Czech scouting and czech nation in years 1912-1922: "To love the homeland and serve it faithfully at all times"
Abstract
Compared to the situation in Great Britain and Germany, Czech Scouts' relationship to the state was not positively formulated. In a treatise written by Karel Kramář, Czech scouts were to fight for the federalisation of Cisleithania.
Prior to the war and during it, the Scouts performed organisational and security services at a number of events in which Austrian representatives took part. On the one hand, the Scouts were subject to complaints they were not nationalist enough, and on the other hand that they were not sufficiently pro-Austrian.
The situation deteriorated during the war, which further exacerbated the problem. Czech Scouts moved between the two poles to avoid the disbanding of their organisation during the war period.
From 1918, however, Czech Scouts participated in events demonstrating for Czech interests. In 1918, they showed clear support for the nationalists, and undertook activities supporting the nascent republic in October and November 1918.
Following Czechoslovakia's establishment, there was a clear proclamation in support of the republic, and President T G Masaryk even became a patron of the organisation. Thus the relationship between the new state and Czech Scouts became much stronger.