English Translation

In the Czech public sphere, this would undoubtedly give a very unfavourable impression, since it would only affect the Czech people, because in a very distant past they belonged to a particular population group, regardless of the attitude of the individual members of this former group towards the present situation. I do not hesitate to make your Excellency aware that I would consider such an action to be entirely unfair, and I fear that it would be difficult for the broadest Czech circles and therefore for me as their legitimate representatives. I fully agree with your Excellency that the Czech people must be educated for the idea of the Empire, and I have never failed to stress, and also against the Czech public, that the one who somehow goes against the authorities of the empire against it deserves just punishment. However, if all legionaries were to be dealt with in the manner stated, this would mean that individuals would be affected by the unfavourable conditions of the measures mentioned, not because they would deserve it, but solely because they belonged to a certain class in the past, imputing to everyone an hostile attitude towards the rich, to which one excludes from conditions which are not justified and merely universally asserted. In my view, the Czech public would have to refer to the