English Translation

19 - 2 - On the contrary, on every occasion they held meetings and were on standby, as often as they were called from home. The Association of Journalists in New York was the focus not only of Czech, but also of Slovak and other Slavic journalists. In the Association of Journalists, the Isheks connected with Russians, Poles, Croats, Slovenes and Serbs and maintained a constant interlinkage on a large scale.Since the year 19lo, this small circle of people began to pay attention to the Austro-Hungarian government policy in the Balkans, leading to the events in Serbia and Albania, as well as to travel to the American United States of America by political leaders, Károlyis and Apponyis. It was on the occasion of the lectures of Apponyi that the Slcwake Ambrose ' conspired in a political struggle with Apponyyi, from which he emerged victorious, at that time the Slovaks in America, as I would like to say, drew attention for the first time. From the lectures organized by the magyar politicians in America it was clear that there were several political movements in Hungary before the war, one of which was for the loss of Hungary from Austria and was in connection with the Berlin Dy- nastie, the Berlin Prince Eitel was educated in the language of the Magyar and predestined to be King of Hungary, it was expected that by the death of Franz Josef I. a disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy will occur, and the Berlin government, or rather Emperor Wilhelm, was preparing to tear as much as possible in itself in this disinfestation. Another political direction was republican. This secured the moral French aid on which it relied and with which, this of its help, yes with certain promises, the leaders of this direction came to America and began publicly the idea of the disintegration of the countries of the Hungarian crown of Austria with the intention to propagate the establishment of a non-Garian republic, all this did not escape our attention in America, and was written about it to our political leaders in Bohemia, There were also