Page:Bohemia's claim to independence.djvu/13





The Bohemian National Alliance in America| is an organization composed of the “Sokol” gymnastic societies, of the principal Czech fraternal organizations, of social clubs and labor bodies. It has branches in most of the larger cities of the United States, as well as many branches in Canada. It is entitled to speak for the 540,000 Bohemians in the United States.

The Bohemian National Alliance is working actively for the freedom of Bohemia, an object which is bound up with the success of the Allies. It opposes the false neutrality tactics employed by Germans living in the United States, particularly their efforts to stop the export of munitions of war.

With the Bohemian National Alliance in America are affiliated similar organizations of Czechs living in London, Paris and Switzerland.