English Translation

-49 - 74 of the Czechoslovak people united in a mighty' stream, these rallies became an imposing manifestation for America and they rejoiced in the general auto- rity. Their importance increased because, on certain important occasions, demonstrations and events, our organizations, which were organized and well-conceived, displayed an unusual political willingness to take an ever-conscious and full-minded stance, on which both the Washington government and other important personalities were then held. with a flood of telegrams and announcements, out of whose number, political maturity and stylization the serious maturity and goal-consciousness of the Czechoslovak people were visible, His perfect unity; while other branches were hurled back and forth in unregulated conditions and struggles, all, As to this activity still information by the press. came, and when our people finally intervened in the history of the world in Siberia, faithful to Masaryk's program, in such a unique way, the name of the Czechoslovaks, who had formerly been close to the unknown and throughout the poor emigration, went through the American world as the people's name, which had become apparent as if by miracles in the eyes of the World. Yes, it was a miracle, the moral power of Masaryk's foreign revolution. The first book, which had been written about our cause at the beginning of 19l5, was Čapek's "Bohemian under Habsburgh. misrule"; which was sent to the public American reading halls and served our movement well. After him, some of the first broşchures on the Czechoslovak cause from Smetanka's pen appeared, there was the Slovak memo randum and the brochure Mamatey's about the Slovak angels, the rally of the foreign ministers led by Masaryk from the l4. It was the articles and brochures as well as the books Smetankas, Šimeks, Císařs, Zmrhals, Martíneks , Wistejns, Šárka Hrbeks, J.Tvrzickýs, Jamariks, the articles, and the brochures Vojta Benešs, it was the literature that the "Czech National Association" - 50 -