English Translation

S9a - 22 - on the battlefields became cheaper from day to day, then it was money, In the first time it was expected that the revolutionary funds could perhaps be driven up by the sacrifice of the wealthy compatriots. But when Prof. Masaryk first called the amount of the nötigen sum, many fell hands and they were very frightened. No one had ever heard that only ten-to-ten dollars had been collected in America, and then tens of thousands were suddenly demanded, whose consumption would increase. These were, according to many unfulfilled demands, and so some lost the courage to fight further. Painfully, the words of Prof. Masaryk in his from London on the 25th. May 19l5 last letter: "My work here, as it cannot be otherwise possible, costs a lot of money, but our great goal cannot be achieved without sacrifice. And not only will money be sacrificed, but lives have already been sacrificed and still laid down. I therefore formally ask the laudable association to send me the promised support at once and must immediately add that you must be prepared for a higher sum than 5o.ooo dollars". And then he sends in his letter of the 26th century. December 19l5 a balance of his financial efforts in this year and says: "I received a total of 37,87l dollars from you. I gave you this presentation, which proved to be correct: the mini mum of our needs is 5o.ooo dollars. This is actually the minimum, I expect that I will receive the missing sum and that I can prepare everything." This was a letter, which clearly pointed out a certain disappointment and caused the great worry as to how to make up for this delusion, after all the conditions were very bad. The New Yorkers, infected with poison from England, wrote wild attacks against the "patriots" and helped so bravely Dr. Iška, dic Clevelandänder followed the movement with sincere sympathy, but with a certain distrust for certain crazy minds and speeches, because of Koniček and similar phenomena, The Influence Prof. Masaryks was a big one in all shifts, but doc no more immediate and actually remained secret by the public for a long time. And the Czech man, who - 23 -