The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-29
LA GUARDTA PRAISES
US. AIRMEN IN ITALY
Congressman, Back Home.
Gives Graphic Picture of Con.
ditions on South Front.
AUSTRIA LONG BEATEN
American Socialists Only Ones
Not Supporting Their
Governments.

'sThe American aviators are the IA,
thing this country has produced. Thu,
are absolutely fearless. they are YER,
careful and as bombers they are second
to none"
So says r. II. La Guardia, Repressn.
tatlve in Congress from the Fourteenth
district and Major in the American
army. who arrived yesterday at an At.
lantic port after fourteen months on IN.
italian front, where he helped drop to,,
of bombs on the Austrians. Last night
at the Brevoort, as he consumed beef.
steak with the gusto Of man Just on
the ocean, he told how our boys who
are over there helping the Italians 10
guard their frontier are thriving md
fighting. and how they have won Il.
hearts Of all our allies.
The American boys are loved no,
only by the Italians but by the French
the English, the Belsians, by all The
Allies" he said, his eyes sparkling with
enthusiasm "And the health Of mr.
aviators in that italian camp Is perfect
Our boys eat spaghetti and maraconi with
the best of the natives and thrive on 4
In that camp, in a malarial district, We
never had a case of malaria, and he
health record was 100 per cent good
That shows what our camps are.
And I never have lost a man In &C.
ton, except one as prisoner to the Aus
TRANS" Major La Guardia stopped and
knocked on the table for luck. Mustn't
boast too soon" he said. But those
boys are splendid airmen-they know
how to plant a bomb where It will do
the most good. And remember, they are
going against men who have had fOus
years training. Comparatively inel.
perienced. they hold their own with h.
best. They have to fly high over th|
mountains and then dive down-you|
know the geography. 1t requires skill
N
Austria Beaten Last June.
Austria was beaten last June, when
the enemy made the offensive on ,h.|
Piave and the Italians and they allies
drove them back" he said. "Ie was Al
coincidence. by the way. that this de-
Gliding battle came Just at the time Tie
big German submarine appeared on teI
American coast. The Austrian and Ger.
man soldiers were completely surprised
to find American soldiers fighting them
had It from prisoners that they had
been told that the submarines had made
IL impossible for the United States 70
send troops across the ocean. Well. when
they found Uncle Sam was there they
lost their last hope and since then Au
tro- Hungary has been dead.
"They expected to win that offensive
to come right into Italy. The soldier
were told to eat all they wished as tho
came through the country. but to ~
member the hungry people at home"
Major La Guardia said that while b
didn't expect to sit at the peace table
he thought he might prophecy that tn
small countries, the peoples Of centrs
Europe. were coming into their own.
And with the geographical division
made according to nationality there ca
be lasting peace" he said. THE Hspi
burgs have punched them together, b
that is ended The Jugo-Slavs vi
surely come into their own; the Szechd
Slavic Government has been recognized
Austria is crumbling. But a part d
Austria likes Germany. The Hungarian
do not, but II is surprising how III
Austrian soldiers have fought.
Hungary should be ashamed OF M
part in this war. She forgot all that hst
patriots have done for liberty, fovo3
the martyrs Of 1S4s and went in with
the Kaiser TO crush freedom. She shoul
be ashamed"