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of the farmers’ needs during the approaching harvesting season, so that proper arrangements may be made for supplying them with these commodities. Fuel is still one of the pressing problems of the day.
Czechoslovak dailies show their disgust with the handling of the Teschen situation by the International Commission appointed to carry out the plebiscite. Procrastination and adjournments are the cause of the existing ill feeling. The storm centers about the chairman of the Commission, Mandeville, who it appears, is not master of the situation and according to news reports, seems to be a very weak executive. While the Czechoslovaks are faithfully carrying out their bargain, the Polish adherents are terrorizing the people and permitting depredation on their property. All of this takes place under the nose of the International Commission. The plebiscite set for July 12th will probably not be held. The official muddling of this problem through the incapacity of the chairman of the Commission is bound to react.
Poland occupies a peculiar position of claiming something which historically, and in fact does not belong to her. She has everything to gain and nothing to lose. On the other hand the Czechoslovaks have every historical and economic right to Teschen. The sentiment of the inhabitants indicates that they desire to join the Czechoslovak Republic. The various adjournments of the plebiscite give opportunity to the Poles to drive out the Czechs and replace them with their own adherents. They resort to what is known in America as “bull dozing” tactics and through the inability of the International Commission to control them they have a passive and acquiescent support. This should not and must not continue. If there is to be a plebiscite it should be held at once.
Miss. Karla Máchova died in Prague on May 7, 1920. For many years she was the editor of the “Womens News” (Ženské Listy) and advocated equal rights for the Bohemian women.