to the Reich
These elements, Reydrich de-
clared, through propaganda con-
nected with these acts, sought to
bring the population of the protec-
torate into opposition to the inter-
ests of the Reich"
Later he issued a statement saw
Ing ut Is expected the popula ton,
which in the majority recognizes
as a fact the common destiny of
the European peoples with Germany,
Will not permit itself in any wav
TO be provoked by enemies of the
Reich" President Hacha was said
to have promised his cooperation.
The districts affected by the emer-
gency decree-forming the most
populous part of the protectorate-
are Prague, Bruena, Maehrisch-Os-
trau, Klando, Koenigradz and o.
muetz
Hostile Acts" Not Specified.
The hostile acts" to which Hev-
drich referred were not specified
but passive resistance of the Czechs
has frequently been a source of
trouble to the Germans since Hitler
dlsmembered the Czecho- Slovak Re-
public in March, 1899.
Once before-in November. 1899
the Germans established a state of
emergency in Bohemia -Moravia. de-
claring martial law in five districts
after student demonstrations which
led to bitter clashes. Black-uni-
formed S. S. troops occupied Prague
University buildings on that occa-
sion, arrested hundreds of students
and executed a number as an
example.
Heydrich, who is 81 and known
as one of the best fencers in Eu-
rope, has a reputation for straight
enlng things out to suit German
authorities in abrupt but thorough
fashion. He was dispatched to
Bohemia -Moravia following a short
visit to Norway, where the Germans
decreed a state of civil siege.
Arms Factory Work Slowed.
Czech government authorities in
London said yesterday that increas-
Ing sabotage in former Czecho-Slo-
vakia had slowed arms factory out
put as much as so per cent blown up
a number of German troop trains
and disorganized transportation.
One troop train was crushed by
the collapse of a tunnel in Vlara
Pass, Slovakia, just after the train
entered IL, said reports filtering into
London. The Czech government
maintains constant communications
with rebel leaders in the homeland
by secret channels, the authorities
said.
An arms factory go slow" strike
has crippled the output of such
great concerns as the Skoda works
at Pilsen, the reports said. Peas
ants were said to be burning
granaries throughout the country in
night-riding raids and then forming
for angry hunger marches by day.
..r Secret Station Broadcasts.
A secret Czech radio station called
"the Station for National Liberia
tion" broadcasts nightly. The an
nouncer declared in the broadcast
heard in London last night that
Heydrich was 'the bloodiest man OF
all the bloody Nazis."
m Czech people!" he cried. "Hey-
Gorich was sent to provoke you to