Wańkowicz begins by recalling the Munich Agreement, in which German claims for Sudetenland were accepted, but there was no mention of either Polish or Hungarian claims to parts of Czechoslovakia. On the same day (Friday, September 30), a Polish aeroplane landed at Prague, with Polish claims. On the next day, the Czechs agreed to hand Trans-Olza over to Poland. Wańkowicz writes about it with enthusiasm: "Ours is Trans-Olza! Ours is Český Těšín, ours is Karviná, rich in coal! Ours is Lazy, with its main office of Polish association! Ours is Bohumín, the rail heart of Central Europe, the junction along the German-dreamed route from Berlin to Baghdad! Ours is industrial Frysztat, ours is the metallurgical colossus at Trzyniec! Ours is Jablunkov, the agricultural capital of Polish Trans-Olza! Ours is Konská, full of Polish activists! Ours is Darkov, with its spa, ours is old Bystřice! The Olza has turned into our internal river!" (page 473)
