THE CZECHS AND THE ALLIES
SIR,-1 was glad to see the reference made by " Janus " last week to the gallant assistance being rendered to this country by Czecho-Slovak airmen, and I think the time has come when we should give full recognition to a Czecho-Slovak Government as has been done in the case of Poland, without prejudice, of course, to the precise ultimate boundaries.
It is not only their airmen who are helping us ; the Czech people themselves, now enslaved in their own country, are carry- ing on a magnificent and dauntless struggle against their oppressors which deserves every encouragement we can give it. The formation of the new British Government would seem to be an appropriate moment for raising this question with our French Allies and taking a step which is long overdue ; after all, there is a Czecho-Slovak Legation still recognised in London. Let it be made clear that this is the Legation of a friendly, loyal and much-enduring Ally. That their National Anthem is not played on Sunday evenings is surely a humiliation to us and to
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