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| TABLE OF RECOGNITIONS—continued | |||||
| DATE. | FRANCE. | ENGLAND. | ITALY. | AMERICA. | RUSSIA AND OTHER STATES |
| June 3, 1918. | In the Allied War Council held at Versailles the French, British and Italian Prime Ministers associate themselves with the American declarations, and declare their sincere sympathy with the Czechoslovak and Southern Slav struggle for freedom. | ||||
| June 29, 1918. | The Government recognizes the Czechoslovak right to independence and the National Council as the first basis of the future Czechoslovak Government; the President of the Republic presents colours (June 30th) to the Czechoslovak Legion in France. | ||||
| August 2 and 3, 1918. | American-Japanese Agreement upon military intervention in support of the Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia; the Allied representatives at Washington promise military and material assistance to the Legion. | ||||
| August 9 to November 11, 1918. | The British Foreign Secretary, Mr. A. J. Balfour, issues a declaration recognising the Czechoslovaks as an Allied nation; their Legions in France, Italy, and Siberia as a united Allied and belligerent army waging regular warfare against Austria-Hungary and Germany; and the National Council as the trustee for the future Czechoslovak Government. The British Government recognises the National Council on this basis and concludes a diplomatic convention with it. The British Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd George, thanks the National Council for the achievements of the Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia. | ||||
