In saying goodbye to Chicago, I thank all Chicago Lithuanians for their generosity and their gracious hospitality. At my mass meetings, I collected a total of $130.25 in the Chicago district for Lithuanian war relief purposes. This amount was raised in the following places: Cicero, $46.34; Roseland, $23.16; Oglesby, $12.75; Spring Valley, $24; Racine, $24.

The greatest and most important purpose of my visit was to acquaint Lithuanian-Americans with the political aspirations of Lithuania. I urge all Lithuanians to assist in the movement to regain the political liberty of Lithuania at the conclusion of the present war. If we ourselves do not work and organize, if we do not interest ourselves in this cause, then liberty for our fatherland will be meaningless.

I also urge Lithuanian-Americans of the Chicago district to subscribe for shares 2 of the Bank of Lithuania. In this district sixty-eight Lithuanians have subscribed $7,100 for shares of the Bank; they have already made a cash payment of $2,782, and will pay the balance in instalments. In addition, one Lithuanian subscribed to some shares and paid two hundred rubles in cash. Subscriptions for shares were received in the following amounts from the following localities in the Chicago district: West Side (Chicago), $600; Cicero, $450; Bridgeport (Chicago), $400; Town of Lake (Chicago), $1350; North Side (Chicago), $1,200; West Pullman, $700; Spring Valley, Illinois, $1,000; Racine, Wisconsin, $150; Sheboygan, Wisconsin, $750.

I thank all Lithuanians who have joined in the support of this honorable institution. This help will be of great benefit to our fatherland and of great service to the mined farms of Lithuania. It will save more than one Lithuanian from the claws of the Jews and other non-Lithuanians. Those who have subscribed to the shares will also benefit.

We Lithuanians must have faith in the future of Lithuania and her institutions. 3 If we do not have faith in our own forces, in our own leaders, then why should we seek liberty and independence? We cannot achieve these aims if we ourselves do not work and strive to achieve them; no one else will do this work for us. If we depend on foreigners to unite us, than even if we do receive some measure of liberty, we will still be ruled by foreigners who will keep us in financial and industrial slavery. It is the duty of every Lithuanian to be a member of some organization that is striving to organize and rebuild Lithuania.

The many Lithuanians of the Chicago district who have joined the Bank of Lithuania are the pioneers of the Lithuanian independence movement: Many others have promised to join in the near future. All those who desire to join the Bank can do so by applying to the Universal State Bank, 3252 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois. The shares are fifty dollars each. Those who have already subscribed to shares can pay the balance at this bank. When the payments are completed, the Bank of Lithuania will issue receipts or provisional stock certificates. Those who desire further information on the Bank of Lithuania 4 are requested to write to Reverend John Zilinskas, 50 West Sixth Street, South Boston, Massachusetts.

(Translator's note: Reverend John Zilinskas came to America from Lithuania to collect funds for Lithuanian war relief and to assist in promoting the Lithuanian movement for independence.)