New Britain herald., 1929-11-27

orcign Legion:
 Funnel of the Legion
 The mountain barred the rout", "rhe order was given to pass. Tha Legion executed it.
 That seems 10 be the history o' the Legion; boring through bar tliers which stood before it. The Legion does more than fight, for ii. has helped in the construction 0; scmo of the finest highways and , bridges in northern Africa, and is I now faced with the tremendous task of enabling France 10 buiiI the Trans -Saharian railroad.
 Only a few bands of several hun tired homeless Arabs and Moors, wandering through the Atlas high lands and the Sahara, have prevent .'I Franco from carving through inc dream of q quarter of a century the laying of a single track of railway across the waste of sands to bring the heart of Africa to the door Of Europe.
 France pins her hopes on the Legion. A few moro years of peaceful penetration" by tn" Legion ana it will De possible to huild the railroad. Then the Legion might erect another stong ito their own memory, writing as they did in finer script on the , Tunnel plaque:
 The energy Of their muscles and fearless Volonto' were their only tools"
 Dawes Plan Payments The Government has been ready for some time to turn toward the construction of the railroad the payments that Germany makes } under the Dawes Plan. A parlia- mcntary commission has devised a schedule of payments 10 take the burden off the French taxpayer !. and within 10 years it could be possible 10 travel by train across he Sahara 10 the Gold Coast and Nigeria.
 There France hopes 10 place hor gl"nary, growing enough wheat 10 iced all Europe; vineyards 10 make inc worlds wine; pastUrages for millions of sheep to clothc the j world. A vast dream which can never D" realized if the Legion does not first of all make it possi- blc for engineers to work in safety. Even as late as 1912. General lyautey was bosicged with his troops in Fez. little more than loo miles in from the coast. Since .. that time. the Legion has carried v the penetration into the desert it. self with the farthcst outposts scat tered through the Atlas mountains. "ast of Marrakech and south Of 'Colomb- Bechar.
 The enemies of the Legion arc scattered bands. There is no united army 10 stand up and do battle with the winner taking all ' of the desert. Instead these dis connected bands wage bitter gucr- rjIla warfare, firing upon the T.c- gton from ambush and then gallop- /, fn2 away 10 dispcrse and hide for .+onths
 The ambush attacks have been reduced 10 about two or three seri- oGs affairs a year, such as those 1t Fl Bordj Ait Yakoub and Col. .omh- Bcchar. which leak out and the news gets 10 the four corners of tho world. During the rest Of the : year. some Legion outpost or an- other stages a battle every week and there IS not night passes without someone taking stray , snots under cover of darkness at 9 tiny band of khaki-clad soldiers seated around a campfire
 Political Attacks
 French politics have singled ont the Legion for attack. Spohe$men for parties Of the left have made capital of these attacks and have 7 spoken loud and long for a discon. tinuance of this policy of pacific penetration. Parliament and the Government know. however. that it he Sahara railroad is ever to ho built, the Legion must be sent out ahead 10 mop up.
 The Legion, during recent years seems to have come into world dis rcputc. Germany, Switzerland Russia and Britain have prot csteJ 10 France against the enrolment of their nationals in the regiments of the Legion. France has re- piled that she can do nothing. her Legion recruits not being asked 10 state their nationality.
 Recently, Communists have cen tered their efforts cn the Legion Thousands of tracts have been dis tributcd in tn effort 10 convince Inc soldiers that they arc doins wrong to carry on this tcrribl,, val of oppression against natives" Tho Communists hint at helpirs assertions and promise jobs and DnmuntN elsewhere.
 Germany mtervcned when one ot Ter sons, otto klcms, was sen- fenced to death for descrting the Legion to join Abd- el- Krm as his fayoritc lieutenant. The German Ambassador in Paris obtained .he stay of execution that Germany asked.
 During the past year, Legion rec Clds show, outside activities have more than doubled. Forty-tWo pub lications of different kinds were seized as they were sent in for distribution in Legion outposte Some were sent from America and England. but most from Russia, Germany and France.
 --------
 DE VALERA PLANS VISIT
 Dublin. Irish Free State. Nov. o7 Pl-Eamon De Valera, Irish politi- cal leader. will visit the United States shortly on a mission connect