Evening star., 1941-09-29
Rising Underground
Revolt Stroinin9
German Police
BY the Associated Press.

A rising tide of underground
revolt-sabotage, strikes and the
rattle of terrorist gunfire in the
dark-placed an ever-increasing
strain today on the vast police
army with which warning Ger
many held in check Europe'S
conquered millions.
From France Belgium, the Meth
erlandS, Norway and diSmembered
ho-Slovakia and Yugoslavia re-
ports rolled in steadily of men strik-
ing back at their Nazi masters
despite reprisal executions. mass
arrests and states of civil siege
Six districts of the Nazi pro-
tectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
were under the tight guard of
state of civil emergency clamped on
to halt actions hostile to the Reich.
Within "a hours after taking over
the post of Reich's protector of
Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard
Heydrich, German secret police
leader, arrested Gen. Alois Elias.
Czech Premier on charges Of pre-
meditating high treason.
Drastic Measures Applied.
Measures Heydrich applied to
stamp out trouble were reported to
include summary executions, heavy
prison sentences, confiscation Of
property, closing of public gathering
places and an early curfeW.
Six persons have been executed in
Bohemia -Moravia. it was disclosed
authoritatively in Berlin. The Czech
government in exile said in London
that Gen. Josef Billy, former military
commander of Bohemia. and Gen.
Hugo Voiti. deputy commander Of
the 7th Army Corps at Bratislava,
Slovakia, were among those exc
cuted in the first German suppress
sive moves.
Authoritative Berlin sources said
the six persons executed had been
tried by courts of the protectorate
and found guilty of acts of terrorism
and resistance to the Reich They
were described as presumably labor
ers" and reports that they included
two generals were denied. The num-
Der of arrests in the protectorate was
said to be very low-far under 100 -
Two more men were disclosed to
have been put to death last Satur-
day in Paris where terrorism has
persisted despite firing squad execu-
tions of total of 81 persons. The
German military commander an
nounced that the two, Eugene De-
vigne and Mohammed Moali were
found in possession of forbidden
weapons.
Dutch Beacons Guide r. A. r.
Aneta. Free Dutch news agency.
reported Netherlands citizens were
providing beacons to guide raiding
British bombers despite tightening
German police measures. Aneta said
arrests had increased, but smuggling
and illicit trading in food persisted,
along with acts of sabotage and
anti-Nazi demonstrations.
Aneta said the Dutch NaI Leader
Anton A. Mussert, admitted recently
in public address that he felt de
spair" at his failure to gain support
for his movement.
Norway also was under close Ger
man watch. More than 1000 per-
sons were reported arrested there
since the start of the state of civil
siege decreed September 10 to halt
the spread of strikes and sabotage.
In many of the towns affected the
state of siege later was relaxed, but
production and Norwegian activities
remained under close attention.
Italy, bearing with the Reich the
task of keeping Axis order in South
eastern Europe, had its troubles in
the Croat state carved out of Yugo-
slavia.
Attack on Premier Reported.
The full extent of the measures
the new German protector was TAX
ing in Bohemia and Moravia still
was undisclosed as conflicting ac-
counts seeped through from Ger
many and Czech sources in London
The Czech report that Gen. Vojti
army commander at Bratislava, had
been put to death followed a Brit
ish broadcast which said an at
tempt had been made to assassinate
Bella Tuka, Slovak Premier.
A spokesman at the Slovak Lega-
ton in Berlin, however. termed the
report of the assassination attempt
a Childish lie" and said the lega-
ton had been in communication
with the Premier by telephone last
night.
The tight curb of state of civil
emergency and the arrest of Gen.
Elias have been interpreted by hte
Czech press as Germany's last warn
ing to the Czech people, Dienst aus
Deutschland declared in Berlin.
Heydrich relieved 68-year-old