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Nearly half of those who went from Cleveland into the Czecho-Slovak army are now in Prague, and may perhaps remain there. Those who have returned are very anxious to have restored their previous status as applicants for citizenship, and a petition to this effect has been sent to Congress. In this petition they speak of American citizenship that “which every man holds dearest” and beg its restoration.

The various political activities of the Czechs in this country were coordinated for war purposes through the Bohemian National Alliance, whose headquarters are at 3734 West 26th street, Chicago, and the National Alliance of Bohemian Catholics, 3207 West 22nd sireet, Chicago.

Karel Bernreiter, Joseph Martinek, and Rev. Oldrich Zlamal, of Cleveland, are members of the Council of the American Czecho-Slovak Board, which is the executive body of Czech and Slovak organizations in America.

The Czecho-slovak Review, a monthly periodical under the editorship of J. F. Smetanka, is published in English for the purpose of acquainting Americans with the Czecho-Slovak situation in general. It is an able publication, well illustrated, containing in each number a great amount of information not hitherto available in English. It is temperate in tone and broad in its outlook, and should have the widest reading among all persons wishing correct information on the affairs of Central Europe.

A book on “The Czechs in America,” by Thomas Capek, announced for October publication, will also furnish interesting and valuable information. Mr. Capek is a scholar, a bibliographer, and a man of affairs and is the only person who has yet written extensively in English, with an inside knowedgeknowledge [sic] of Czecho-Slovak affairs.