English Translation

19a : - 28 - Interest and sincere love for Slovakia arose in Bohemia, I saw on my agitation trips in Bohemia and Moravia. The magazines often wrote about us, the "Čas" (time) regularly in the Monday supplement. The Slovaks became popular, and our students received significant material and spiritual support from the Czechs at the Czech schools. In the years 1 907 to 19l3 farmers' days were held in Skalitz in the summer under the purely economic name. In these meetings, the Czech agricultural and commercial schools were agitated. In the course of six years, the 'schools in Kuklen, Opochno, Gaja, Prerau, Königgrätz etc. brought up more than 200 farmers' and craftsmen' sons. The construction congresses in Budapest, which Milan Hodža organized, in:-- old times national rallies had taken place at the so-called August celebrations in St. Martin. Last year- 10th before the war, centers were created in Skalitz, Rosenberg, Budapest and otherwise. Of the politically serious events in the time unmitigated. Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to thank the President-in-Office of the Council for his excellent report, and I would like to congratulate him on his excellent work. Masaryk then gave a lecture on national work to the Slovaks in Budapest and we had a greater future in the Savoy Hotel, where Kramář, Klofáč, Staněk, Udržal, Němec, Hodža and other politicians took part. Although national consciousness was slowly but constantly reaching wider sections of the population. The silent resistance of the Slovaks increased especially during the Balkan crisis l9l2. During this time there were remarkable collections for the South Slavic Red Cross, also our military youth remembers its members fighting against the Turks. In some garrisons the soldiers read the "Slovak People's Journal" and were interested in the national life, the way of his Slavic attitude and the distribution of Slovak magazines and books, as well as a collection among the soldiers for the south - 29 -