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 tion who has done great service to civilization and who can proudly range itself among the most civilized, economically developed and most democratic nations of Europe.

This is the firm and unanimouns will of the nation:





At the crossroads of History, we hereby swear on the glorious memory of our ancestors, before the eyes of the sorrow-stricken nation, and on the graves of those who have fallen for the cause of liberty, and promise today and for all eternity:











Let our nation grow and flourish freely in all its lands and in the great family of nations, for the welfare of its own as well as for the welfare of the future liberated humanity!

After Jirásek’s speech, the hymn “Bývali Čechové” was sung whereupon the President asked Dr. Ante Pavelič, deputy to the Croatian Diet, to speak in the name of the Jugoslav nation. He said:

“Ladies and gentlemen: As the representative of the united nation of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, I would like to thank you at this memorable meeting for your