Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-11

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Peace Will Be Delayed.
Written to friend in this country
by Il Bulgarian woman. the mother Of
family. the following letter describes
conditions in the wnrlike little Balkan
state as they were in the middle Of |
January. when all the men OF military
age who were not lying III or wounded
in the hospitals were with the army
facing the Turks ut the front. The
name Of the town from which the let
ter comes Is omitted. 1t is dated |
Jan. -:
It seems only few years
ago that We were sitting in that room.
with the windows open toward the
beautiful view ON the Bosp0rus.
But us l see the eager faces Of my
daughters bend over my shoulder and
a look in their eyes full Of curiosity to
know what message this letter from
America brought us in these troubled
times my dream fades away awake
to the reality Of the long time passed
since we parted.
Yes. our country is in great distress.
Many Of our near and dear are down in
the battlefields. and many young and
promising lives are lost forever. But
the righteousness of our cause. with
the moral and material help Of all the
civilized world. SuStainS us Thanks to
God that our arms are conquering. for
were it otherwise. after SO many sacri-
fees and so much bloodshed. it would
be total destruction for our country.
Entire Nation involved.
"As Bulgaria has only 100000 peo-
pie and had to give an army Of 100000
soldiers. this war became a national
war. All the nation is engaged in it.
Rare are the homes that have not sent
a member of their family to the battle
field. while many have sent two or
three. even four. sons. know one
mother who has six soldier sons. while
the other day l read in our papers an
actual fact-that a certain mother had
ten sons in the war!
my husband has passed bis 6fty
years and 40 il out Of the army
Thanks he to God. my boys are not
old enough: One is seventeen. the 9th
er only thirteen years old. But in
stead Of them there IL my s0n-in-law.
which for us means Just the same a. a
son. My heart aches when think OF
all the dangers and hardships to which
he IL exposed down there. Yet must
show myself courageous TO my mar.
rted daughter. Her husband has TAX
en- part In the assault and taking Of
Lozengrad turkish name Kirk ri.
lise), Il famous and we'll fortified fort
next after Adrianople. He was also In
the awful battles Of Luie Burgas. ETC..
the great and bloody combats Of 6vs
days. which were fatal for the Turks
and covered our army with glory.
Awful Sacrifice.
.'But how many lives were sacri-
feed! My son-in-law was slightly
wounded in the ley and continued to
fight but there he lost his younger
brother. an intelligent young: man, Il
promising lawyer. who finished his
studies only year ago in Paris His
poor mother had three sons down
there. and she did not know for which
one to pray or to think first. Now she
prays that the other two may be spared
her.
1.-The other day was present at q
requiem for two brothers killed In the
war; Il third brother is wounded. and
of the fourth his family has no news
Our best young men are in the army
professors. lawyers. engineers. etc AL
l.,,V nj,
many have given their lives to liberatt
the slaves of Macedonia. as it was 81
many years ago in your civil war.
MY brother. whom you we'll know
as a military man. is now Of the ranl
of general. have also two brothers
in-law. a colonel and a captain. Bot
took part in several cOmbats. Til
second is seriously i'll after exposur
to rain and cold My br"ther-in-lav
on my husbands side Is now one o
the Bulgarian delegates to the peac
conference in London. My nece's hus
band. Il doctor. is also in the from
lines near the battlefield. besides man
other relatives and great man
friends.
Hoping For Peace News.
Now we are awaiting with gre
anxiety the conference in London. Di1
ferent news reaches us. encOuragin
and disappointing. This expectatio
between hope and fear is very distress
ing for our nerves. which are straine
till. they seem ready to burst. unabl
to bear any more. When shall We hes
the words Peace to the earthT
these days We had our Christmas an
hoped that It would bring peace. but
vain. Shall we hear again the roar I
the cannon? The Turks are SO evas
eyash Turkish. yavash. yavash. slo,
". slowly in their ways. and there n
so many and various interests and n
petites in Europe that it appears =
NAV have yet long to wait for the OILY
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