Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-20

yMECHO-SI4OVAkIA, with a popula-'
4 q &C. - Of Il. 000.l 600, great; strides have heen
<4eEgdn the establishment Of n stable gov
s xt8aert along very modern lines. Perhaps
ksis because this new country was able
= @6kM4nnkc an earlier start than some Of its
iklhbors and hccause women were given
= ~ "a a political rights from that early start.
~ lne ~ef the unique features in the. young
b eS6dblic is the obligation Of its citizens, both
y and women, 10 exercise their franchise.
3tgsthey Dc. not they arc summoned into
ii 1ellrt to answer why. This obligation tends,
INWARD making both mem aud women feel
semselves partners in the governmental en-
&a3ssTprise and more responsible for its sue
uses and failures.
Ter problems with such steadfastncss is
The we'll placed confidence in the president,
ISAIhomas G.. Masaryk, who began life as the
Eson of u gamekecpcr on a large Austrian
hesitate in Bohemia, part Of his country
.todat. He was, intended for the church.
sE.but, d~isliking that idea. he ran away from,
. home. During part of his experiences he
& had to work at.a forge in q blacksmith's
chop. but he managed to carry on his studies
at some of the most famous universities in
Europe, finally becoming a professor of his
( tory of International -%reGnown, particularly
as an authority on Russia. His pilgrimage
Tor an education included Leipzig, where
lie made the acquaintance of an American
girl from Brooklyn studying music. in Ger
many. Ic followed her to America and
took her back with him to Europe as his
bride. -Four childgcn were born. The old
= est son was killed in the war. the second
son, Jan Masaryk, now represents his coun-
try at the legation in Washington and there
Masaryk.
rhcre was a ransom on MasarSk's head
Because of his efforts to detach Bohemia
from Austria during the~war.. But he man
aged to escape through Russia and Siberia
to the United States, where, during the
year before the armistice, he was able to
create popular and governmental support for
the national aspirations of the Czechs and
Slovaks. 1t was America who first recoS-
nized the new republic us an entirely sepa-
rate entity from Austria. This was done
officially but unot6cially fthc most inter
esting ceremony took place in Independence
HAL in October, 1913, when q declaration
At independence was promulgated as nearly
as possible like our own MI. Masaryk him :
self was present, as were some Of the men
now officials in his government, and the
beautiful American flag presented to him on
that occasion by the city of Philadelphia
through Johnis Wanamaker / later saw In
his private Office Yin Prague.
7 The armistice signed, Mr.. Masaryk lost
nd time in hurrying to his country. not
stopping TO linger in Paris to fight for a
few square miles of territory. He has since
worked indefatbgably for a stable, prosper
Gus democracy, and now seems to be one Of
the most securely placed statesmen in oil of
Europe today. -
in CzECHO- SLOvAKIA there is no hest
y tatiou in asserting that u least part of this
h well earned success is due to the efforts Of
two womcn President Masaryk's daugh.
ters, DIR. ,Alice, Masaryk> and Miss olga
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