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E a c h y e a r U k ra in ia n s, w h e r ev er th e y m a y resid e, observe th e a n n iv e rsa ry o f N o v em b er 1, 1918. T h e re a re still th o se am o n g us w ho w itn essed th e ev e n ts o f th a t day and even th o s e w ho took an a ctiv e p a r t in th e m o m en to u s actio n s. F ro m th e ir re c ita ls of th e ev en ts w e can im ag in e th e so u l-stirrin g jo y w ith w h ich th e in h a b ita n ts of L viw gazed upon th e U k ra in ia n fla g w av in g in th e b reeze o v er th e L viw city h all building. U p to th e f ir s t W orld W a r th e W e ste rn U k ra in ia n lands, G alicia (H a ly c h y n a ), w ere p a r t of th e A u stro -H u n g a ria n E m p ire. On O ctober 16, 1918, th e E m p e ro r C h arles I, in d efeat, ren o u n ced th e th ro n e an d in h is m a n ife sto p ro claim ed th e f o r m a tio n o f a U nion of N a tio n a l S ta te s w h ich w ould include all Vol. XXIX. NOVEMBER, 1972 No. 9. th e n a tio n a litie s w h ich h a d b e longed to A u s tria . A t th e sam e tim e, he rele a se d all th e m e m b e rs o f P a rlia m e n t fro m th e ir o a th s of alleg ian ce to A u stria . T h e m em b ers of P a rlia m e n t, th e n in V ien n a, th e re u p o n o r g anized th e ir ow n N a tio n a l Councils. E v h e n P e tru sh e v y c h h ead ed th e U k ra in ia n N a tio n a l C ouncil. T he Poles also h a d fo rm ed a Council, b u t on O ctober 28 th , a P o lish L iq u id a tio n Com m issio n w as o rg an ized m C ra cow, w hose p u rp o se w as to ta k e co n tro l o f all P o lish lan d s in A u stria . T h ese p lan s included L viw w hich, a lth o u g h i t w as s itu a te d in U k ra in ia n eth n o lo g ical te r r i to ry , h a d been placed th ro u g h A u s tria n p o litics in th e a d m in i s tra tiv e h a n d s of Poles. T h e U k ra in ia n s, le a rn in g o f th is s it u atio n , decided to a c t b e fo re th e P oles m ad e th e ir m ove, On O c to b e r 31, 1918, a U k ra in ia n deleg atio n a p p e a re d b efo re th e A u s tria n D ep u ty M in iste r in L viw an d ask ed t h a t th e a d m in i s tra tio n o f th e city be g iv en ov er to th e m . T h e M in iste r re fu se d on th e g ro u n d s t h a t h e h a d no a u th o rity to do th is . A t a m e e tin g follow ing th is e n c o u n te r th e U k ra in ia n s v o ted to ta k e ov er th e g o v ern m en t. T h e U k ra in ia n s in th e A u s tri an a rm y , w h ich h a d so ld iers of m a n y n a tio n a litie s, w ere called o u t w ith th e ir arm s. T h e Poles w ere in te rn e d . On N o v em b er 1, b etw een 2 a n d 4 a.m ., th e U k ra in ia n s occupied all g o v e rn m e n t b u ild in g s an d in s titu tio n s . In th e m o rn in g lig h t, th e U k ra in ia n fla g w as seen fly in g over th e c ity h all building. T h e re s to ra tio n o f th e U k ra in ia n N a tio n on W e ste rn U k ra in ia n lan d s w as p ro claim ed an d th e U k ra in ia n G alician A rm y w as form ed. A ll th e U k ra in ia n re s i d e n ts o f th e la rg e an d sm all to w n s o f L viw b e g a n e n th u sia s- B ohdan L ep ky T H E C R A N E S Do you behold, m y b ro th e r bold, M y com rade dear, I p ray , In a g re y s trin g to w a rm e r clim es T h e cran e-flo ck flies aw ay. O ne h e a rs th e m callin g : caw ’ caw ’ caw ’ A b ro ad I ’ll die, p a s t doubt. B efo re I cro ss th e ocean w ide, I ’ll w e a r m y pin io n s out. S till fa in tly g lim m e rin g in m y eyes T h e ir endless p a th r e m a in s ; S m a lle r an d sm aller in th e clouds A re tra c e d th e m ig ra n t cran es. ** * BO H D A N L E P K Y ( 187 2 — 1 9 4 1 ) B o rn in th e re g io n o f P o d ilia , G a lic ia, in to a p r ie s t’s fa m ily , L e p k y co m p le te d h is g y m n a s iu m c o u rse in th e to w n o f B e re z h a n y , a n d p u rs u e d u n iv e r s ity stu d ie s in V ie n n a , L v iv , a n d C ra co w . A fte r W o rld W ar II h e s e ttle d fo r a tim e i n B e rlin , W h ere h e d e v o te d h im s e lf to l ite r a tu r e a n d jo u rn a lis m a n d th e n m o v e d to P o la n d to b e c o m e (p rofessor o f U k r a in ia n lite r a tu r e a t th e U n iv e rs ity o f 'C racow . , T h e s tru g g le fo r lib e r a tio n of U k ra ln n e a n d th e p re s e r v a tio n o f h e r in d e p e n d e n c e (1917— 21) e v o k e d in h im a su rg e of p a tr io tic fe e lin g w h ic h h e p o u re d o u t in so n g s a n d ly ric s t h a t a r e tr u ly in sp ire d . , , A s a w r ite r of fic tio n L e p k y w a s p ro lific in re g io n a l n o v e ls a n d n o v e l e tte s, f u ll of lo c a l c o lo r a n d in te r e s tin g e th n o g ra p h ic d e ta ils . H is te tra lo g y “M a z e p p a .” e s ta b lis h e d h im a s o n e o f t h e m o re s ig n ific a n t U k r a in ia n p ro se w r ite r s o f r e c e n t d e ca d es. T h e so n g “T h e C ra n e s ” in w h ic h th e c ra n e s, sy m b o liz e th e U k r a in ia n v o lu n te e rs g o in g o u t to d e fe n d th e fre e d o m o f th e i r la n d . I t w a s g iv e n f u r t h e r p o p u la r ity b y th e c o m p o se r M . H a y v o ro n sk y , w h o s e t its w o rd s to m u sic. 26 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛИСТОПАД, 1972 OUR LIFE M O N T H L Y , published by Ukrainian National W om ens League of America November 1, 1918 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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