I would compile daily memoranda and informative articles in various guises, which Štefánik then placed in various quarters. This increased my work considerably, for my own connections with journalists and politicians were beginning to extend, and La Nation Tchèque also involved more and more work.
Our propagandist activity entered upon a new phase when Dr. Sychrava moved to Paris on April 18, 1916. He had had trouble with the Swiss Government on account of his political activities, and in the end, as the result of pressure on the part of the Austro-Hungarian Government, he had been compelled to leave Geneva. He had then settled for a short time at Annemasse, a French village on the Franco-Swiss frontier, where he continued to edit the Československá Samostatnost, and to communicate with Switzerland and Prague. The technical difficulties which this caused induced us to transfer the Československá Samostatnost to Paris. Thus arose a new centre of activity there in the form of an editorial office which demanded a new technical and propagandist organization.
In the first place we had to set up a printing office for the Czech paper. This was later extended so as to include the printing of our French publications, especially La Nation Tchèque and our second periodical Le Monde Slave, as well as all our pamphlets, books, maps, etc. This widened the scope of our propagandist activity. Dr. Sychrava began to work on the same lines and in conjunction with the same persons as I myself. When we had set up our more elaborate centre in the Rue Bonaparte for the National Council and its secretariat, for the editorial office of the Československá Samostatnost (later on for La Nation Tchèque as well), and also for the managing departments of our papers and publications, we were able to carry on our propaganda in surroundings, the more dignified character of which increased our chances of success. Our headquarters developed into a widespread and well-organized political undertaking, the strength and efficiency of which showed up very strikingly in comparison with similar undertakings on the part of other nations.
In June 1916 Štefan Osuský arrived in Paris from Chicago. I should like to say a few words here about his work. He had travelled by way of London, where he had met Masaryk. He had been sent from America by the Slovak organizations there in order to examine the situation in Europe and then, if the circumstances warranted it, to remain and co-operate
