The presidential campaign in Czechsolvakia is re-echoing widely in the anti-Semitic press in Austria. The anti-Semitic newspapers claim that Masaryk’s role in the trial of Leopold Hilsner, whom he defended against the charge of ritual murder, was practically responsible for the creation of the Czechoslovakian Republic. The newspapers assert that in recognition of his service in the Hilsner trial, Louis D. Brandeis won the sympathy of President Wilson for Masaryk’s plans for the revival of Czechoslovakia.
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