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...ascertainable facts might have seemed thin in any place but Central Europe. But that part of the world is as full of spies as of flies. Only last fortnight Prague's Národni Politika, commenting absently on the spy situation, observed with interest that Russian spies seemed to be unusually numerous this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Again, Spies | 7/15/1929 | See Source »

When the members of the Národni Vybor, or Cabinet, took their seats on the Government bench in the National Assembly at Prague, capital of Czechoslovakia, they noticed that many a bench on the floor of the Assembly was conspicuously empty. The Ministers nodded comprehendingly one to the other; for they were aware that the minority races (Slovaks, Germans, Magyars, Ruthenians) had carried out their oft-declared intention of boycotting the Parliament. Later, the minority Deputies delivered a solemn protest to the world demanding their "fundamental rights." * Thus, debate on the financial situation (most concerned with an unbalanced budget) went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boycotted | 12/8/1924 | See Source »

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