English Translation

S9 - 38 - Austrian-Hungarian millions had little money for our revolutionary activity, but that we have done so much for each coin spent on the resolution as the "bureaucracy of the Habsburg monarchy did not sell or win for loo dollars, In these words a deep truth is hidden and at the same time eine warning to our day, Until it will come to battle - and it will happen to it, there would be fate, not through our guilt, it will arrive to it - will our dollar, which will then be spent by our bureaucracy, have the value of loo bucks of the opponent? If we do not forget, our bureaucracy will not be a machine without a spirit, as it once was the Austrian-Hungarian bureaucracy? Will the value of our work not then be overestimated by the victims of our enemies? This is a problem on which, especially at this moment, much and honestly should be thought about by all the honest Czechoslovak people, but especially by our bureaucracy."; The greatest difficulty was the enemies from our own ranks. Iška for this kamof and what he meant for Austria-Hungary, this emerges from the louder description "Supported by Melichar, the conjugal secretary of the "Czech National Association", the helper of Bernstorf and. Zvědineks, supported by a certain press, by prominent masters, Austrians and people of questionable origin and character, caused some heavy blow to our movement, so that it waved for a while. But we came out of these struggles strengthened and this all the more because Dr. Iška put himself in the grave suspicion that he was paid by Austrian money. Therefore, a great struggle took place, in which Dr. Išca sued the American courts for a hand that was the strongest press pillar of the revolution, the Chicager "Svornost" (Unit). The victory of Iška would not only have meant the loss of the publishing house of Kleiner, but would have been a loss of revolution at all, How great was the joy of all honest Czechoslovak people then, as in this court under the panicked attention of friends and - 39 -