The provisional government of the Czechoslovak Republic at Prague was established by virtue of the law of November 13, 1918, on the provisional constitution. Its antecedents may be of some interest to students of constitutional history. The Czechoslovak statesmen take the ground that the ancient Bohemian state never ceased to exist, as is proved by the thrice-made offer of Francis Joseph, as well as the similar offer of ex-Emperor Charles, to be crowned king of Bohemia. They also point out that the Czech nation never recognized the constitution of 1867 which made possible the Austro-Hungarian Ausgleich.
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