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APPENDIX.—TABLE OF RECOGNITIONS
DATE. FRANCE. ENGLAND. ITALY. AMERICA. RUSSIA AND OTHER STATES
August–September, 1914. The Russian Commander-in-Chief, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolayevitch, issues a proclamation to the Austro-Hungarian peoples; the Tsar receives a first Czechoslovak deputation; the creation of a Czech Družina in the Russian army is sanctioned; the Russian Foreign Minister, Sazonof, receives a Czechoslovak deputation and declares that the restoration of the Bohemian Kingdom corresponds to the intentions of the Russian Government; the Tsar receives a second deputation and expresses the hope that Czechoslovak wishes will be fulfilled.
October 2, 1914. The French Minister of the Interior grants to trustworthy Czechs the same privileges as to citizens of Allied States.
October 19, 1914. The British Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, agrees to take the chair at Professor Masaryk’s inaugural lecture at King’s College, London, and makes a written declaration. The Czechs in Great Britain are exempted from the disabilities of enemy aliens.