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mantle and phenomenal spectacle of the war
the passage of the self-constituted and self
disciplined Czechoslovak army across Russia
and Siberia in their attempt to join the
French army by way of the Pacific and the
Atlantic. I Immediately joined forces with him
and continued to cooperate until the end OF
the war.
From the beginning of the war there had
been constant assertions In the armies of the
allies, through voluntary capture, of all the
subject people of Germany and Austria Hun
gary. This was greatly accelerated when the
efforts being made In America were known.
September Is, 1913 what was called VIC
tory Meeting Of the Oppressed People of Aus
tria-Hungary" was held in Carnegie Hall IN
New York resolution, which I had been
asked to write, was adopted. This pledged
the nationalitieS to work for the allied cause
because it was the way to secure freedom for
themselves. Paderewski, Masaryk and a rep-
resentative Of both the Rumanians and Jugo.
SlavS spoke.
At a luncheon Of the speakers and committee
of arrangements just before the meeting, sug.
geSted that it would be q good thing If perma~
nent organization could be made of the nation-
alitieS represented Masaryk said that was what
he was hoping for, because there was so much
traditional hostility among these natonalitieS
that it greatly weakened their efforts against q
common enemy.
I engaged room at the Biltmore Hotel for
the next afternoon and also invited representa-
tives of four other national groups On the
nomination Of PaderewSd, MaSaryk was elected
chairman and became the director of what
was named the Mid-European Union. Onices
were opened in Washington, and number OF
conferences we're held for the purpose of s0av-
ing problems and getting publicity
One afternoon in October the secretary az
President Masaryk handed me an envelope
saying that 1t contained the Czechoslovak
Declaration of independence, and asked my
help with the English. With several other men
whom I gathered together, worked most OF
the night and the next day on it, and succeeded
in reducing it to forceful and brief state
ment suitable for publication. On the morning
Of october 10 it was released to the press and
copy was given to President Wilson at 4
o'clock that afternoon.
The declaration stated very positively that no
return to any relation with the Austrian empire
was possible. Fortunately it happened that the
very morning the Declaration of Independence
appeared there also came a letter from the
Emperor of Austria proposing a federation.
These were printed side by side and made the
Emperor's appeal fruitlesS.
That afternoon President Wilson cabled q
reply to communication he had received from
Austria a few days earlier. With other things
he sad Look to the Czechs for your reply"
week later Austria Hungary had withdrawn
from the war.
THE following week the Mid European Union
now representing the IL nationalities. ex-
tending from the Lithuanians on the Baltic
to the Jews Of Palestine-a continuous line
making an eastern front which Gen. Glenn had
wanted-drew up a Declaration of Common
Aims in three-day conference in Independence
Hall, Philadelphia.
had bought an exact replica of the original
Liberty Bell. 1t was set up in the square be-
hind Independence Hail. and was rung by the
children of the various nationalities as each
national representative proclaimed his purpose.
President MaSaryk was authorized to pro-
mote the Mid-European Union on his return
tn Europe and in his first speech after his
t'iumphaI entry as the president Of the new
republic he urged the establishment In Europe
of what had begun In America. His efforts
brought the little entente.
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