English Translation

- 18 - h5) or according to the national personality principle. (Arzungs-Aerzte-Ingenieurkammern u.g.) The National Staff Regulations therefore also insist on this vital area in the present state. As regards VII, the principles set out in the title "Building the school system on a national basis" partly reflect the provisions of the Constitution (§ l3l) literally and partly existing other regulations. Again, the wording of the provisions shows that the "national concept" is not abandoned, that is, that there is no question of "equality". Thus it is always said: "with a language other than the Czechoslovak language of instruction" and so on, which clearly expresses that the Schu- len of the non-Czech or Slovak peoples and ethnic groups are exception institutions. Apart from this fundamental objection, the provisions based mainly on accepted old Austrian regulations are inadequate because of the way in which the Czech bureaucracy handles them. In this repetition of the current provisions on the establishment of schools, which have not been demonstrably applied in accordance with the principle of full equality between peoples and ethnic groups, there is no guarantee, however, that the law of 3.Iv. l919 No. 189 (the so-called "minority school law") is now applied in such a way that schools of the people and citizens are independent of the