The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-20
Joyous GzECHS
PRAISE WILSON
Oppressed Tribes Hail PreSi
dent Wilson as LiberatOr
T. IIafold williams.

~ Hhiul1 Nillhna,
t'HpyfiHht ibts. Nv ths tsN YORK Tlmss
IIe ,hi.ngp luhlno ana ihs pElahomn
EtRNE. bee 1D--lt isa relief to
return from watching the gloomy de.
,s.prru's ~ defeated Germany and
in s"r tie ioy Of the liberated peoples
G.. n,r nov founding new states
40 : 80 rln, ui the central empires.
.ta.c the Slraks Tor instance,
I, % p'uHc ni peasants ard shepherds
~ TO- 'Ill country Of northern Hun
tu W.D, after maintaining their ma
ruali''y intact through one thousand
years ol Magyar rule now llnd them
selyc, liberated as hy miracle and
united o. 'hcir Czech kn'men oi lIo'
hcmia and NDrlyl in a free Clccho.
Sloyk republic ore great meeting
was held at tie end ui November ~
TIE town Of lu.ctnc, m NoNoprad
wo,lu r. north oi liudgpct. 10 which
pcl,aut, went ,rowdlng from all
part, II the province 4 resolution
was aG1p'cd unanimously expressing
joy a. i'rir li5c'ltlNn and A. Their
uu0u wti tic lxccho Sloyak state
anl aIdrs.
we boss low before the noble spirit
NJ President wilson sui will call
col, blessing upon him ~ our daily
prayer
They Waat Freedom.
"I1e greater part Of the people OF
the urpcr S..prad suffer terribly M
dr. ,hc oppression oi the pfonreiors
oi lie great estate. and We demand
,aat Guy people he Tree a. 'n"n as
possible from that yoke and that the
b,g c.'A,r, be speedily broken up III
l"al way"
Ii- meeting elected delegates to the
Sl.it national council
\ peasant speaker began his speech
hy saving. This j, tie day which
the Lord bath made" and all the pc".
pie responded w, vii rejoice and
be glad IN a." .
Then the people st.ulci Glory
- our r.'ln lihrra,or Wi or ard
w'h larcA head, the sang the ma
ti1ril sorR. "lcI SioNc'
Similar happy meetings are being
held IN many lu.lc towns and villages
between Pres burg and Cngyar. One
village reports: ii was our pfl'-
oners returned from Russia who ac-
lnowledged 20 uS the great happen
ingS IN the world
Iatrigues Numerous.
There has naturally Seen certain
Puour, oi trouble and confusion
Magyars and Maeyariied Sloyak o.
fciais have intrigued vigorously ard
scattered thousands, OF Magyar troops
who have committed acts OF violence
A, Eparjes. under the shadow oi
the eastern Carpa,hians. 4 rival ra-
iional council had been formed by in
diyidualS who never fought for the
Sloyak cause and II haspfoclaimcd
All independent Slovak republic, sep
aratc IRON Bohemia, on the ground
that the Sloyak language differs from
IL C,elhs. very much as the tNani.
4n docs from the Russian or broad
Scotch from London English. Hu'. a'
Prof MySark is fond OF saying, you
cahnot found a state on dialect, and
the movement had slight success.
Chief Danger Removed
When the inhabitants OF the dis
uict very near Eperle, were called
on to send representatives 10 this new
council they scorniully rejected the
offer and s,outly declared for the
Turin national council and for the
Cyecho- Sloyak republic.
In any case. the ohief danger IS
4 now removed by remarkable COM
munioation made on December J, III
IN, name OF the entente, by the
French colonel at Budapest THIS
declaration empowers Czecho- Slovak
troops as allies TO occupy the Slovak
country in the name of the entente un-
der the terms OF the armis,ics. and or.
deS the immediate withdrawal OF
Magyar ,roops from the country.