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SUDETENLAND RIOTS.
ORDER NOW RESTORED.
DEATH ROLL OF 21.
PRAGUE REMAINS CALM.
Order was completely restored yesterday, the Czechoslovak
Government stated, throughout the frontier districts, where grave
disorders broke out on Monday night soon after Herr Hitler's
Nuremberg speech.
Nine Sudeten Germans and 12 Czechs were killed in the rioting
and many others badly wounded. Shops in Eger and Carlsbad were
wrecked and pillaged and numerous official buildings were attacked.
According to British observers the disorders were apparently
organised and varied from peaceful demostrations to practically open
revolt.
Prague reported yesterday that there were no signs or military
activity in the frontier zones, although more reservists had been
called up. Official circles were not pessimistic and the populace was
free from panic.
PRAGUE, Sept. 14.—It is officially an-
nounced that since Herr Hitler's speech
at Nuremberg on Monday evening 12
Czechs and nine Sudeten Germans have
been killed in the serious and widespread
disorders in the Sudeten areas. In addi-
tion 37 Czech soldiers and 24 Czech
civilians have been seriously injured. The
number of Sudeten Germans wounded is
not known.
The death roll includes four Czech
gendarmes and one Sudeten German who
were killed in a clash yesterday at Fal-
kenau and two Czechs klled in brushes
with Sudeten Germans today.
The Government announces this after-
noon that complete quiet has been re-
stored and control regained throughout
the country. It appeals for the calm to
be maintained.
Reports of disorders poured in yester-
day and last night from numerous
towns in the frontier districts. The
worst sufferers appear to have been
Carlsbad and Eger, where rioters wrecked
and looted shops and terrorised anti-
Henlein minorities. The meeting in Lon-
don last night between the Prime Min-
ister (Mr. Chamberlain) and the defence
chiefs, described in Prague as a 'War
Council," had an immediately calming
effect and the number of disorderly in-
cidents diminished.
There are no signs of military activity
in frontier zones, although more reserv-
ists have been called up. Official circles
are not pessimistic and do not consider
the situation alarming, but the people
are eagerly buying tinned foods and there
is an increasing demand for gas masks.
Trains are arriving from the Sudeten
areas filled with women and children
fleeing from the war menace. Every hotel
is filled to overflowing and late arrivals
last night had difficulty in finding shel-
ter. Tens of thousands are crowding
the streets of Prague and newspapers are
sold the moment they leave the presses.
There are no signs of panic; on the
contrary the resolution of the populace
is most impressive. Tourists and Jews
are leaving the city en masse.
The Sudeten German Party's head-
quarters in Prague have been closed down
as a protest against the Government.
An official declared that henceforth the
party would have headquarters only in
Sudeten territory. Herr Henlein's news
paper, "Der Zeit" has suspended publica-
tion on the ground that it is not in a
position to present its views uncensored.
It is rumoured Herr Henlein (the party
leader) will shortly issue a proclamation
to the Sudeten Germans, many of whom
crossed the frontier overnight. A body
of 500 rushed past a Customs post at
Walsdorf.
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