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Rh has been raised by the President of the Republic or the Government but it can also on its own initiative supply the President of the Republic or the Government with memoranda dealing with any aspect of State affairs.

8. On the proposal of the Disciplinary Committee the State Council can rescind the mandate of any member, if it is established that the member is unworthy: the State Council must report such a case immediately to the President of the Republic.

9. Members of the State Council are entitled to an appropriate emolument for the exercise of their mandates.

(L.S.) DR. SRAMEK. (L.S.) DR. EDVARD BENES.

 

DECLARATION of Alliance between the Provisional Czechoslovak and Polish Governments.—London, November 11, 1940

(Translation)

Polish Government and the Provisional Czechoslovak Government have decided to issue the following declaration: —

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Imbued with an inflexible faith that the heroic struggle now being waged by Great Britain, together with her Allies, against German tyranny will end in the final defeat of the forces of evil and destruction.

Animated by the profound conviction that the future order of the world must be based on the co-operation of all elements which recognise the principle of freedom and justice, as constituting the moral foundation of all our common civilisation.

The two Governments consider it imperative to declare solemnly that Poland and Czechoslovakia, closing once and for all the period of past recriminations and disputes, and taking into consideration the community of their fundamental interest, are determined, on the conclusion of this war, to enter as independent and sovereign States into a closer political and economic association, which would become the basis of a new order in Central Europe, and a guarantee of its stability. Moreover, both Governments express the hope that in this co-operation, based on respect for the freedom of nations, the principles of democracy and the dignity of man, they will 