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RV 76 Hardy, Buchanan, Slayden, Lobeck, Mansfield, Hitchcock, Sloan, Stephens, Good, Kenyon, Medill, McCormick, McAndrews, Lewis, Igoe, Dyer, Hayes, Baker, Doremus, Pomerene, Wealty, Smith, Eagan, Cody, Burnett, Barnhart, Van Dyke.

Thereafter the Czechoslovak problem came up often enough. Thus, on October 16, 1918, Representative Sabath delivered an address in which he embodied a whole anti-Austrian article, originally appearing in the Yale Review and reprinted in pamphlet form under the title of Should Austria-Hungary Exist? In the Senate, Henry Cabot Lodge declared openly for the dismemberment of Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovak independence.

The problem of Austria-Hungary ceased to be regarded as outside the sphere of American interests and Czechoslovaks were no more defending an unknown cause.