The Archive · 1938

Carpatho-Ruthenian Autonomy United Bloc Preser Demands to Prague

Warsaw, Apr. 29

Various hitherto disunited groups of Carpathian Ruthenia have, according to reports published' by the Ruthenian press here, decided to join forces and form a Carpatho-Ruthenian bloc which will present the following minimum demands to the Czechoslovakian Government 1—That the executive power in Carpathian Ruthenia be placed in their hands. Thus they claim the right to All the pists of the governor, the vice-governor and the chief posts of police, school and finance administration with their own representatives.

2—That the Czech schools be dissolved in all such districts where the number of Czech children that the Czechs are con tionally not entitled to maintain schools of their own, —The establishment of a separate Ruthenian "Government whose task willie to give effect at once to the fundamental demands stated by the Carpatho-Ruthenian bloc. autonomis Trans~Ocean.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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