"We will hold on and will never give way!
"We will be faithful in all our work, struggles and sufferings, faithful unto death!
"We will hold on unto victory!
"We will hold on until our nation obtains independence.
"Long live the Czecho-Slovak nation!
"Let our nation grow and flourish freely in the great family of nations, for its own welfare as well as for the welfare of the future liberated humanity!"
The appalling terrorism prevailing in Hungary made it impossible for the Slovaks to manifest their feelings as they would have liked to do. The Slovaks abroad, of course, work hand in hand with the Czechs for their common cause.
Nevertheless, even in Hungary the Slovaks showed their unanimity with the Czechs.
According to the Národní Listy of July 24, 1917, the Slovak political leaders, especially their two deputies, Father P. Juriga and Dr. P. Blaho, and the veteran leader of the Slovak National Party, M. Dula, have been subjected to all sorts of persuasions and threats on the part of the Magyars who were anxious that the Slovaks should disavow the declaration of the Bohemian Club in favour of the union of all Czechs and Slovaks in an independent state. The Slovak leaders, however, refused to become the dupes of the Magyar Government.