The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-28
BOHEMIAN W.. SERB

Peninsula, separated from Austria
! nDc.' II is Il compact area or noun
famous territory
Scrvia is essentially an agricultur-
al country, the principal crops being
wheat. maize and o:;.!. cereals and
grapes for wine The exports are
about $50 100000 and lie Imports
about Sl5000.000 year. Brandy
tslovOvitza) Is made from the p!ums.
The country is naturally rich in
minerals. coal. Ignite. lead, silver.
copper and antmuny. being mined 10
some extent. The railroad mileage is
limited, only about GOO miles. princi-
palIy along the Morava valley, the
main line from Vienna to Constantine
pie.
The reli"iOn is Greek Catholic. Ed
ucatiOn does not reach very high
STANDARD. although there Is il school
In every commune ana university
at Belgrade
The Legislative power Is vested in
the king. and the skupshtinc. consist
ing or l60 deputies There IS a senate
or advisory council. of 1G members.
The inhabitants of Servia or Serbs.
came from the Carpatlinn mountains,
and for several centuries were but
scattered bands. In lIGO the kingdom
became OF consequences. but later lap
scd into principalitics ana about 1900
the country was overrun by the
Turks
III 171S. through the victories of
Prince Eugene. Scrvia was ccued to
Austria. However. just II years 1ater
the Turks again took possession Of
Servia.
Then the Serbs harra1sed and an
noycd beyond endurance began Il sue
cession OF guerilla warfares, whicn
finally secured recognition for Ser
Via az independent in 1929 However,
there were continual uprisings and
civil wars for many years until july
II, 1903 Peter Georgevitch was made
king.
In 1908 Bosnia and other states in
habited by Serbs were taken by Aus
trin- n-iiungary. Servin demanded COM
pcnsation. This storm finally blew
over.
The Serbs were the steadfast fight
ers in the recent Balkan war. The
Bulgars made brilliant campaign,
but tried to he too greedy and Ser
via made sturdy defense of her
rights until the powers" interviewed
Bulgaria was crushed.
Servia has at no time enjoyed for
length real peace. Austria Is one side
and Bulgaria OH the other, and the
nomhdic Turks. All have assailcd
Scrvia.
The Serbs are supposed 10 be, the
original Slavonic tribes that have ov-
orrun all OF Eeastern Europe.
Austria gets It's name from n Ger
man word meaning eastern The
population Of this great empire is
now nearly 10000. .0OC--not so far he
hind our own United Sta,es, while
Servin's 4.OO5!OO0 is not much larger
than the population of the two Caro-
linas. Three fourths OF Austria is
mountainous or hilly, traversed by the
Alps and the Carpathians. The ngri-
culture Is excellent and the mineral
wealth Is unsurpassed In Europe. The
orchards of Bohemia and Tyrol are
world renowned. Tho religion Is
largely Roman Catholic. with about
100000 Protestants and 100000
Jews. The school system is pattern
cd after that OF Germany and there
are II univcrxities.
Military service Is compulsory ON
all capable OF bearing arms. Term
of service l2 years. OF which three
must be In the regular army.
This Is indeed an unequal con-
test as between the bohemian and the
Serb, but we look for aiI Europe to
become embroilcd unless the matter
Is nrbitrated at once.