The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-10
CZECH CHIEF TELLS
OF NATIONS NEEDS
Communication With Allies
Must Be Established at
Once, lie Says.
HE OUTLINES BOUNDARIES
Prof. Masaryk Shows How.
to Deal With Enemies and
Uphold Democracy. u

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PpAorr. Jan. e.-I have had TIRE honor
of being received by the f,tst president
of the Czecho- SloVok Republic, who has
consented make special declaration
OF the general PRINCIPLES Of his policy
and incidentally to appeal to the Allies
for more prompt action In regard TO the
present crtical mid European situation.
ut Is all very well. said DR.. Musaryk.
ITO say that IN, Entehte-countries our
present conditions are known. No one
who has not experienced the fact can
Imagine what It means to be cut off from
the whole civilized world. TO have no
sure Immediate access 10. our allies. to
see difficulties and danseFs growing. We
tire an Independent allied country. yet
we remain to-day without those comnu-
nications which are essential. We are
surrounded everywhere by the enemy, by
active intrigues. both reactionary and
Bolshevist. yet in spite OF the great re-
sources Of snr allies the enemy still has
th1 advantage Of coS,municauons.
III should strongly recommend hat the
Allies imred'ate'v ret "ttervscr-Iy TO
realize ou> islport1nc. 10 she,n rs we'll
as theirs 70 VIZ. We cannot get along
without crr'triv. union II should be I'M
dcrstood that th;s c7nntrt' - the M tural
base Or alt work of the Allies In Ccntraf
iE.tster- Europe, Once we have easy
communication With the various Entente
Countries 1t will he cpsv for uS TO con-
tinVe such communications TO Poland,
ItSmania ana .Iugo- Slovakia."
In regard 10 the pressing question Of
frontiers mr. Masaryk. while admitting
that decisions Of the pe'ce congress will
te received a. final In TVS republic. made
the following statement as to, Czecho-
Slovak claims,
Occupation OF Preshurg which was
decided by. the Entente, will he main
tanned on economic and industrial
grounds. and this occupation is in COM
plete accord with the democratic and
tdeai,stic principles upon which the Gov
eminent ~ the new republic based them.
Its situation as one OF the Danube ports
makes its inclusion in the CZecho- So
yak republic Of the first importance.
THE Hungarians who lose In Pres
burg commercial centre valuable but
not vital TO them. will receive in eN-
change a great plumber Of Czech COM
,nunities Of Importance. Several repre-
sentative delegations from Presburg re-
ouested Czecho-Slovak occupation and
annexation some time before this took
place
'The disputed territory on the Polish
frontier is not In quest ION on the grounds
OF Czech nationality, hut Il Is n sort of
no mans land Of great economic value
which cannot possibly be assigned to the
Poles until negotiations are concluded In
regard 70 railways. mines and the Czech
Tninorities OF labor.
THAT part OF the Ruthen'an people
living between eastern Sovakta and the
territories which are destined to belong
80 Rumania have requested they be in
corporated in the Czecho- Slovak repub-
!ic and insist upon plehiscite"
come in contact with those OF our hered
itary enemies who have proved so bar,
tf,arous and impla cable II is our dutrs u
the interests of permanent peace to'se,
that they are left with as little strategic
advantage as possible. Otherwise tht
wars have taught US nothing"