Page:The heart of Europe; an address delivered by Charles Pergler in Washington, December 11, 1916, at a conference of oppressed or dependent nationalities (IA heartofeuropeadd00pergrich).pdf/13

ForewordI onference of dependent or oppressed nationalities—the very title indicates that it is unnecessary to dwell upon the wrongs suffered by the Bohemian (Czech) and Slovak peoples under the Austrian and Magyar régimes. The world is beginning at last to realize that the German minority in Austria, during the past four decades with the active support of Berlin and always actively supported by the Hapsburg dynasty, for generations has been seeking to throttle the legitimate aspirations of non-German nationalities. The myth of Mag-