The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-05-31
THE volcano uNpER AUsTRIA.

The following announcement was communicated to tn,
press yesterday By the Department Of State:
The Secretary Of State desires to announce
that the proceedings Of the Congress Of OPP
pressed Races Of ustra-Hungary, which was
! held in Rome in April have been followed with
great interest by the government Of the United
States, and that the natonalistc aspirations of
the Czecho-Slovaks and Jugoslavs for freedom
have the earnest sympathy Of this government.
This belated announcement is of first Importance not
that it goes far enough by any means but because il
evidence that the United States government is coming
around to the view held by all men who have made
special study of the problems Of the Austrian empire and
the influence Of these problems upon the whole world
The war arose out Of these problems It is being
fought because of them 1t cannot be settled without
settling them They complex in detail and interac
on but at the core of each of them is this truth The
people Of middle Europe are determined to be free.
In Gods name why should they not have the earnest
sympathy of the United states Why should they not
have more than earnest sympathy? What is the object
Of this war, if is not to make nations free and keep
them so?
The people of Bohemia and the southern Slav regions
of Austria the people of Pennsylvania and the Italians
bound by Hapsburg chains all trying to break loose.
There are ncpicnt revolutions in at least three places
in Austria Hungary That fact is big with portent 1t
is trumpet call to the United States and the other al
lies The Washngtons and Bovars and Garibadis Of
Austra-Hungary at work, cropping and stumbling
in terrible danger and darkness trying to find the way
out of the labyrinth Of bondage which has been cum
nngly nterlaced around them for 500 years.
When Washington took the field for the freedom and
independence Of the United States France did something
than beated and cautious word of sym
pathy. If France had merely wished Washington WE'LL
the United States would not have been independent so
soon and it might have been Free The conjunc-
tons Of time and fortune such to point clearly to
the duty Of the allied nations in aiding the oppressed
Of Austra-Hungary The allies should aid those
now not next year The allies should give mate
rial aid, fighting aid money and munitions aid.
Let the frenzied German forces gnaw at the granite
rampars of France They win all die they persist in
the policy of trading blood for inches Of ground The
French, British and American armies may give ground
they will the ground.
Germany has often struck at the weak spot in the allies
defense while theies have stuck to the idea Of striking
Germany only where she is best armored The struggling
Savs of Austra-Hungary showing the allies what to
do Theyare telling the allies how they can breach the
enemy walls and break down his defenses and annhlate
the empires of Hohenzoern and Hapburg These revo-
utonsts inside the enemys gates. They know how
to unlock those gates
There at least 27OO0OOO Of the allies friends with
in the walls of Austra-Hungary If there mad been 27
100000 individuals in the United States France or Eng
land struggling to escape from the governments yoke
and willing to fight to the death on the slightest
agement of success Germany would have used that force
lever to topple over the liberty of the world Not
an allied nation would now be standing against all-con
quering Germany
Germany able to stir up revolution in the heart
Of one Of the allied countries The Russian revolution
was terrific blow to the allies The allies now know
that the heart of the Hapsburg empire rotten and that
prompt and vigorous help to the oppressed races will de-
stroy Austria and lead to the early defeat of Germany
Why not profit by what Germany has taught us?
Now is the time If the announcement made yesterday
by the Secretary of State in behalf of the United States
is hint of Forthcoming action as well as thoroughly
lies have chosen the road to victory Washington
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