Word: allens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Following the War, when the American troops were still on the Rhine, one of France's leading generals openly avowed that a Rhineland state would be desirable and would be his aim," said Major General Allen last night in an address at the Union...
...second thought that General Allen impressed upon his audience was the importance of the United States abroad. In various parts of his speech the following ideas on the subject was expressed: "Without being a braggadocio, Americans can say that if the United States had not come to the aid of the Allies, the sovereignty of many European states would be different from what it is today. In the spring of 1918 our big Allies were holding on merely by the hope for our reinforcements. They were entirely on the defensive; no offensives were planned...
Major General Henry Trueman Allen will speak at the Union this evening at 8 o'clock on the subject of "Europe as I Saw It" Only members of the Union may hear General Allen and these will be asked to present their membership cards at the door. Opportunity to join the Union will be given at the door to non members who wish to hear the General's discussion...
...General Allen was commander-in-chief of the American forces on the Rhine frontier before their withdrawal two years ago, and later became the United States representative on the Inter-Allied Rhineland Commission. He saw active service in the St. Mihael and Argonne offensives during the war, and before our participation was on the Mexican border with General Pershing. When Pershing, at the bead of an expeditionary force, made an incursion into Mexican territory in 1916, General Allen was commander of the cavalry section of this force...
...General Allen is conducting a speaking four of the east, and spoke in Boston about a week ago. He is expected to arrive in Cambridge from New York today and will dine at the Union this evening...