g with Russia against Austria and
Germany, is one of the most remarkable and exciting stories of history.
These troops probably saved Siberia for the Allies and were at last
able to join in the fighting on the western front.

Still another new nation now called Jugo-Slavia, although it may
finally be called Serbia or some other name, has risen south of
Austria-Hungary and east of the Adriatic Sea. It lies across from
Italy and is nearly the same size as the mainland of that country. Its
story, too, is one of conquest by northern enemies, followed by the
crushing out of all freedom. But since the beginning of the World War,
the people of Jugo-Slavia, on July 20, 1917, have set up a new republic
based upon the ideas of justice and democracy, united under one flag,
and granting its three different races equal rights and privileges.

Across the sea, in Arabia, the country of Hedjaz has been freed from
Germany's allies, the Turks. The people of Hedjaz also once enjoyed
freedom and glory, their power in early history reaching all the way
from France to China. Backed by the British in Egypt and Mesopotamia,
the Arabs revolted from the Turks, drove them out of the holy cities of
Mecca and Medina, and at length broke their power completely.
Mohammedans have always recognized the Mohammedan ruler who controlled
Mecca and Medina, the birthplace and the burial place of the prophet,
as their Kalif. If this custom is followed, the King of Hedjaz becomes
the Kalif in place of the Sultan of Turkey.

Hedjaz has already arisen from the ruins of the Turks as an independent
and separate state. Armenia, it is to be hoped, will do the same.

Each country needs only the will and the declaration of the people for
freedom in order to secure the sympathy, aid, and recognition of the
victorious Allied nations and the United States. As soon as they
declare their independence and choose their own government, the greater
nations at once rush to their relief. This was shown especially in the
case of Finland.

For centuries Finland's fate was uncertain, resting now in the hands of
Sweden, now in the power of Russia, and last, and worst of all, in the
hands of Germany. But the people rose united, expelled their new
rulers, who had been sent to them by the Germans, and declared their
independence.

At once the United States and the Allies, with Food Administrator
Hoover, planned a gigantic program for relief, which for Finland alone
pro