English Translation

- 7 6 "The independence of the countries of the Bohemian crown today is the work of every conscious American Czech. "The Czecho-American Committee for Self-Employment and Support of the Tachechish People" has put this purpose in the most serious place of its programme. The collection, which the committee will organise, is in favour of this action, and the enthusiasm with which it accompanies the public, promises the best gift. The Czech public understands that it is the main reason for the success of the action for Czech independence, and that is why it is actively and financially supported by all sides. Readers of this leaflet certainly understand the importance of their cooperation; the Committee is certain that each and every one of the Czech peoples in America. Hisrmit allows itself the Committee to draw attention to the fact that everyone should expect the Committee, which will visit ibn with the collective lists in favour of the action of Czech independence and the countrymen affected by the war. At the same time, the Committee is certain that no one rejects his help in this eye-catcher, in which all conditions and circumstances are highly favourable for the action. Dahar: Long live the Czech self-indulgence! The Czecho-American committee on self-employment and the support of the Czech people." From the content of this first revolutionary leaflet, it is clear that our compatriots beyond the sea have been concerned with the idea of defence since the beginning of the World War. And from the stylization it becomes clear that it was not written by Literatan, nor by politicians. The word "action" then dragged itself like a red thread through the far-reaching publications, which provided the reason that the opponents. our revolutionary foreign movement, which at first there were many among our own people, who enlisted supporters of this movement with the word "actors". I was welcomed with the flyer and he sought to learn about the impressions that I had in Bohemia and on the