The Czecho-Slovak Deputies in the Reichsrat introduced a motion on
April which was suppressed by the Vienna censorship. In the name
of the Slovak Parliamentary Union, the motion, introduced by Deputy
Kalinov, demanded that the Reichsrat refuse to sanction the imperial
ordinance of May 1, 1915, which extended the age of service in the
Landsturm from 43 to 50 years. The arguments presented in support of
this demand, as summarized by a Berne correspondent of the Paris Temps,
constitute a protest of all the Czecho-Slovak nations: