English Translation

10a - 16 ~ In the minutes of the conference, which was published, not the full consultation was given, but the participants at the conference under Carantie expressed silence about everything that had been pre-arranged, and the anwesand representatives did not stand full of vehemence behind the thought of organizing the Czech defense struggle and committed in their areas the first abbey~ of the Czech National Association. At this time and before, public and secret work was carried out, already before the beginning of the war, public collections and rallies were organized, articels were published in the newspapers, and political work was also carried out. Immediately after my arrival in America, Čarmák, Tvrdý and I visited the English, French and Russian embassy in Washirgton. In the English Embassy we were most welcome at that time. The English Boschaft had received sehon instruction from London that there had been very important information from us about the state of finance of Austria and the strength of the Austrian army, D:sweden had confidence in us and the message in America met us the most. Later, former English ambassador Sir Ceeil Spring Rice, at no request, sent a letter to me to release the Czechs and Slovaks in Kansda, not long after our visit, in which he told me, except otherwise, that I would appoint a person who could travel to Canada and visit all the prisoners'lagar in Bagman leadership of Canadian officers and get the Czech and Slovak from them. Thus, towards the end of 1914, we have guaranteed that our people will be set free in Kanuda. But what was even more: after the visit to this embassy, we got courage. On the same day, I sent a cable telegram 'amm to Frgf, Ms- saryk, who had just told telegraphically that he was staying in the loti "Weimar" in Rotterdam in Hollind. I telegraphed to him about our visit and drew him attention to the proclamation of which in cen embassies