GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 738, sig. 110-5/27

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Mr Vir doubt the sincerity of these American fellow citizens, who want to work through defiant means to ensure public support for early peace. We wish for peace, believe that the time for sine such agitation is not yet ripe. Vir are for free export allar amarikanischan were in all European state en, Chechish national union in America. East department, Adolf Tvrdý, Jos Modr, Michal Piináček, Emanuel V.Voska, Anton Martinek, Jareslav Císař. 3lovak national union of America. A.S.Ambrose, Milan Getting, Ignacz Gessay." It has to be noted that the meeting in which this resolution was adopted was actually a mesmerizing protest against the movement for a premature Frisden, which was initiated and organized by indigenous American politicians and leaders of Irish and German origin, through which we later proved to the United States that they were stunned by the Berlin and Viener governments. This: Resolution did indeed achieve their purpose. Other Slovaks were also willing to take the lead in the Czech political revolution, out of the mentioned Slovak cranganisation. They started to negotiate with us, and so there were various conferences in the spring. - Everyone imagined the Czechoslovak revolution in the first eye view as he felt politically himself. Anarchist Rejsek called on people in public meetings to give up money, and the men were to prepare for the armed action; it was obvious to organize legions. That was already in August and early September 1914. Others, conservatives, fordartan to ponder, and impaled only collections. The Eocialdemocrats kept themselves quite reserved, except for unbadegitimate exhibitions. The reason for this was given by the party congress held shortly before the war in Östarreich, at which the socialdemocracy