English Translation

Sa -6 Say that faris will most likely fall - Lord Kitchener, who returned from Paris this afternoon at 4 a.m., is this view - the French have made a big mistake - they have not known the strength of the German army on French territory; but even if Paris falls, your ieuds should not lose their heads, because there will be no priest, no Berlin will be in our hands, as long as the nest of militarism is not destroyed and Germany is not completely defeated. This is the program of the Entente, and a soldier and a ship remain, as long as you fight for this progrumb, say that the war will be a year, perhaps two or even three years, depending on how long it will take to complete the victory. Tell them that in Serbia, as requested by the Embassy of Bohemia, the South Slavic leaders Supilo and Trumpié are safe in Venice, Cingrija Smodlaka is arrested and detained in Zara. Then there was talk of further reporting and an agreement was reached in the sense that Mr Steed would contact Mr Kopecky imner, who from l40 Ischechen, who had reported, would choose a man for the trip to Bohemia". Following the sending of this message, it was possible to do otherwise than firmly believe in the victory of the Entente and to hope for Czech independence from all beginnings of the war. Therefore, I sctied Paris to Mr Jakl and to Fetersburg to Mr Čermák, I told them that a permanent connection between the Czech and Slovak colonies would be necessary and asked them to appoint three confidants for France and three for Russia, the Londo-ners promised me to elect three revolutionary interlocutors at the next meeting. Since I was far away from the American colony, I had no idea what the Czech and Slovak branch did to that side of the ocean. But what a surprise! When I arrived at the port of New York, many members of the New York Czech colony expected me and brought me - six weeks after the outbreak of the World War I - a flight with the following words: