Author : Serbian National Defense League America
Release : 2015-07-03
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis For Freedom (Classic Reprint) by : Serbian National Defense League America

Download or read book For Freedom (Classic Reprint) written by Serbian National Defense League America. This book was released on 2015-07-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from For Freedom On January 20th of this year an important Slav meeting was held in the big Ball room of the Hotel Astor. Its importance lay not only in the fact that it was arranged jointly by duly authorized representatives of 7.000.000 Poles, Czechoslovaks and Yugoslavs (Serbs, Croats and Slovenes) living in this country, but also in the fact that it was arranged in honor of the Serbian Royal Mission to the United States because by expressing their admiration for, and solidarity with, Serbia these Austrian Slavs proved to be with their heart and soul for the Allies and against Austria-Hungary. The meeting in general resulted in being an eloquent protest of former Austrian subjects against the unheard of system of violence and oppression practised in Austria-Hungary, and its fundamental tone was: Long live liberty! - Down with Austria! At the moment when the Secretary of State desires to announce that, after the recognition of a Free and United Poland, the nationalistic aspirations of the Czechoslovaks and Yugoslavs for freedom, have also the earnest sympathy of the United States' Government, it may be of some interest to give a detailed account on this first joint action of the Poles, Czechoslovaks and Yugoslavs in America, by publishing the speeches given at the Hotel Astor. Far from having lost anything of their actuality these speeches are now of even more immediate significance because of the changed position of Austria-Hungary, who, impossible as she already was, has after her recent treaty with Germany become a complete vassal of German militarism. In the name of the Czechoslovaks, Mr. Gaza H. Mika spoke, in the name of the Poles, Dr. F. Ignatius Drobinski, and in the name of the Yugoslavs, Dr. Hinko Hinkovic. Dr. Milenko R. Vesnic, chief of the Serbian Mission, and General Mihailo Rasic spoke on behalf of Serbia. The chairman of the meeting, General Francis V. Greene, also delivered a cordial speech which was enthusiastically cheered by the audience; it is repeated here in full, as an inseparable part of the whole. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.