The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-04-28
Where Guns Are Booming.

War Correspondent q. w. Stevens
oOk time by the forelock, and, journey
ing via Servia, ran down TO the Greco
Turkish border three weeks ago. Writ
I ing from Salonica to the London Mail
he says:
1t was something like a physical re-
I lief To emerge on the Turkish side Of
the frontier, and exchange the squat,
fiat-faeed Servian for the outstanding,
clean-limbed Turk. Sharp-nosed, bold
eyes, burly browed, a little heavy in
the mouth and cheek, slouching little
in his walk, little slow in movement,
but always powerful in frame and mas
/ terful in demeanor-he is the stuff
which either heroes or devils might be
made Of. But he is primarily and l'e-
yond all mistaking man.
wEARERs OF THE FEZ.
As for dress, the Turk draws no rein
upon his fancy in the matter of eolOrs.
He clothes himself spontaneously in
rainbows, and groups himself without
affection into spectroscOpes. \ blue
shirt or a magenta jersey, a buff open
/ waistcOat, or a green, fur-lined cloak, or
/ a black or white sheepskin, a sash of
scarlet touched with gold and green,
either six inches wide, or a geuerous
two feet swathing all his middie-yOu
see them all in any knot OF half a
I .fasl tts..
recall the Western groom, bags that
recall bicycle skirt, viO ct skin-tights,
or the white kilt and Ligh, white
/ braided CATERS Of the Albanian.
SIX KINDS OF MACEDONIANs.
I The kilt of Albanian and the knee
boots of the Servian, the sheepskin cap
Of the BuIger and the fez Of the Turk
from head to foot these people express
in their very garments the elements Of
/ the problem of Macedonia
"Macedonia for the Macedonians," ("
cried Mr.. Gladstone in the generosity of
his uniustructed ardor; but who are the
/ Maced0niOns? There are at least six
kinds OF MacedOnians. each insists
/ that It is the true and only kind, and
must enter into the inheritance, and
that is the beginning and end, and the
perpetual danger Of the Macedonian
question. Because Of this the factiOus
claimants establish consulates and
/ endow bishopries and provoke Outrages.
Because Of this each Is ready TO rush
into war at any moment, to swallow up
the whole cake before anybody else can
/ have a bite at it.
LIKE TIE GROWL OF 4 BEAST
| In this Kaleidoscope Of natiOnalities
and national dresses appear the uniform
Of the Turkish soldier with a steadily
| increasing insistence. Soldiers there
were, OF course, from the Grst-at the
frontier and at the little guard houses
/ along the line. At the first they were
/ few. I, at least, saw nothing Of the
rumOred concentration on the borders
of Servia. Here and there q reservist,
/ his Martini slung over his shoulder,
/ and belt Of cartridges round his waist,
smoked sto!idly by the side Of the line
/ or at wayside station Bat they were
/ less stOlid than usual. When a few
were gathered together they seemed
more alert than j. the Turkish wont;
/ they joked and were not above IA little
hOrseplay. Taeir behavior in the train
/ was that Of all other soldiers in trains.
I They laughed and shouted; they did
not sit still for minute on end;
whenever the train stopped a minute
and first and last il stopped a good
many-they got got out and devoted
great energy II doing things of no
importance. At every station there
were the same lettering, chibOOk-
putting, Martins and cartridge belts;
the same unusual animation, without
excitement. No screams of 'ZetO
Hellas,' of zeto no pOlemOs" or "a
Berlinr' But at one station, where
some forty men embarked, they gave
one cheer Their cheer was neither
enthusiastic nor joyous. Ii WAS deep
and hoarse and grim, like the growl of
a beast that scents blood. Ii was the
sort of cheer that you wake up at night
I and remember.