The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-24
Austrian Defeat Means Ger
man Defeat.

The fundamental weakness Of Austria-Hungary is
hbted at the front and behind the lines in peace and
war; The great entente allies could have knocked Aus
tria out long ago if they had combined upon definite
policy and backed it up by action They must destroy
Austria before the be ended for impossible
for England France Italy and the United States shake
sprators holding oppressive sway nations that
entitled to be free and selfgOvening Peace with Aus
ra surviving would be mockery of every word that has
been uttered by President Wilson, Premier Lloyd George
King George King Victor Emmanuel Premier Orlando,
President Poincare and Premier Clemenceau 1t would
be mockery of every battle fought in this war; from the
moment when the Begans with their bodies opposed the
German uggernaut and the Serbans died rather than
surrender Every man who has fallen on the allied sde
in the cause of liberty has died in vain if the allies make
peace with Austria still free to strange and plumber sub
ject races. 1t would be better thousand times for
America to call off the war now and save the lives of
American soldiers if to remain in the
hea Europe, crucfying liberty and plotting to re-
sumo such dasardly crimes the assault upon Serbia
AustriaHungary is not strong with the spirit of devo-
ion Belgium and Serbia and France are strong Aus
tra-Hungary is economically and politically weak Her
people devoted to her. because she is not
ton in fact but political arrangement The Poles
of Austria Hungary not Austrans and force
make them Austrians The Czechs of Bohemia and the
Sovaks of Hungary antAusrian by blood by racial
antpahy and by the right of to revolt against tyr
amy The Sovenes Croas and Serbs are Savs and they
merely await opportunity to drive the knife into Austras
vtals. The Roumanians in Pennsylvania numbering at
least 100000 intensely antMagyar and anti-Aus-
an because of ancient wrongs and present expressions
Even the Magyars divided, majority of them being
out and out enemies of their unker yrants and the Tep
ton allies. Thus the majority of the population of the
Austro-H Hungarian empire antiHapsburg anti-Aus-
tra nand antGerman. They would destroy Austria as an
empire if they could and upon its ruins they would erect
separate segovernng states each according its homo
geneous population bounded by welldefned boundaries
known to all men as just and equitable
By utilizing the combustble and explosive material
in the Hapsburg empire the allied nations could have
blown Austria to pieces early in this war and thereby
could have beaten Germany They can do it now 1t is
the short and certain road victory over the common
emies The destruction Hungary by revolution
and foreign invasion the quick collapse Of Bulgaria
the prompt surrender of Turkey and the early and
death of Germany unless it, too, should surrender
Austria is demorazed by graft hunger fear and hat
red of Germany incompetency cashng racial interests
and eack of She Germany over $50 600 900
pounds and rapidly increasing the debt There is not
future for the Hapsburg empire 1t is honeycombed with
elements of dissolution 1t has survived thus far be-
the allies have refraned from striking it and from
assisting the subject to overurn it. When Austria
alone struck at Serbia the beginning of the war; Ser
ba d'or her army cut of the country and made the huge
empire ridiculous 1t only after German troops came
down. and Bulgaria treacherously stabbed Serbia in the
back, at Austrian troops could remain in Serbia
Now with the people striking and riotng because of
famine and hatred of Germany Austria is trying to beat
Italy On Austra's side Bulgarian and Turkish SOL
diers On Italys side Americans few There should
be houspds at once and tens of hundreds or thou
sands as may be- The defeat of Austria means
the defeat of Germany. Austria be beaten quickly
and Germany not for years unless Austria is beaten first
If the allies fail to crush Austria now while they can
they must exepc to face Germany hereafter with great
armies composed of Russians Now is the time to acd
not only by military and naval force but by propaganda
the smuggling of to the Tevouonsts and bv every
other method allowable in civilized war Wherever an
American dollar do the work Of American soldier
boy, let the dollar be mobozed and sent forward.
strong offensive could be made against Austria by the
sEillful use of real money and real Washington
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