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122 - 23 - which France had given to the Polish government in Paris, which would have had significant success in terms of facts. The internal disputes which exist in every emigration, and which are even more passionate and negative among the Poles and Czechs than with all other emigrants, could, as a result of the morale of the French people, take advantage of the decision to produce animals in Poland and Czechoslovakia. R.O.-Meldung from Budapest "De Maasbode", Rotterdam: According to reports received here (Budapest) various persons who are accused of conspiracy in favour of the former Czech government are arrested in Neutra in Slovakia. In connection with this matter, in Slovakia still further arrests are expected, also by well-known persons in Pressburg. Among those already arrested is said to be the leader of the conspiracy. It was claimed that the intention was to form illegal organisations both in Slovakia and in the Czech Republic. Engl. Sender, Daventry: In Prague yesterday 9 Czech students were shot and l2oo arrested and taken away in buses. Czech universities closed for 3 years. Measures were taken following acts of resistance, which could be blamed on Czech students. German official bodies stated that measures were necessary because Germany was at war. It was possible to have Czech people vanquished by a few hotheads. Riots began 28.Oktober, on the Czech National Day. l5. November demonstrier- teno students at the tomb of dęs Unknown Soldiers, singing Czech national anthem and shouting "freedom". Distributed in alleys of Prague's flight slips, where Germans were advised to disappear before Stalin came. German press does not respond to shootings in Prague, but "Deutsche Allge- meine Zeitung" reports that martial law is proclaimed in Bohemia and Moravia. This morning telephone connection between Prague and Berlin is interrupted. "Volkische"Beobachter" (Volkischer"Bewachter") takes note that Hácha is ill. Disease is of a political nature.