| Summary: | During the first world war political dialogues about relations of future states between Czech and Polish politics took place, which concerned Těšínsko, too. Polish political organ Rada narodowa dla Księstwa Cieszyńskiego was established on 19 October 1918. It represented the highest coordination and representantion of Polish politic in Těšínsko. Rada Narodowa published resolution on 27 October 1918, in which it intended to annex Těšínsko, and also Polish part of Orava and Spiš. Czechs started organizational activities only after establishment of Czechoslovakia. Rada Narodowa's effort to take over the power in Těšínské Slezsko in the interest of Poland, was one of the incentives for creation of Czech Zemský národní výbor for Slezsko. It was founded on 30 October 1918 in Polish Ostrava. The first convention between Poland and Czechoslovakia was signed on 2 November in 1918 in Orlová. It ought to be valid until the competent agents make another decision about Těšínsko's destiny. The third national group in Těšínsko, Germans, would prefer to create an independent Silesian state. ZNV demanded the czechoslovakian government to put through contentious territory's occupation - especially košicko-bohumínská railway, which guaranteed connection with Slovakian territories by agreement's military. On 28 November 1918,...
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