English Translation

It can almost be said that the Czech nobility completely ignores the nobility, who know themselves here in Bohemia to Germanism, j a almost hostilely overcomes it.The German nobility are regarded as traitors to the cause of Bohemia and branded as opportunists. At the time Prince František Schwarzenberg plays a very special role in the Czech group, who especially in recent times looked very strongly at all left-wing Czech politicians and likes himself very much in the left-facing democratic role; his attitude is welcomed by the Czech high nobility and well received. In the Czech intelligentsia, too, the Haltung Schwarzenbergs is well known and has already led to the fact that people, who were previously and today hardly in contact with politics, attach the most diverse combinations and hopes to this attitude. For example, it is claimed. Schwarzenberg is the future head of state of the new Czechoslovak state or he is the exponent of the Anglo-Americans for the establishment of the 3 buffer states in Europe: Austria, Poland and Czechoslovakia. There is no talk of any monarchist activity of Schwarzenberg any more; nothing has become known about any relations of an inherent nature. Karel Schwarzenberg stays away from this activity of his brother František and deals only with his coin collection. The German group of the nobility in Bohemia lives very retired and according to Czechs should stand loyal to the empire. It maintains loose relations with the German nobility group in Moravia. The Czech nobility of Moravia, whose exponents are called Count Karl Belcredi from Lösch and Count Mensdorff from Boskowitz, are probably recognized by the Czech group of the Bohemian nobility. However, they are accused of having a somewhat lukewarm view of the situation. They are not completely taken for granted in national relations, as they maintain much closer ties with the German group of the nobility in Moravia than, for example, the Czech Bohemian nobility to the German nobility of Bohemia. 69158