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Show THE CZECHS ,.-'""' M Itcccnt d'spntchos reporting attempt- jfl cd uprisings among, the radical elo- "H inOnt In Czechoslovakia, and state- 'fl tncnts that a stronger hnd stronger H enmity toU-oni tho Gennnn inhabit- ' HJ nuts Is being shown on all sides by HJ tho Czechs nnd Slovaks, ccntor Inter- sflj est on co more on this newly created ,flj central Kuropeau republic that was U carved itftcr tho war from Gormnny ,.HJ and Austria-Hungary. Tho ' following IflJ description of tho Czechs Is based on a communication to tho National Geo graphic society froth Prof. Alcu ' Hrdlcka. flj A l,500-ycnr-ltng, life hud-dentlt flj Htruggla with tho Gennnn rucu which HJ surrounded them from tho north, tHJ west nnd south, with n neur-burlul ;HJ wlthlh thu Austrian empire for tho H lust threu centuries, failed to destroy .H or break the spirit of tho llttlo nation "jflj of Czechs or Itohcinlnns. fl They are tho westiuiimost branch of fl (ho Slavs, their name being derived, HJ according to tradition, from thnt of a HJ noted ancestral chlcfV- The term Do- "HJ hernia wns applied to thu country .H probably during thu Itotnnn times nud HJ was derived, llko that of Havnrla, HJ from tho Hull, who for some tlmo be- jH foro tho Christian era occupied or ,HJ claimed parts of theso regions. I ,,H Nature hn,s favored old Ilohcmln, nn H Importnnt part of Czechoslovakia, 'flj perhaps more than any other part of '( Kuropc. Its soil Is so fertile and HJ climate so favorable that more thnn fl half of tho country Is cultivated nud H produces richly. In Its mountains al- - flj most every useful metal and mlnera.l, ' HJ except salt, Is to lie found. It Is tho H geographical center of the Huropeun HJ continent, equally distant from thu H Ilnltlc, Adriatic cml North seas, nud HJ though Inrloged by mountains, Is so 'flj easily nccesslble, hccaiiKo of tho vol- HJ leys of the Danube nud tho Dlhc rlv- At jfl ers, that It has servei1 In history ns 'flj the mciiun of many nrmlus. H Ilesldes llohemla, tho Czechs occupy H Moravia nnd ndjaceiit territory In HJ Sllesln, both formerly parts of Alls- H trln-Hungary. The Klnvaks, who HJ show merely dlnmctlc dlffcreiicos from fl the Czechs, extend from Moravia jfl eustwurd over most of what was for- flj merly northern Hungary. flj Thu Czech Is kind nud with n stock jfl of native humor. He Is musical, loves flj songs, poetry, nrt, nature, fellowship, jfl the other sex. Ho Is an Intent thinker flj und restless seeker of truth, of learning, JH hut no apt schemer. Hu Is ambitious ifl nifd covetous of freedom In the bnmd- lH est souse, but tendencies to domineer- ffl Ing, oppression, power by f6rco over ifl others, nro foreign to his nnturvw Ho ifl ardently searches for Owl and Is In- M cllned to bo deeply religious, but Is ffl Impatient of dogmu, as of all other 'B unduo restrulnt. He tuny bo opinion- M nted, stubboni, but Is hnppy to accept ' m fncts nnd recognize true superiority, UJf Ho Is easily hurt and does not for- r,Ml get tho Injury; will fight, but Is not 'M lastingly revengeful or vicious. Ho ' Is not cold, calculating, thln-llppcd, fl nor again us Inflammable as the Polo wf or the southern Slav, but Is sympn- 'Ml thotlc'und -full of trust nud through this often open to Imposition. HJ His endurance nud bravery In war WA for a cause which ho approved were fl proverbial, ns was also his hospitality 'HJ In pence. . 'M Ho Is often highly cnpitbte In Inn- fl gunges, seJonce, IJtprarynnd fechnlcnl jMu education, and IS JAve;dvo lis well us 'flj Industrial, bnt ot coumierelnl ; hung- jW liuitlve, artistic, ureoijre. ratlwr thnn H frigidly practical. In. Mined at times Jjl to molnucholy, brooding, peailmlHin, 1J ho Is yet deep nt hwirt forever buoy- fl ant, optimistic, hopeful boxful not ML of poMsossIons. however, but of liumtin fl bappinchs. nud "f the freedom uud H future golden 0-e of not merely )ds HJ I own, but ull icple. HJ |