Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1946-10-25
Il Washingtonu, DC.
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du, dine 9. Tfjna, ziskan jakoz-
to Tecnik osvedceny harcovnik
DR.. Oldrich Chyle, odchazejfci
Glen velvyslanectv1. Tento W.
nikajicf pracovnfk jest INA
mym u krajanskych kruhG pc
celych Spojenych Statech, ja-
ko organisation odbocek Narod-
niho Sdruzenf, a mezi Ameri-
cany vGbec = zejmena v nes-
cetnych vysokych ucilistich,
jake vyborny recnik. Budeme
v6ru postradati jeho mile osob-
nosti a tax razoviteho cinovn1-
ka, ktery vykonal velike dilo
We spojenf S osvobozeneckym
hnutlm.
Pc pTedstaveni pTedsedou
br. Matejkou zahajil svou rec
poukazem ma to, re v kratkosti
by rad rekl co ma ma srdci a
zertovne pripomnel, re by
chtel tax uciniti v des1ti minu-
tach. Pokracoval pax:
"In the history of every ma
ton there are moments which
are unforgettable, and which
are cherished by grateful ma
tons as long as the national
spirit survives. America OBJ
serves it's Fourth of July, the
French have their Fourteenth
of July, and WE Czechs and
lSlovaks will never forget the
28th of October, which is our
symbo of independence and
liberty. Poor and rich, old and
young, city people and farmers
alike = all of us feel on such
national occasions the moral
strength and national tie, and
feel that the national brother
hood means so much for us to
be jubilant. 1t is appropriate
to explain why on this occasion
we should be gay and merry,
but above all grateful that our
country can enjoy the dreams
of our forefathers, who fought
for freedom and liberty. Gee
choslovak freedom and liberty
is the result of war, sacrifice
and suffering, not only of ours
but many generations = thou
sands of our best men who sa-
crificed everything, and went
into oblivion, disappeared like
the sand into the seas. With
out them there would be no IL
berty. There are two names
for us to remember, who for
mulated our program: Profes-
sor Thomas Garrigue Masaryk,
and Doctor Edward Benes. The
firest one freed us from the
Habsburg yoke, and the second
one led our nation in the great
est struggle of our history.
"The German criminal was
finally crushed. And only a
year after the German defeat,
there are people who will
plead for them, and point out
chat among the Germans il
were only the Nazis who were
the culprits. But we Czechs
know better, being their neigh
bors for centuries, we have
found out what the Germans
are, and are convinced that
they are a nation of criminals
We know them for over 1900
years. and we shall never trust
a nation of liars, bandits, and
those who scientifically killed
people. To us the Germans
are nothing alse than barba-
rians. For centuries they
preached against the Slavs,
their motto was drag mach
Osten''. They succeeded be-
cause the Slav people were dis
united, and they fell an easy
prey to the Germans, Magyars,
and Turks. But the twentieth
century is the century of Slavs.
From now on no one nation or
state in the world will be able
or strong enough to transfigure
our country.
We shall forgive but not for
get. There are many false ex-
plantations of religion. We
shall try to be secure and mast
ers in our own land. God does
not bless lazy bones, but only
the handwriting core of hui
mainly. No one will dare to
sow disunity among us. The
unification of the Slav nations
is not vet finished. There are
those that warn that the world
is flooded by a new hysteria -
Panslavism. Especially the
people of the west are victims
of vicious propaganda, spread
bxy tho onopoioc Of 4ho C1oxyo