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 declared war not only on her external, but also on her internal enemies, the non-German and non-Magyar races who form the bulk of her population. No wonder that Czecho-Slovak soldiers, compelled to fight against their brother Slavs, the Serbs and Russians, for a cause which they detested from the bottom of their hearts, revolted. Over 300,000 Czecho-Slovak soldiers surrendered voluntarily to Russia alone, 30,000 to Serbia and 20,000 to Italy. These surrenders contributed greatly to the Austro-German military defeats.

''The Czecho-Slovak Army and Government.''

The organisation of the Czecho-Slovaks who voluntarily went over to the Allies, into a regular Army fighting on the side of the Entente, fell to the Czecho-Slovak National Council, who have now been recognised as practically the Provisional Government of the future independent Czecho-Slovak State. In consequence of the generous British declaration, the National Council has been able to organise as a real governmental institution and to exercise all the rights and powers of a real Government, representing a fully independent State. The National Council has its headquarters in Paris, and it has representatives and legations in all the Allied capitals.

The Czecho-Slovak National Council consists of three members:—Professor T. G. Masaryk, an eminent Czech leader and deputy to the Austrian