The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-22


The Presidents approval Of the plan to Great foreign
legion in the United States ought hasten action by Con-
gress in order that legal authority may be followed i'm.
medatey by the utilization of the great unorganzed
force of aliens in this country According the
of 1910 there were in th country counting only males
Of 21 years and over 900 Russians $4,000 Roumma-
Mans nearly 100000 Czechs, CrOats and Poles, 5000
Greeks s12 Italians and smaller numbers Of other Euro
pean nationalities.
military and naval authorities that the bunders COM
mitted since the beginning of the longer
cusabe The United States has taken year grasp
the fact that the enemy be fought in other ways
than by sending the western front The fact
yet fully understood but it is gmmerng in the brain
of the country When Americans understand clear
y that more hanhaf the population of Austria proaly
proAmercan and poberty and that the allies have done
almost nothing to cooperate with this powder maya
zine under the Hapsburg throne, it may be that prOpa
ganda will de organized to stir up the oppressed of
Hungary Their is the weak spot there is the heel
of the German Achilles.
The Austrian divisions fighting Italy transport
ed through what is actually enemy country-that is,
through region inhabited by that cherish deadly
hatred Of the oppressor The slightest evidence that
the allies and particularly America, coming to their
assistance would be sufficient to those antAus-
TRANS to demoraze railroad traffic. interfere with food
and muniton supplies and otherwise sabotze the whole
Austrian military system. There would be revolution
in Prague today if the CzechoSovaks knew they could
count upon the help of America They have only re-
ceved thus far the cautious statement of the State De-
partment that the United States sympahized with their
aspirations Even this has stimulated the spirit of revolt
The subjects of Austria residing in the country,
members Of the oppressed races would form respect
able force for operations against Austria They most
y Slavs of the Czech Slovak and Croat groups They
are abe-boded men, used to hard work. and practically
all of them have had military training, They
gagged useful work in the United States and would
have to be exercised in drawing them from the indus
tries and the mines But there is no doubt that force
of $1,000 foreign egoners could be raised in this coun
try WlCn0uC interfering Win war INDUSTRY.
This force made up mostly of Slavs, would be ideal
army to send to Russia to rallyng point for
the Russians who ready to fight for their country 1t
would not be necessary send than $4,000 50
600 of the and therefore welcome comrades They would
not be under the handicap that would prevent Japanese
force from being most effective.
There are many Jugosavs in italy, formerly invoun-
tary soldiers of Austria and prisoners of There
should be put into the American foreign legion and
sent to fight for the liberation of Jugosaa The United
States should hurry the work of putting the Poles here
into the American Uniform instead Of merely consentng
their departure from this country to be uniformed and
paid by France. 1t is disgrace to the United States
that France has been compelled to recruit uniform equip
and pay the wages of American Poles who should now be
in the American uniform either in separate division or
in tie national army.
President Wilson has opened the way for most i'm
portant development in the war. 1t is now incumbent
upon the military department. is authorized
to recruit foreign legion, to utilize these to the
best political advantage They should be sent against
Austria to support Russia.-Washngton Post