Word: reichsrat
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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Ever since the death of Dr. von Havenstein, President of the Reichsbank, a terrific battle has been waged in the Reichsrat (Federal Council) over the appointment of a successor...
Formerly a member of the Austrian Reichsrat (State Council), President Masaryk fled from Austria on the outbreak of war to work for the delivery of Czecho-Slovakia. He worked hard toward this end and finally, before a visit to the United States in the summer of 1918, he secured Allied recognition of the Provisional Government of Czecho-Slovakia?the recognition of a Government over a country that did not exist. His triumph was not delayed, for on Oct. 28, 1918, after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Narodni Vybor (National Council) took over the governments of the countries...