New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-07-09

NaN;trAhS place ia the affection and confidence
Of his people is shown 10y - unique provision in
the new constitution of the republic. The preSi
dent T., elected for - term of seven years and no
"ue may I've chosen for n third term-no one except
President Masaryk. This is equivalent to an elee-
tion for life.
Who shall say this unique honor is not de
~rrvrif Apparently Masaryk is truly the Father
az His Country If ever n state or antion was
''mndr' by one man, the new republic was made
ny its life president.
SO MnsnrSk's people seem to feel. His seven.
tieth birthday was recently celebrated as a ma
'ional holiday 10y the entire czecho-SlOvak nation.
Ia i~lradcany castle in Prngue, the ancient palace
"f Roman emperors and Bohemian kings, now the
''resihentiaI residence, foregathered the representa-
lives of foreign powers. members of the national
assembly aud the cabinet, delegates Of the churches
md other notnhleS. The president of the assembly,
TomaSek. addressed Masaryk rs follows;
Leader of our national revolution, creator OF
nnr Independence, teacher of our nation, guide IN
new roads, our golden, good, beloved little father.
Hay you be- well and strong for many years, Cor
many decades, to the Wcll-bcing aud success of the
nation and the republic
Here is. Ia Irri, "A sketch of MaSaryk, sent out
by the Cycchn-Slorak News Service; it probably
nay be- taken as official;
March :, 1880, in un obscure district If Mo.
ravia. Thomas g. Masaryk was born He is the
son of "A coachman. His education vns begun
Ia the local schools, continued at the gymnasium
of Iirno aud finished AT the Universities of Vienna
aud ieipsig.
While studying M LripSig he met Miss Gar
rig,ie Of brooklyn. y. T. who was studying music
NJ the conservatory. She returned home in the
sumn,. of 1873 and Mnsaryk followed and wooed
,er, hnuil, winning her hand. This was Masaryk's
first visit 10 the UYited States. The impressions
mndc az him by American institutions fostered
his love Of liberty and longing 10 free his native
isnd.
A. twenty nine he was appointed nm instructor
Ia philosophy In the University of Vienna. and
thr,.r years later he was chosen professor of phi
insophy ia the new czech University of Prague,
Immediately ne was recognized as nm able inter
r-rirr of modern philosophical. political aud SO
cial tendencies. Incidentally he became the most
potent force in molding the thoughts Of Slay stu
dents. particularly Of Bohrmians and Slovaks.
la 1891 he was elected u deputy for Mornvla
Ia lhe Austrian parliament. subsequently reSigning
to devote his entire time to scientific research. In
1907, as nm ndhcrent of the "irallst" movement.
which subsequently was merged with The Progress
sile" party. he was again delegated by his con
stiiuency 10 represent it In parliament. one of
,hc plnnEs Of the platform on which he wns elected
demanded ultimate independence for Bohemia.
Masaryk is the last. aud the greatest. Of the
"a wakeuerS" ~ the Bohemian and SloVak people,
Who. following the disastrous Thirty Years war.
Nvrr r,-lucrtl to utter political. cultural. social and
religious impotence. Freedom Of mind and body
and the liberty 81 his country were always upper
most in The thoughts NJ the teacher NJ philosophy.
ln mrtherancr ~ his ambitions and convictions
MnSaryk published and edited n newspaper. the
Titnas. which soon he'nme the most influential
lnarnnl ~ The BohrInianS. II openly demanded
s,p.s,otDy frr Bphemia. Il was one of The first
Journals whose publication was suspended NJ the
outbreak of the great world war. because of its
persistent adv",nc, Of the rights Of the Bohemlans.
it, ,cfr'isr or Serbia. and its open avoaal Of the
cnusp of the allies.
Ansaryk exposed the forgeries prepared by
ri,e Magyar. Count Forgach, who vas then the duly
accredited au,bn ssador to Serbia. and who. with
the cnnuiyance Of ~ Vienna historian. Dr. Fried
;.ac. made possible the charge ihnt the Jugo- Slavs
against the dual m"narchy. In Agram (ZagrehD
gJtv-tIr.r IrnntlnnS we're sentenced to the gnllows
~ . r-s,it 81 The efforts Of ForEach and FriedIunr.
aud they would have been exeruted II Masaryk
had not Appended Ia the world against the tar
tariiv and immortality of Austria Hungary In sacri-
acing innocent men To- y supposed political expeii-
.a-cy 81 making out y ease against Serbia. Masaryk
.ieptonsi RI ted beyond ~ doubt that willing tools and
snnrsiy officials of The dual m"narchy's foreign
office manufactured the documents which were
,,s..d a. the tnsis Of the proofs on which the con
.ictit.n Of ihe Jugo-S'avs Was Pr-dicatei.
MySrrNk Is an author OF no mean ability. and
his r~rit-nrS cover p wide field. Al tweniy-six he
t~n,hlfsiei hiS Numerically according to Plato
ft,'s h~pk Ms follovei by his "Jan HuS.- "Karel
tIayIicpk.~ aud The -EchprnIan Question oil Of
rt,icl, siritd to upiift the bohemian nation morally
aud spiritually. His "Soc-al Question is a crfti-