rendered the Allies active assistance, which is being duly appreciated by them. It is chiefly due to the efforts of the subject peoples themselves, of whom the Czechs have certainly been the most outspoken, that the collapse of Austria has occurred, which finally sealed the fate of Kaiserism and of the Pan-German plans of Mitteleuropa. To-day our hopes for a better future are at last being fulfilled as a result of the Allies' complete victory, assuring the creation of a new and just international order. Our much-afflicted yet undaunted people already consider themselves as independent. The Peace Conference, at which the Czecho-Slovak Government will be represented, will only confirm the existence of an independent Czecho-Slovak State. In conclusion, we should like to express our deep gratitude to all our English friends for their valuable assistance in our struggle for the realisation of our ideals. We especially wish to thank once more the British Government for the generous step taken by them in recognising us as an Allied and belligerent nation. It was chiefly because of this recognition and of the gallant deeds of our army that we achieved all our subsequent diplomatic and political successes. We may assure Great Britain that the Czecho-Slovaks will never forget what they owe to her, and that they will endeavour to do their best to merit the trust so generously placed in them. VLADIMIR NOSEK. 9, GROSVENOR PLACE, LONDON, _November_, 1918. [Illustration: The International Position Of The Czecho Slovak Republic In Future Europe] CONTENTS I. WHAT is AUSTRIA-HUNGARY? II. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND THE PRESENT WAR III. CZECH POLITICAL PARTIES BEFORE AND DURING THE WAR IV. TERRORISM IN BOHEMIA DURING THE WAR _(a)_ Czech Deputies and Leaders imprisoned and sentenced to Death; _(b)_ Monster Trials, Arbitrary Executions, Internment of Civilians, etc.; _(c)_ Persecution of the Press; _(d)_ Reichsrat Interpellations. V. HOW THE CZECHO SLOVAKS AT HOME ASSISTED THE ALLIES VI. THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL ACTION OF THE CZECHO-SLOVAKS ABROAD VII. THE CZECHS AT HOME BEGIN TO SPEAK _(a)_ Czech Declaration of May 30, 1917; _(b)_ Courageous Speeches delivered by Czech Deputies in the Reichsrat; _(c)_ After the Amnesty; _(d)_ During Peace Negotiations with Russia; _(e)_ The Constituent Assembly of Prague on January 6, 1918; _(f)_ The Oath of the Czecho Slovak Nation; _(g)_ The Slovaks' Attitude; _(h)_ The Czecho-Slovak National Council in Prague. VIII. CZECHO-SLOVAK CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER NON-GERMAN NATIONS OF CENTRAL EUROPE _(a)_ The Congress of Rome; _(b)_ The May Manifestations in Prague. IX. BOHEMIA AS A BULWARK AGAINST PAN-GERMANISM APPENDIX OF SOME RECENT DOCUMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY I WHAT IS AUSTRIA-HUNGARY?