MORNING PRESS NEWS 
U.S.S. HOUSTON 
19 .'July 1938 
FOREIGN NEWS (Cont’d) 
Berlin : 
A second Sudeten crisis vail be caused by publication next 
week of the Czechoslovakian minority program but it will be 
purely international in character, informed diplomats here 
forecast today. 
Prague ; 
During the meeting between Benes and seven political members 
of the cabinet scheduled for tomorrow, the government concess- 
ions of Sudeten Germany and other minorities • will receive final 
examination. The meeting might well be the turning point 
toward peace or further misunderstandings. The cabinet members 
will represent Czechoslovakia’s various political parties. 
The German quarters ’ issued reports yesterday that the Czecho- 
slovakian army was mobilizing again. Official denials of 
mobilization were emphatic. The government issued a statement 
accusing Germany of "brutal and disturbing" interference. 
The newspaper Prague Press observed that the German official 
news "agency protested energetically against spreading false 
rumors concerning Germany. The government stated that there 
is actually less movement of troops than normally because 
those called for service on 21 May were being given a rest. 
These troops moved to the 'frontier the same time that the 
German soldiers were reported massed on the border when the 
tension flared over demands of the Nazi chieftain, Henlein. 
The Czechoslovakians were making substantial concessions but 
were finding it hard to accept a proposal for definite geo- 
graohic limits. They pointed out" that within predominately 
German Sudeten regions there are 400,000 Czechoslovakians 
who would find themselves completely swallowed in German 
administration of local affairs. 
Some quarters believed that the President might appoint 
provincial governors. One proposal was for the president 
to appoint governors from candidates nominated by provincial 
legislatures. It was hoped that the proposals for the admin- 
istrative reform, would be ready to present to the Sudeten 
German Committee by Wednesday. Benlein leaders in turn 
exnected to have time to confer with their German advisers. 
Little hope was held that the question would be sufficiently 
on hand to submit to parliament by the .25th of July. 
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Havana : 
The Cuban newspaper Diario de la Marina charged today ^ that 
80 io of the world press has been purchased by the Spanish 
Loyalist Government. 
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Santiago. Chile: 
Sympathisers of the popular presidential candidate, Pedro 
Aguilee Cerda, numbering over 50,000, met in the court in 
Cousino Park, then paraded through the city. There were no 
incidents. 
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