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0O - 24 - against the revolution on and as a statement:.s for the correctness of his austrophilic point of view. He also proclaimed all of America with a sense of victory; that, by remaining silent, I confirmed his views and he praised me very much as a wise and politically mature man. And when I asked the compatriots to a collection of prostheses for the invalids to cover up the tracks, his probable victory was perfect. Tvrzický shows how meaningful the arrival of a Czech man from the Hei-mat was in his letter of 23 July. August, so a few days after my arrival, in which he answers the confidential news sent to Chicago immediately about the purpose of my trip: "Dear friend, I was trembling with fear on your arrival. I fell a stone from my heart and I am now great with joy. The work among us is hard." After recognition of the conditions and the great difficulties encountered by the financing of the revolutionary action, it was clear that it was necessary to replan the organization of the Revoluti-on and to green it on the broadest masses of the people, It was necessary for the Czechoslovak people to win the entire Emigration. Since I have not yet come out publicly, I began to write my book "How Our Homeland Lived and Suffered by the Battles of War" ("Jak žije a trpí naše domovina pod ranami války"). It then appeared soon after Christmas 1916 in an edition of 2o.oo piece and made the way through America. Together, the reorganization of the Czech Freethinkers was negotiated, among which, from the very beginning, the leading men of the Protestant camp, director J.J. Znrhal and Dr. J.F. Smetanka, worked very effectively. It was clear that it would be necessary to centralise the organisation in a healthy manner, to subject it to a strictly structured direction, because it was precisely the fragmentation that was disturbing. And shortly afterwards, the new statutes were presented, with which the whole territory of North America is divided into a number of circles, Canada included, so that several aubonome and enlightening centers are created. All local branches were subject to a certain circle of their own, 'they were led and informed by him, and all the regional committees were made up of the Centres in Chicago, which were composed of representatives of the major aid, Sokol and -25=