Recognition by the United States, September 3, of the Czecho-Slovak National Council as a de facto belligerent government—Agreement between the British Government and the Czecho-Slovak National Council, September 3—Recognition of the Council by Japan, September 9—Italian declaration in favor of Jugo-Slav independence, September 26—Announcement of the recruiting of a Slavic Legion in the United States—Reports on the relations of Italy and Serbia to the Jugo-Slav nationalist aspirations—The Czecho-Slovak declaration of independence, October 18