Word: foreign
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Germany is nominally one of four allies; but practically is the moving force in Bulgaria and Turkey, and particularly in Austria. No decision as to foreign relations or military movements is made by the Empire of Austria. That it has not declared war on the United States is not because of love for this country, but because those are the orders from Berlin. It is impossible to consider Austria at present as an independent nation, capable of forming relations according to its own judgment with other powers...
...ordinate functions of central schools and divisional, tactical and specialist schools for officers, officer-candidates and enlisted men; to submit recommendations and distribute documents pertaining to training; to produce and distribute motion pictures as an auxiliary in training of troops; and to assign, supervise and co-operate with foreign officers on training duty...
...Foreign military attaches, or their staff representatives, will also from time to time make similar visits to observe their own officers belonging to their missions. Every courtesy will be extended to them...
Controversies of numerous kinds and of varying importance follow our participation in war. There is at present some discussion as to whether American soldiers and sailors be allowed to wear medals offered by foreign governments. France has given war crosses to those who withstood the first German raid, but the recipients, although appreciating the honor, are warned not to wear them. Instead, they shall evidently be forced to put them in a glass case, under lock and key. No doubt seems to exist that such a prohibition is constitutional. From the point of view of the United States...
...Louis. He is also a member of the Harvard Club of Boston. He is editor of Synonyms in the New International Dictionary, in association with Professor G. L. Kittredge '82. He has also edited a number of Shakespeare's plays and been a frequent contributor to American and foreign philosophical and literary journals...