NĚMECKÉ STÁTNÍ MINISTERSTVO PRO ČECHY A MORAVU, PRAHA (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 738, sig. 110-5/27 Page 7 · 7 of 188
GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 738, sig. 110-5/27
English Translation
4a -7 will pay the bill every month in New York. I stayed in Bohemia until the outbreak of the war, I saw the mood of our people, I had the opportunity to often speak with Prof, Masaryk and especially' with those politicians who were at the head of the social democracy, so that I could see behind the political scenes and knew how the techechic politicians who saw the Czech soldier who began to speak his language, while they were silent, The Czech-Wacian revolution beset the Techechoslovak soldier in the Austrian army. This was noticed with all seriousness and in all significance by the current President Masaryk, and one day he said to me: "I have decided to go against Austria-Un-Gärn. I will not be able to work here politically and therefore be forced to go abroad. He asked me when I was planning to leave, "Whenever it will be necessary," I replied, and there was an agreement between us that I would leave in the next few days and take information with me to his political friends in England. Ale I came to London, I went to Mr. Steed, the editor of the foreign news at the London Times, to order Magaryk's embassy. Then we went together to lord Kitehener, the then warlord of England, whom I told Masaryk. He told us very powerful news. From him we drove to the Russian embassy and ordered, among other things, that among the Czech soldiers who drove to Russia's front, the slogan should be used -white cloths, the Russian Embassy immediately divided these near-laws to Petersburg ait; yet I left London, the agreeing message of the Russian General Staff came that one would be careful to allow the crossing of our soldiers. Pernel was negotiated with the Italian embassy,'and there we learned that Italy did not go to war alongside Germany and Austria. Italy wanted gold - and bid gold.