The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/With the Slovak League

WITH THE SLOVAK LEAGUE.

The Slovaks lost a valuable worker, and the Old Country gained an efficient leader in the departure for Europe of Jan Janček, secretary of the League. He proceeded to Slovakia in pursuance of a mission entrusted to him by the Cleveland Conference of the League. His task will be principally to arrange for regular transmission of news from Slovakia to the United States; he will also secure directions for the prosecution of relief work among the people of warridden Slovakia.

Janček has been less than a year in the United States, having come here from Russia, where he had been serving in the Czechoslovak Army as a lieutenant. He came originally merely to advise his people here of what was done in Russia, but was persuaded to accept the office of secretary to the League and did excellent work in that capacity as an organizer. He is a capable business man and before the war was an important lumber manufacturer and one of the few Slovak million aires. Of course during the war all his property had been confiscated by the Magyar Government which declared Janček a traitor.

The Slovak League plans to invest large sums of money in industrial enterprises in Slovakia, for every Slovak believes in the future prosperity of his native land. It has been decided to send other leaders to the liberated country; the delegation will consist of Author:Albert Mamatey, Milan Getting, E. Kovač and J. Matlocha. In the meantime the million-dollar fund is growing at an increased rate under the enthusiasm caused by the proclamation of the Czechoslovak Republic. The most important recent contribution was made by the Slovaks of Binghampton, who in a short campaign collected $40,000.00.