English Translation

107 - 7 - Monuments of great engravers of Czech history sang Czech national songs or that they wore small badges in national colors or caps similar to those used to wear the Masaryk. These manifestations have never given rise to serious incidents, with the exception of October 28 and November 15, when the SS intervened, which alone provoked the riots. If the Czech police were alone in the presence of the manifestos, there were never conflicts. It is said that Frank, Neurath's deputy, himself went through the streets with a riding whip in his hand to help the SS. In the next few days, the press published an advertisement threatening the most severe punishments to those wearing a provocative hat. As regards the closing of the Czech University for three years, this measure has been prepared for a long time. The Germans only took the first opportunity to complete the measures already taken with a view to the Germa- nisation of the educational system." Belgrade; Havas reports that the Czech graphic artist Max Svabinsky was attacked by the Vlajka group, because allegedly the Jewish children of Olga Masaryk stood in the drawing of banknotes model for him. "In Prague, Kladno, Beroun and Horo-witz, the right to stand was proclaimed, but I do not refer to German citizens. Reuter adds to the shooting of three Czechs that the attacked German was an SS-man in the service. According to Parisian radio reports, there was great excitement in Prague." Belgrade, Havas: "The fashioning of nine Czech students by the German authorities in Prague caused great indignation among the Belgrade youth, who had always had a great sympathy for Czech youth and maintained fraternal relations with them. The German delegation has been monitored by several gendarmes since this morning. The members of the former Czechoslovak delegation in Belgrade received numerous sympathies. Public opinion agrees that a regime that is forced to execute young people whose only crime is to have committed innocent patriotic manifestations must feel rather less so in the oppressed country." Vatican City,Havas: "Commenting the Prague incidents and their suppression, the newspaper "Osservatore Romano" believes that the Czech student demonstrations reflect not only the feelings of high school students, but the entire population of the Protectorate. The newspaper adds that the manifestations were initially due to the transfer of the University's leadership in the review of the Statute, which provides that the University alone and exclusively belongs to the Fatherland and the Czech Nation, was placed under German control.