English Translation

C9 29 .- whole struggle with Dr. Iška an excellent example, thank God, but there were leaves of the same free-thinking direction, which with some of its leading men put themselves entirely at the service of the revolutionary movement and to them deserves the merit that Dr. lška did not immediately burst into the field from the very beginning. It was above all the New York sheet "Hlas Iidâ" (Volkk Stimmen) with the fixed script leader V. Speracus and the Chicaget "Svornost" (introductory) with J,R. Pšenka, a wise pen, was always behind the "Czech National Association", it was the "Osvěta Americká" (American culture) with the men mentioned, Bures· "Pokrok Západu" (progress of the West), Tupý's "Slavie" and the leaf "Svet" (The World), "Americké Dělnické Listy" (America Workers' Leaf) and "Právo" (Law). And after my arrival the 'Spravedl nost' (justice) had already found its place, although the influence of some Austrian-oriented journalists did not stop to make themselves felt, though the secretary-translator of the Par- tei, Josef Novák, and later T. Novotný were faithfully behind our revival act. In November, I appeared at the tremendous gathering of the Czech people in New York to talk about the relations in my home country and to join the ranks of the soldiers of the revolution. Iška immediately understood the faith, especially when he realized that the kind of struggle was changed and that he moved from the stage of public pressure to the settlements and farms, which are placed on a platform of speakers from sea to sea, and which are becoming more and more fenced and numerous, because from day to day there were then more apostles' and advisors over the whole great republic. So he plunged himself into the revolution with such passion, without disgusting himself with anything, without regretting anything from laughs to shameful slander, he incited the ranks of poor menscens, who wanted to turn me away by attacks and abductions. Leaf after leaf he threw into editions that went into the thousands, between the American people, unl had Melichar and all Austrians helping to the side, Di:ser Weg became sad and ass-potting in spite of the non-stop attacks and the inexpressible inconsistencies, often until death, in unseparable - 3o -