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20 - 19 - 12. Czechoslovak Manifesto at the Salle Mutualité in Paris. Dr._H. Ripka:_ "After the conception of Dr. Benesch, we are merely the free executors and representatives of the will of our oppressed people. The natural duty of the Czechoslovaks abroad to their people, for whom they speak, as well as to the cause for which they fight, lies in the agreement under the unified political leadership of Dr. Benesch. 16. The great place in Arras is called "Place de la Tchécoslovaquie". by the ambassador Osusky: "All peoples have been enriched/achieved by the French Revolution. I confirmed this in the name of the people of martyrs, whose representatives of the world for the French government and the whole French people after the March events consistently expressed the will of France to protest against world conscience in the face of unjust violence. 17. General Sergej Ingr comes to London via Poland. French universities for the CSR. From the manifesto signed by 58 of the most outstanding scientists: "The restoration of CSR is necessary for the political balance in Europe. The war would only make sense if it led to a complete reparation of all wrongdoing and the liberation of the peoples." 19. Dr. E. Benesch in Europe. In an interview in the "Czechoslovak Nachrichten": "The idea of an independent Czechoslovakia enjoys lively and effective sympathy in public opinion and in the political factors of North America. Our first task is now, following the example of our people in America and especially the clear desire of our own people at home, all the positive forces for unified action in the struggle for the re- - 20 -