with which we have most in common, an Austrian subject is prima facie an enemy; but if he is of the Czech race, then the presumption is that he is a friendly alien and restrictions imposed on alien enemies do not apply to him. Our government has taken the position that German subjects are danger ous, while Austro-Hungarians are not. This simplifies the task of the Department of Justice, but it is not a logical stand. As the New York Tribune says:
“No sound distiction can be drawn between the enemy feeling of the German and the enemy feeling of the Austrian and the Hungarian, if members of the oppressed races in Austria and Hungary are left out of consideration These disaffected Austrian and Hungarian subjects—the Czechs, Roumanians, Poles, Ruthenians, Slovaks, Italians and Slovenes—deserve special treatment. They ought to be segregated from the enemy alien class. But prudence requires that the same rule should be applied to all others of Emperor Karl’s subjects as is applied to the subjects of the German Kaiser.”
If our government will officially take the stand that the Bohemians are a friendly people, and President Wilson and his men know quite well that it is so, it will do no more than justice to her citizens and residents of the Bohemian blood. And what is more important such recognition will encourage and hearten the Czechoslovak people in their rebellion against German-Magyar rule.
A GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION BY A BOHEMIAN SCHOLAR
The Department of Commerce has just published a volume on “German Trade and the War” by Chauncey Depew Snow and Joseph J. Kral. The book presents a very exhaustive study of the commercial and industrial conditions in war-time Germany and of the outlook after the war. It is a rich mine of information on the various phases of German industrial life, covering the manufacturing industries, the supplies of raw materials, the development of substitute materials, labor, combination and syndication of industry, as well as discussing Germany’s commercial aims in going to war, and aspirations and preparations for the period after the war. It is evident that the authors, who are statistical experts in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, have followed carefully current newspapers, periodicals and books published in Germany and other European countries.
While the book is intended primarily for American business men, it will have a double interest for our readers. Many of them knew personally Mr. Kral, who was editor of the “Bohemian Voice”, the first periodical in English devoted to Bohemian affairs. Then again, the appendix contains in addition to statistical tables and various documents bearing on the subject-matter of the book two articles of special interest for Bohemians. One is a discussion of Pan-Germanism by Professor Thos. G. Masaryk, reprinted from the New Europe, and the other is a translation of an article by Dr. Alois Rašín in the Národní Listy, expressing the opposition of the Austrian Slavs to German plans of Mittel Europa and their determination to obtain independence.
This important government publication of 236 pages may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, for twenty-five cents.
NOTICE TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS
There have been a good many requests for the first volume of the Bohemian Review. Unfortunately the April issue of 1917 is all gone and for that reason the editor is unable to supply a complete first volume. Should there be at least twenty-five new subscribers to order the first volume, then a reprint would be made of the April issue. The cost of the first volume unbound, including mailing, would be $1.10, handsomely bound with gold lettering, $1.60.
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STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24TH, 1912.
Of The Bohemian Review, published monthly at Chicago, Ill., for April 1, 1918.
State of Illinois, County of Cook, ss.
Before me, a notary public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared J. F. Smetanka, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the editor of the Bohemian Review, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to-wit:
1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor and business managers are: Publisher, The Bohemian Review Company, 2627 S. Ridgeway avenue, Chicago; editor. J. F. Smetanka, 2324 S. Central Park avenue, Chicago; managing editor, none; business manager, J. J. Fekl, 2627 S. Ridgeway avenue, Chicago.
2. That the owners are: (Give names and addresses of individual owners, or, if a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of stock.):
Owner: The Bohemian Review Company.
Stockholders: J. F. Smetanka, 2824 S. Central Pk. Ave.
Stockholders: J. J. Fekl, 2627 S. Ridgeway Ave.
Stockholders: Joseph Tvrzicky, 3639 W. 26th St.
3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other se curity holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.) None.
4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or secuprity holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant’s full knowledge and be lief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stock holders and security holders who do not appea rupon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of March, 1918.
(Seal)My commission expires Feb. 15, 1922.
