Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-24
Charges of Dishonesty.

Owing to the repeated charges of dis
honesty which he heard everywhere, Mr..
Holway here personally attended the dis
trbution of -four, and himself superin-
tended the operation on several occasions
Before he left the great need of food was
considerably relieved Tales of many who
have sold oxen, cows or sheep to get a
little flour to live on, Mr.. Holway found
pitiful.
At Livouno, On his return trip, Mr.. Hol-
way found refugees living in temporarily
abandoned Turkish houses. The Turkish
owners are waiting for the Bulgars to
move out that they may return. While
the Bulgars are not allowed to return to
their own homes in the present Greek and
SerVlan territory, and are being driven
out of Thrace, Mr.. Holway sees difficulty
in adjusting this situation.
Provided with a great quantity of cloth
ing bought in Sofia and Philippopolis
contributed by the American relief COM
mittee of Bulgaria, Mr.. Holway started
January "A, on his tour. He Travelled out
of Sofia in an automobile, accompanied
by two auto-trucks, carrying clothing
This transportation was all furnished by
the government
The weather was bitter cold with heavy
snow on the ground. The automobile
broke down. followed by the breaking
down OF both auto-trucks. One of the
auto-trucks was finally repaired suffi-
| ciently TO proceed and on this Mr. Hol-
way made the journey to a broken bridge
eleven kilometers from Petritch, his first
destination.
Compelled to Walk.
| There were no horses here to carry
him on to the town. There was no
khan, no telegraph nor telephone
| station and it was too cold to sleep
|
| crippled Bulgar judge. leaning on his
arm. he walked all the way to the
| town. reaching there at midnight, after
an hour of wandering in the darkness
| trying to find a ford in the stream.
| The mayor of Petritch became his
| host. and aided him in his relief efforts
| there. When. to set an example to the
refugees and get them working to
| clean up the pest-inviting CITY, he
| took off his coat and led in the work
| the mayor followed suit, although as
tonished at his willingness to do me-
| NAL work.
Other parts of his tour were made on
| horseback. Sometimes he was comneIled
| to go afoot.
| He tells of the sanitation work. in con-
| junction with relief, effected by Rev. "
| c. Cooper of Salomiki.
| The people were accustomed to recaiys
| bread without work" he wrote ia NJ
| HoIway. THE few who began work the
| first day were stoned from their iobs Inv
women. angry because they had not re-
| ceived their ration of corn that day aud
| thinking we were the cause. But Nhen
| the working on the streets was once
under way there were an ever-increa sins
number of those waiting to be written.
| The streets were all cleared by this
| means. For two days work a man re-
| ceived a quilted jacket. or for one day's
| work one sleeveless jacket or child 5
Jacket Some children We're allowed to
work two days for childrens jackets
| Want to Go Home.
| The peoples hearts are set on return
ing to their homes, says Mr.. Holway, in
| summing up the situation. They eX-
| poet Turkish owners to return and
Gust them from their present asylums.
| There is now no lumber available for
| rebuilding in the Strumitza and Pet
ritch districts. Government and rnu-
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