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Declaration of Loyalty X1'41 of the Bohemian nobility Defending the borders of the old Bohemian crown Prague. Officially permuted: The land of Orhn and culture gufrecht Prefidential of the Nepublik received on 17. d. M. a delegation of the ancient Bohemian nobles- In believing in a better ju-gender. In whose name Franz gave the future we give bie assurance. that linftý from Adlerkostele's julgende Erkiärung we abdicate ourselves to our inherited duties: Baterlande and to the state are aware, "Gerr President, in biefen days the home of our Borfahren was all the estates and classes of our nation, and we always fervently ate old N ehre expressed their will, who wanted to transfer and today will continue to pass on the old grengens of our Staa. This is why a The Prefibent of the Republic remained with the Meihe bon members of the old nobility members of our delegation in long-term friendly families of our father country, entrusted us with a discussion in this regard, with Jhnen, Mr President, with an explanation in this respect. The declaration was found in the name of the following rank. Adeliger handed over: The loyalty to the Bohemian Fbonko Madslab Kinfty (Chlumec), state that our Worfahren create Zdenko Kolowrat (Reichenau a. Kneina). and for a thousand years get Leopold Sternberg (Castolobice), helped, is for us such a felbstvertändänder- Karl Schwarzenberg (Orlil), lichlich obligation, bas we have considered whether Paxish. Senftenberg (Senftenberg). Johannes Loblowiez (Horin), 2 We consider it our duty to exult the Mudolf Czernin (Thmokur), heir of our fathers. Heinrich Dobrlenjiy (Pottenstein), LanderderBühmifchenKronege- Heilhard Colloredo-Mansfeld hürten burch fobiel Zahrhun- (Zbiroh), who together and thus have biel Karl Beleredi (Lösch). We hope that the storms will survive together, so that Hugo Strachwis (Zdunek) will survive — even these times of impoverishment and violence. Our wish that the old borders of the Bühmische Krone remain unreserved certainly also escapes from the concern for the future of our descendants and from the sense of responsibility for bie freedom and the well-being of Bohemian Germans. And so we also yearn for the fact that our Lanbsmen of the German tongue can share with us the love for the indivisible seimat. We have the firm belief that this is the case. But we hope in a particular way that the chivalrous basic sews in this $\uB$