my family to say that I was leaving the country immediately. I indicated arrangements with regard to various family matters which my wife was to attend to. I then went to Hájek and gave him the letter, informing him what had happened, what my intentions were, and what he was to do to keep things going.
I then went to have a look at my house to see whether the soldiers or the police were there, or whether any conspicuous sign had been put in the windows, according to the arrangement with my wife. I spent a whole morning watching and waiting, but as I saw nothing suspicious I ventured to go in about midday. I quickly cleared the house of all dangerous papers and waited to see what would happen. I was reassured by the fact that there were no signs of the police, and this gave me breathing-space.
In this situation the chief thing was to find out at once how far the two arrests were connected with our activities. This could be ascertained either from the police or from Machar in Vienna, but in any case it must be done quickly. I arranged with Dušek for him to try to find something out from Dr. Klíma, with whom he was regularly in touch. From his conversation with Klíma, Dušek gathered that what had happened had no bearing on the “Maffia.” The whole thing soon became quite clear when we obtained news from Vienna, partly from political circles, partly from Heinold’s documents. Among the latter was a report to the Archduke Friedrich, which showed us that the arrest of Kramář and Scheiner had been carried out as the result of orders from the military authorities, and was not in any way connected with the doings of the “Maffia.”
From that time onwards I was in practically daily touch with Dr. Rašín. After the removal of Scheiner it was from him that I obtained most of my information, apart from what I received from my own private sources. I have the most pleasant memories of my dealings with him and of the work we did together in the “Maffia.” He was hard-working, courageous, undaunted, loyal, and devoted. We had no difficulty in agreeing as to the direction which Masaryk’s policy should take.
It was not long before Dr. Rašín quietly informed me that he was under the observation of the police and that he would be arrested shortly. One day, in the early part of July, I
