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Show I GERMAN ANGERS I I HEAD OFLEGIQN IGalbraith Crushes Brazen Attempts At-tempts to Separate America j and France WASECtNOTON Feb W---: .W" ;aibrRHh national commander of tne JnlSriSn legion, declined In heated words iat night anlnvltatlon pm-Uly pm-Uly tendered by Edmund Von Macn, newspaper author arid jlter ot j ; j ,11 era! pro-firman Effitft ea before thin country entrj into mv war, to speak at a meeting n New York February 28, In the MUreat of a movement to secure w,thM2r1MiK all African contingents in the French forces within German occupied terri- ITOLD T I GOT O! i. j -Seeing in the movement nothing 5 l.ut a brazen attempt tq use the Am- o'rican legion m a ooi in driving en i O opening wedge between I he American unrt Krrn. h peel ' not only reject-d reject-d the offer, but when Hie motive be- I , Lme clear to me. peremptorily show ed Mr on Mach the door," Comm.m-Amr Comm.m-Amr GalbraltH declared In relating the 1 conversation in which invitation , J va;- tendered. Von Mach told him. Mr- GalbralM slated, that Senator Ho rah ol Idaho ISrpresentatlve Britten of Illinois, and ' Mayor Hylan bad all agreed io Ad; j dress the meeting on condition that a the am'erjjcan legion commander wouin I accept an invitation to speak. He fur- il.er slated, the legion eommajider as; verted, that the senate foreign rcla- tlons committee was prepared to hold hearings on the matter of Wlthd aw-i aw-i inp the. French troop? late ibis montn. ll or 'any time tb.n fte (von Mob. wai I ready to appear." i,i is WARM RKPII jj Briefly summarizing my answer to S 'J his effrontery, thus aggravated W presuming to commit a body of 'be a i senate to a course which I Imvi no 1 idea It intends 10 pursue. I told Von I Mach." Mr. Oalhraith stated. "that J bi was makiiiK ' bold and audacious 3j attempt to use a national organisation '1 devoted to the service oil the country to further a purpose to which h has devoted his life." |