The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 2/America and her allies for free Bohemia

AMERICA AND HER ALLIES FOR FREE BOHEMIA.

 

On May 29th Secretary of State Lansing made the following important announcement of American policy.

“The Secretary of State desires to announce that the proceedings of the Congress of Oppressed Races of Austria Hungary, which was held in Rome in April, have been followed with great interest by the Government of the United States, and that the nationalistic aspirations of the Czecho Slovaks and Jugoslavs for freedom have the earnest sympathy of this Government.”

On June 5th the following official announcement was made in London:

“At the Versailles conference the premiers of Great Britain, France and Italy agreed to the foreign declarations: The creation of a united independent Polish state, with free access to the sea, constitutes one of the conditions of a solid and just peace and the rule of right in Europe.

“The Allies have noted with satisfaction the declaration of the American Secretary of State, to which they adhere, expressing the greatest sympathy with the national aspirations of the Czechs and Jugoslavs for freedom.”