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that you insist upon complete independence; we have merely recognized an accomplished fact.’ And when he addressed the returning legions from Siberia that chanced to go through Washington on July 18, 1919, he said: ‘Your steadfastness in purpose, your unshaken belief in high ideals, your valor of mind, of body and heart evoked the admiration of the world.’ . . . . .
“During the last nine years, the Czechoslovak people have proved to the world that they are capable of self-determination in a way that is a credit to them. More than any other nation of Europe, the Czechoslovak Republic is affectionately inclined towards the people of the United States, ever grateful for the splendid aid given her. May she continue to prosper and always enjoy the happiness and blessings of a free people, is our wish on this the Ninth Anniversary of her Independence.”
Czechoslovak Flashes.
At the National Theatre
At the National Theatre in Prague preparations are made for the production of original, new works of three Czech authors. Kropáček’s play “The Building” has an architectural medium and is a drama written around an architectural artist whose ideas are wrecked on the eternal laws of substance. The second is “The Hurricane” by Fr. Kubka, a drama of a Cossack ataman, of a fight between Bolshevism, Mongolism and the old religion of Russia. Among the new comedies is Zoulek’s “Film,” which is a dramatization of the Czech film world and refers to the practice of film making and its romance. This play was accorded a large measure of praise when it won one of three prizes in a competiton for the best Czech comedy. ***
Feodor Chaliapin in Prague.
Feodor Chaliapin has arranged concerts to take place in Vienna and in Prague. The Prague concert is to take place on the 9th of November in the Lucerna Hall and the programme will include a series of new and until now unheard Chaliapin songs. ***
John Hornicek, Linguist, Dies.
The nationally known linguist, John Hornicek, associate professor at Yale University, died of tuberculosis last month in Denver, Colo. He was born in Czechoslovakia 38 years ago, came to this country when 18 years old, and excelled in the study of languages of which he knew ten. Besides teaching romance languages at Yale, he belonged to several linguistic societies and contributed frequently to various scientific periodicals. ***
The Olympic Games.
Czechoslovakia will send more than 140 competitors to the Amsterdam Olympic Games in addition to a large number who will take part in the Winter Olympic Games held at St. Moritz.