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made, as the great slav Power, not

to suffer this blow to Slav aspirations.
1t appears that Russia would have
gone to war with Austria over the
question if she had not received a
very definite intimation from Berlin
that her doing so would mean war
with Germany, too.
Bosnians Resent Annexation.
Amongst the Bosnians themselves
the annexation was resented; also by
the so-called Turks, but on ths
ground that it separated them, even
formally. from the Mohammedan
Turkish empire, and some subse-
quently wandered further east again
under the Turkish flag, but some of
these have since returned.
Turks, Serbs and Catholics.
The population of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, which is racially and in
language of the Serbo-C roatian stock,
is commonly divided into three class
es, who are spoken of as Turks,
Serbs and Catholics. In reality this
is merely classification of members
of the same race according to re-
ligion. The Turks are those who,
during the centuries of Turkish dom
nation, adopted the Mohammedan
religion, while the Serbs are the ad-
herents of the Eastern Schismatical
Church. The Turks form much the
richest section of the population,
while the Serbs are the most numer-
Gus. Roughly, the proportions are
stated to be: Turks, 35 per cent,
Serbs, 43 per cent, and Catholics, Fl
per cent; but they vary in different
districts. For instance, at Sarajevo
the Moslems are stated to be 40 per
cent. while at Mostar, in Herze-
govina, the Catholics are stated to
be tride over 40 per cent. There
is also certain Jewish population at
Sarajevo. The distinguished German
writer, Chamberlain, author of
Foundations of the Nineteenth Gen.
tury." who, in that work, expresses
an unfavorable opinion of the Jewish
race in general, excerpts the Jews of
Sarajevo and speaks of them as strik-
ing specimens of a pure, high-class
Jewish type.
The Moslem.
The men of Bosnia and Herzegov-
ina are tall, fine, and picturesque in
appearance. The Moslem, colloquial-
ly called the Turk, can be disting-
uished from his fellow-citizens at
Sarajevo: He is generally much bet
ter dressed. In addition to the fez.
which is, Of course, with him a mat
ter of religious obligation, but is
often worn by Serbs and Catholics
too. he generally wears loose, full
black cloth breaches and shoes.
The writer arrived in Sarajevo
towards the end of September, on a
Sunday morning, which was the first
day of the Moslem Belram, which,
like our Easter, is the feast succeed
ing the long fast, and is also kept up
for three days.
Sarajevo contains numerous
mosques, the Bcgova being the prin-
cipal one. The sight of these fine
men crowding the mosque and the
courtyard in front of it for noontide
prayer, kneeling. or some even with
forehead bent down to the ground,
and, as far as one could judge. Who'll
ly wrapped in prayer, entirely un-
mindful of onlookers, could not but
edify.
Women are never allowed to enter
the mosque, nor is the male "infidel"
allowed to do so during prayer-time.
The Writer tried hard to be allowed
to do so, urging, accurately or mac
curately, that in some other Moham-
medan countries it is allowed, where
upon the righteous believer met him
with the unanswerable argument
that This is Bosnia"
The same intelligent Moslem in
formed him that none of the closely
yelled females whom one occasional
ly saw cropping their way in the
streets were married women, as in
Sarajevo no Moslem woman appeared
in the street; that, though the
speaker had been married eleven
years, his wife had not once during
that time been in the bazaars; that
the Moslem law allowed four wives,
but the vast majority of the inhabi-
tants of Sarajevo preferred not to
avail themselves of the privilege.
Archiepiscopal See.
Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia
and has population of a little over
$4,000. 1t is a picturesque town
partly built up the slopes of sur
rounding hills, where the close-lat-
ticed Moslem houses peep out of
leafy courtyards. It is an archiepis-
copal see for the whole peninsula, in
the center of the town being the
cathedral and, behind it, the Jesuit
church and school. On the other side
of the river is the older church of the
Franciscans who. during the centur-
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