London, Nov. 19. Dr, Edouard Benes, former President of Czechoslovakia, said yesterday that Czech assistance at Prague would "contribute to an early Allied victory,"
He described the executions of Czech students at Prague last week as "a crime that will affect Prague public opinion the same as the assassination of Nurse Edith Cavel during the Great War did in England, "Free Czechoslovakia lives spirit ually and morally, It is only a question of time—a short time—before Czechoslovakia will also be free politically and internationally."
The text of Dr. Benes' statement follows:
"Every day it is more and more clear to the whole world that a reign of unbearable terror has been initiate ed in Czechoslovakia, The administration by Germany is becoming more difficult and its position in this war is deteriorating. The reign of terror in Czechoslovakia is getting brutal and terrible. The Czechoslovakian nation, as its history shows, will never give up to any regime of terror and will not stop now. What happened yesterday in Prague, and what is supposed is happening in retaliation for the celebration of the Czech's Independence Day is simply brutal assassination, For this crime are responsible only those who issued the Orders for its accomplishment. It is
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