New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

trian court martial, the sentence to be
executed on apprehension.
In order to intimdate him the Aus
trian authorities placed his wife under
police surveillance and his daughter.
Alice, in prison. She was afterward re-
leased through the efforts of number
OF American women's societies. She was
we'll known in Chicago, where she had
been settlement worker.
He is the author of number of
books and many pamphlets as we'll as
the founder of the Czech Progressive
party. Among his hooks are Suicide
as Pathological Symptom of Modern
CIVILIZATION" The Social Question"
Basis of Marxism." The System Of
Realism" "The Czech Question" and
Russia and Europe His wide knowl-
edge of Russia will make him valu-
able to aid the Allies in meeting the
situation now presented in that coun-
try;
The closing words Of Masaryk's Car
,n,eegie Hall speech are the key to his
life. For him it is humanity, the soul,
which counts. He is first of all an
ethical teacher. His sincerity of pur-
pose, his soundness of thought, his in
sistence upon facing facts, his willing
ness to give his all for those causes
which he adopts whether they are popu-
/ lar or not, and his natural capacity as
leader have combined to make him
! the idol of his fellow countrymen and
the inspiration and rallying point of
all the oppressed peoples of Austria
| Hungary
To sum up, Masaryk is a statesman
whose strength lies in moral and in
tellectual qualities. He is largely the
author and embodiment of the new
Slavism. He personihes the liberal
democratic spirit which has replaced
the old Slav spirit of imperialism. The
last vestige of the latter disappeared
when the Romanoff dynasty was over
thrown. The new Slavsm has no i'm
perialistic aims. thanks to Masaryk and
his followers. They fight for the lib
erty of Eastern Europe.
Estimating the
Chances of Success
What are the chances of success of
revolutionary movement in Austria
Hungary? Andre Cheradame, an au-
thority on this subject, in an article in
the June Atlantic Monthly" points
out that there is tremendous latent
and potent hatred of Pam Germany
among millions of peoples included
within the confines of the Central En-
pires available for revolutionary OBJ
lects. 1t only awaits the call to give
it life and vigor. He believes it to be
decisive factor in the war He SAYS:
The Allies could systematically
arm, by the aerial route, a part of the
100000 anti-Pan Germans, non-mob-
lllzed, in Central Germany, and thus
bring about an insurrection in the re-
communications Of Pan Germany. Sec
ondly. they could, by means Of such
lnsurrections, bring about a state of
affairs, both moral and material, which
would enable the 100000 troops en-
bodied against their will in the Ger
man armies to revolt in their turn.
Assuming this form of strategy to
be adopted the 100000 Germans and
pro-Germans would have to face the
hostile action, active or passive, of
100000 Allied troops, 100000 Of
their own troops in revolt or on strike
and 100000 possible insurgent civ
ilians, or 100000 in all.
"If the Germans had been in our
place, would they not long ago have
made use of the antiGerman elements
in Pan Germany, considering that in
Russia they have derived the enormous
profit that we all know from elements
favorable to their cause, although they
were much less numerous than those
utilizable by the Allies? Under these
conditions can the latter refuse to
adopt, at last, the strategy of the po-
litical sciences?
Far from working to the prejudice
of the Western front it would work
altogether to its advantage; for moth
ing could afford greater relief to the
Allied troops from the terrible press
ure that they are having to withstand
on that front than an uprising, scien-
titically organized, for the liberation
of Central Europe"
Masaryk's Task
In America
Professor Masaryk. as president Of
what is practically the provisional gov
ernment Of the Czecho Slovak nation,
( is in this country with five detectives.
The first is that Of securing the per-
mission of the Allied governments to
transport a Czecho- Slovak army num-
ing between $4,000 and 100000 men
across Asia and America to France,
where it can fight with the Allies. Il
/ is known as the Army OF Victory or
! Death" and was organized by DR..
Masaryk from among the large num-
bers of CZecho- Sloyaks who had escpaed
from the Austrian army to Russia.
Since the conclusion of peace by the
Bolsheviki the presence of this army in
Russia is superfiuous, as it cannot bat
tie with the Austro- German forces
alone.
His second task is that of strength
enIng and inspiring the Czecho- Slovaks
in this country They are already we'll
organized for the purpose Of financially