The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-10

1he great statesmen of the times
assI1 AS place IN the affection and confidence
OF hrs people is shown by a UNIQUE provision In
thF ne" constitution of the republic The presi-
Gent - elected for term of seven years and no
one vrsF nc chOsen foy a third term-po ono avcont
PRESIDENT Mnsaryk- This is equivalent to an cleo
ton for life ' wy
"h" shall shy this unique honor is not de-
serSedF Apparently Masaryk is truly the FEATHER
vi ms Cou1ltry- II ever a state or nation was
made ~ one man, sile new republic was made
by its fife president
~ AaSaryks people seem to feel His SEVEN
uetn birthday was recently celebrated as a ma
Shsnat holiday by the entire Czecho-Slovak nation
In HFaacaay eastSe in Prague the ancient palace
on Ssohaan eEHpe4urs and Bohemian kirgs now the
presidential residence foregnthered the representa-
tives OF foreign powers. members OF tbe nst,onoI
assembly and the cabinet, delegates of the churches
nnu otneT notabieS. The president Of the assembly
Toaraseiz- addressed Masaryk as follows:
Leader or our national revolution creator of
0ur Independence. teacher OF our nfton guide I'm
Aew roads, our golden. good beloved little father
may you be- well and strong for many years for
MANY decadeS to the being anc success of tha
nation and the republic
Here is In parf, sketch of MAsaryk, sent out
by the echoSlovak News Service; it probably
may he tHken as Official:
March Z, IS5O, i'm an obscure district of Mo-
ravfa. Thomas G. Masaryk was born. He IS the
son or n coachnlan- Ills education was begun
IN the local schools. continued at the gymnasium
Of Brno and finished al the Universities Of vienna
and LeipSsg
While studying at LeIpsig he met Miss Gar
r'ane or Bro9ksyH. n " who was studying music
ut the Conservatory. She returned home In the
summer or 1S7S and MAsaryk followed and wooed
her, finally winning her hand This was Masaryk,s
fiEsf visit to the United States The Impressions
made ON him by American institutions fostered
MS love of liberty and longing to free his native
land
AT twenty-nIne he was appointed an instructor
IN phHnsOphy In the University of Vienna. and
tfsree years later he was chosen professor Of nb
LcaOphy In the new Czech University of Prague
immediately he was recognized as an able inter
peetef Oh modern Philosophical. political and so
cal tendencies Incidentally he became the most
potent f0rre In mOtdIng the thoughts Of Slav stu
gents. particularly of BOhemians and SIoyaks
~ aszh he Was elected deputy for Moravia
~ the Austrian parliament, subsequently resignng
N devote his entire time to scientific research In
1877. as an adheTens of the ''ReaIst" movement
~hieh subsequently was merged with the Progress
aiEep party, he ans again delegated by his con-
snfuency To represent 1t In parliament One of
bis BankS q the platform ON which he was elected
leEmided ultimate Independence for Bohemia.
Nassaryk Is the last and the greatest of the
AuAkeners Of fhe Bohemian and Slovak people
xnsa 1nAiowing the disastrous Thirty Years war
we're rednred 10 uffer political cultural social and
seitgious mpoteaee- Freedom Of mind and body
ND the liberty Of his country were always upper
most m me thoughts ef the teacher of philosophy
IN furthaFance Of his ambitions and convictions
AazaFyk published and edited newspaper the
Times which SION became the most influential
guruat OF the 8ohemianR 1t openly demanded
Iufsnomy for Bohemia 1t was one of the first
.SurnalS whose publication was suspended at the
EEtbrenk OF the great world war because of its
'ersistenf adSDcacy Of the rights of the Bohemans
~ defense or Serbia. and Its open ayowal of the
anse OF the allies
Masary< exposed the forgeries prepared nv
he Magyar. Count Forgach, who was then the dnlv
cxEeSilted ambassador to Serbia and who with
he conniSance Of a Vienna historian, DIR Fried
uux. made possible me charge that the JueoSlavs
AustEds Hungary were engaged i'm a conspiracy
ssalnst ehe dHaI monarchy. In Agram (Zagrehl
ffy three Croatians were sentenced II the galIovs
: resalt Of the efforts OF Forgach and FrIed,unp
MI sbty wouih have been executed II Masaryk
M nSt appealed 10 the world against the bar
nrity and Immortality OF Austria Hungary In sacr
cling innocent men TO supposed political expedi-
nv 81 making ont case against Serbia Masarvk
enAEnsfr1etI beyond doubt that willing tools and
snray officials OF the dual monarchy's foreign
alre manufactured the documents which were
ssd ms the basis OF the proofs on which the con.
ceoH Of the JuguShavS was predicated.
Masaryk Is an azrhOr Of no mean ability and
= writings cover a wide field At twenty-six no
Ilslished his Immortality According TO Plato.
his book yeas followed by his ~Jan Hus" sKaral
avicek" and the Bohemian Question" all Of
hich aimed 10 uplift the bohemian nation morally
"a spiritually his Social Question" Is criti ,