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Show Foreign Legions to Be Recruited in United States Oscar Straus Says Jews Will Beg for Right to Defend Country NEW YORK,' June 2. Oscar S. Straus, former secretary of commerce com-merce and labor, speaking at a patriotic mass meeting held on the east side here tonight, declared that "Jewish young men entering enter-ing the army will not be limited by those coming under conscription," conscrip-tion," but that "scores will beg for the right to defend the country." Mr. Straus said he had heard there was a disposition on the part of the Jews "to slack the selective conscription," but he denied this, adding that he was certain the American Jews were as patriotic as any element of the population. jtg Wi "'v Louis' Marshall, another speak- jfg- ' er, declared that anyone who ventured to assert that the con- scription law should not be ob- i served was guilty of treason, f S- Mr. Marshall said he knew the ''sJ Jewish people well enough to say ,-t that thev would not be found l iV-y wanting when the call came. SN - A iw. WASHINGTON, June 2. Reg- t'fV' X',il llil ulations lmder wllicl1 foreign r lvL.-!!!! I teg0113 ma7 be recruited in this ?' i. ICiW!St' country by agents of the allies N If " pf I SM were announced today by Secre-' Secre-' I '5 tary Baker to.8 effective the '1 'A I 1 new law authorizing alien enlist-t enlist-t s V j ! I f t j ' ments. f . v a Great Britain is expected to i 1 y& -J Pen recruiting offices in New fl!? ' v York immediately. W '" The great alien populations of OSCAR. STJZAUS. Russian jews, Italians, Rumanians Ruma-nians and Serbians are likely to be most affected by the new rules. Enlistments are entirely voluntary under the law, although sentiment senti-ment was expressed in congress in favor of some sort of compulsion on aliens in case they do not respond to recruiting campaigns of their native countries. The aliens are not subject to draft for the United States army, but may enlist voluntarily. Under the war department's regulations, a foreign nation must first obtain approval of the secretary of war for recruiting here. The recruiting agents may either assemble recruits in a concentration concentra-tion camp in this country or send them to their native country for tr ainin g. |