CZECHOSLOVAKS IN AMERICA
gency Peace Conference, are reprinted in the Appendix.
A confirmation of a different kind as to the usefulness of the work of the Bureau came from one of the liberal journals of New York which for a period was decidedly pro-Austrian, in that it advocated the preservation of Austria-Hungary, though in a federated form. At one time this journal was pressed so hard, particularly with reference to its misunderstanding of the principle of nationality, that on more than one occasion it deprecated the “powerful Czech propaganda,” and at least once declared that an expression of dissent from Czech aims immediately subjects one to the risk of being snowed under by numerous Czech pamphlets. When this journal, upon the occasion of Dr. Masaryk’s visit to America, came out for the dismemberment of Austria-Hungary, its change of front was of course quite gratifying to the Czech exponents in America.
As time went on, and almost sooner than could be hoped for, many papers frequently made use of the Bureau’s stories, to speak in journalistic parlance, sometimes giving the Bureau credit, at other times refraining from doing so. This matter of credit was immaterial; indeed, publication without such credit was preferred, since it
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