It  seems  equally  improbable  that  the  empire  can  stand  the  iacreasing


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strain  of  Czech  hostility  for  very  much  longer.  What  is  therefore
principally  needed  is  to  prepare  for  conciliation  at  Yienna  by  con-
ciliation at  Prague.  The  two  races  stand  face  to  face,  animated  by
matnal  dislike  and  contempt.  To  the  German  the  Czech  is  a
member  of  an  inferior  race  ;  to  the  Czech  the  German  is  an  inter-
loper, holding  his  position  by  brnte  force.  To  bridge  this  galf  is
the  object  of  a  new  party,  which,  after  carrying  on  literary  propa-
ganda, came  into  political  existence  at  a  Congress  held  at  Pragae
in  April,  under  the  presidency  of  Dr.  Masaryk,  a  many-sided  man
who  has  sat  in  the  Reichsrath  and  has  been  for  some  years  Professor
of  Philosophy  in  the  Czech  University  at  Prague,  and  is  widely
known  as  the  author  of  thoughtful  works  on  logic  and  sociology.
