English Translation

- 23 - 09 nifts his finger in the wound, did not believe. Enemies of the action claimed that Prof. Masaryk categorically knew nothing that it was a shameful game with his name. When Voska came and the news about Prof. Masaryk confirmed and presented documents that confirmed the honest basis of the matter, there was a certain improvement in the situation, but the movement could not yet be lifted to greater results. The principle had not yet been thwarted in the hearts and souls and this had to be done so that a change in the achievements could take place. The Chicager "Justice" ("Spravedlnost") was already fragmented at that time. While a certain Jelinek wrote outtropty, and so Dr. Iška helped, the old good socialist Fr.Hlváček attacked Austria-Hungary with the help of articles, which were drawn Bruto, under which pseudonym Karl Pergler published articles for our cause from time to time in the "justice". The Slovaks were already ready against the Hungarians, but there was no common work at the time. Catholics stood aside and pursued only the mutual struggle in the camp of the free thinkers and had no program or directives themselves. On the contrary, some of their parishioners eagerly sided with Austria-Hungary, in the half of the month of August 19l5 I reached the United States as the first direct participant and witness of the war as well as interpreting the feelings that moved the Czech soul during this war. I was sent by the Revolutionary Committee, therefore by Dr. Scheiner, Dr. Přemysl Šámal and Dr. Franz Soukup, in whose name I brought a message to the Comrade Ubersee, so that on behalf of all I may inform the Czechoslovak Amerika and stand beside the revolution. I reached it at the moment of the worst fears, after the fall of Warsaw, even seriously injured by these events, but not broken. The Czechoslovak America was very surprised by the sès my coming and expected that I might shed light on the severe conflicts and perhaps also say the saving word. However, I had to remain silent. Dr. Eduard Beneš was still at home and was just preparing to flee, and Prof. Masaryk had not given me a hint, Dr. Iška took my silence as a sign of my resistance ~ 24 -