Foreign Language Press Service

Fifty years ago, it was the Bohemian Slavonic Rifle Company in the State of Illinois which first offered its services to President Lincoln to help keep the Union intact and abolish slavery. Today, again, our brave Sokols are rallying behind the Star Spangled Banner to prove that they are in t

Every faithful son of his nation is bound to be ready for sacrifices in order to see his people victorious in a War waged because it is striving to prevent democracy to be trampled in the dust. America must win so that militarism is swept from the surface of this globe, that justice be shown

In this critical time, when we feel compelled to draw the sword for the defense of human rights and the liberation of the oppressed peoples by autocratic governments, our duty stands out clearly before us. Our new homeland has received us with friendliness and granted us the same rights as en

Mr. Kenneth Miller, a native American, who is active as an assistant to the Reverend Doctor V. Pisek in New York, came to Chicago a few days ago for a short visit. He is returning from Texas where he stopped at eighteen communities of a strong Czech population. The main purpose of his travels

The moment arrived when we had to say good-bye to our Sokols who did not hesitate, but went to offer themselves to Uncle Sam, to throw their body and soul into the fight which shall decide the fate of every nation in the world. Though the last hour was filled with emotion, no weak sentimental

The meeting on April 10 of the National Alliance of Czech Catholics was one of the most remarkable ever held by the organization. It proved that our activities have increased in intensity and extent, notwithstanding the many difficulties that presented themselves to us, but were overcome or r

An article about the Czechs which appeared in the National Geographical Magazine from the pen of Professor A. Hrdlicka, a Czech-American scientist, is discussed in the "Wausau Record Herald," a Wisconsin paper. A certain Mr. Vaclav Novak sent a clipping from the Wisconsin paper to the Denni H

The appearance of the marching Czech-American volunteers did not fail to make a deep impression upon the public which acclaimed them so enthusiastically. The sentiment aroused reflected in the meeting held in the Pilsen Park last night. A new group of young men enlisted for service there. The

The local papers omit all news items in which credit should be given to people of our nationality, but they stretch those reports which place the Czechs into an unfavorable light; then they take pains to nail down the fact that the person in question is of Czech nationality. Among these paper

The district of Town of Lake, densely populated with Czechs, owes its rapid development to several men, among whom is one of the best-liked and hard-working men. In business he is scrupulously honest. He is Karel V. Janovsky. His endeavor has not only placed him among the first men

A fairly large number of Czech boys and Sokols have enlisted for service in Uncle Sam's Army and Navy up to the present. This is, however, not sufficient by far to be representative of the loyalty of the Czech-Americans.

The subsidy granted regularly by the Board of Commissioners of Cook County was one of the main subjects under discussion in the meeting held last night. The disbursement of the money has been stopped by the court. The state law forbids monetary support to be loaned by the Board to organizatio

The election of trustees of the school board will be held on April 21. The city of Cicero is growing by leaps and bounds, and so is the entire West Side. It will be necessary to devote more attention to the management of the schools than has been done before. For this reason, a greater number

If there is one among us who thinks that our strife for the liberty of our old homeland is not legal, or even a real violation of American neutrality, that man has surely revised his opinion by now. The break with Austria has removed all real and imaginary obstacles, and freed the h

Czech voters in Cicero ought to see to it that their fellow-countrymen be elected to the school board of district 99. Each voter should also do his best to put a Czech into the office as president of the board.

Hardly had the vanguard of the Czech Legion left for Jefferson Barracks, in St. Louis, Mo., to be gradually supplemented by others of our Sokol brethren, than the Sokol Girls began taking up work to prove that they have grasped the importance of the War. Women can help materially. They can pe

We are in receipt of news from Jefferson Barracks where the first contingent of Czech recruits went last Monday. They were examined by Army surgeons, and we are glad to report that they were found to be in perfect form. They are boys who have been trained in our Sokol gymnastic societies, and

Doctor Jaroslav F. Smetanka, secretary of the English language department of the Czech National Alliance, and member of the joint Military Committee of the Alliance and Czech Sokol community, received the following letter from Captain F. R. Kenney, United States Army, chief recruiting officer

"President Wilson's recent message to Congress is a document of high historic importance, and one to which every sound-thinking man will revert with a burning interest, even after decades, when the present bloody struggle with all its sufferings and terrors will be an event of the past. In th

The Barbour proposal, if enacted, will prohibit the sale of liquor in public entertainments. The ensuing consequences for our social life may be easily predicted. In this issue we have called the attention of the public to this matter innumerable times. The Senate of the State of Illinois has