STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 581, sig. 109-4/328 Page 44 · 44 of 58
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 581, sig. 109-4328
English Translation
38 -2 relations make it necessary to adapt to the present conditions a new R e v i s i o n, in particular the organisation of the foundations. With regard to this complete transformation, the following facts should be noted: As a result of the World War, the Habsburg dynasty has disappeared. The former countries of the Oesterreichische Monarchy of Bohemia and Moravia were, through the peace agreements, part of the independent Czechoslovak Republic and have now become part of protectorate territory. Neither is the Landlord, who previously approved the statutes of the foundation, nor is there any longer the term of the Margravine of Moravia as the "superior guardian and director" of the Foundation. In particular, however, def k.u.k. Governor of Moravia, under the statute for the administration of the Foundation, has disappeared without a successor in title. The legal consequence of the President of Moravia as claimed by the former Czechoslovak Republic is not legally established. yeya The foundation itself is therefore unable to act in the absence of the most important foundation bodies, so that already from