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The most important facts concerning the United States Government during the war and its relation to the problem of Czechoslovak independence in particular and that of Austria-Hungary in general, may not be known for many years, and certainly not until the various communications between the several legations and embassies and the State Department are given to the public. Yet there are certain facts available at the present time, or which should be made available to the student of history, and which are not generally known, or, at least, not generally appreciated. Some of these may appear insignificant, but apparently insignificant matters, needless to say, frequently do characterize eras and men, and are a help to understanding.

Toward the end of the war the charge was made more than once, particularly in the German press, that the Czechoslovaks were Woodrow Wilson’s special protégés, and more than once his