The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-07
Serbia
Firebr0nd of Southeastern Europe
and Its Place In History.

Washington. u. =. May serbia,
hrcbrand OF southeastern Europe. the
little Balkan bundie OF contradictions
whose people are farmers but subtitle
In diplomacy. whose temper Is luxur-
ious but whose capital IL spare. whose
patriotism Is %inOFdiuate but whose ma
tional existence ~ still Ia its swaa.
ding clothes. whose ambition for ter
ritorial expansion IL passionate but
whose industry il - yet born; this
Serbia. remarkably Interesting. in
Il use and contradictory. Is the subject
OF a sympathetic study prepared By
william Joseph ShOwalter for the M
tiunal G%eoEraphi society.
AIR. Showalter surveys the historic,
social and economic deyeiopmsnt OF
Serbia. dealing understandingly with
the ~fascinatl1g romance Of their
Great Serbia aspirations. That there
Is no story more nlled with thrilling
intrigue. plot and countorpi0 than
that which tells Of the efforts OF The
sorbians through the last generation
toward the realization Of Great Ser
bia.' IL pointed out IN the study,
wherein the currents and cross-cur-
rcnia " kuFsiau, british, German,
AUSTRIAN and Baikan states diplomacy
-whose confused and bitterly con-
nicting objects have made Balkan pol
tiles Wild. stormy and uncer;ain-nre
accurately sketphed in their essential
features. OF serbia's present Interest,
OF this country sudden spring from
ohscurity fuii into the center OF the
stage OF nntiops. the writer says:
with an area no larger than the
state Of Ma ne and a popu alto sna Ter
than the city OF New York, the little
Slnsdom Of scryia has played q role
la the recent past the uil magnitude
81 which cannot be reckoned until The
end of time. Mayhnp II has changed
the whole course of human history.
some years & u WAS said OF the
Balkan peninsula that q vas the
'powder-box' Of Europe, and the
events OF last summer proved the
statement true: and then someone "a
little iafer observed that IL Tho Balkan
, peninsula were the 'powder-boN, Ser
} via was tine percussion cap
How truly he spoke was not e a
lizcd at the time. oven ly the speaker.
3 Tor while men VIII ever disagree as
90 the deep-seatcd caases that led 70
. the present great war, all the world
~ NNNaNNN NAAAh AnN WHAAAN"N 81
. sara1eyo was the percussion cap that
%detonated the terrific forces behind
the diplomacy oi Europe.
a noted az the outset. oae OF the
most interesting things about seryia
g. he smailncss. That such a small
3 1ation could bring on the mlghuest
r %c0nhiog that the world has seen since
, man FIRST made war upon his fellow
u H.. ..aL. aHm.HHa LLH UHHHH III HH
smailncss. 10 is only In the very re- ont
past that h attained rs present size.
q When q was u participant in the Bat
kan war, q was only two-nftha 40
iargo as Pennsylvania in area and but
little larger than ChicakO 10 popula-
lion. starting into that Var with iA,.
600 square miles OF territory, BE- came
out with $4,000 square miles; starting
IN with less than 5000. 900 people. 10
came out with more than 100000.
considering that seryia is only q
itttlo more han "a third of a century
old as a member Of the family Of ma
lions, ana that only 81 years have
elapsed since she escaped tho blight
OF Turkish rule. she has made fc-
m~arkhhle progress when shc bee
came independent 90 Turkey shc had
Few roads. for roads might Ice used
to march 0ycr asainst the Turks. and
p Turkey wanted to keep every COM
munity Isolated Noe DID she have
many schools for schools would give
tho serbian the power Co road and
write. and reading % writing are
great aids when "a people want TO re-
70 Volt against un Oppressive rule"
Greatest OF all present dangers "a
,his active. ambitions nation. whose
d 80 years OF existence has brought q
through so much Ur1grcss 90 rs most
eXhausting WAR; Mr. Showaiter finds
to be- the terrible threat OF disease
the pOWerfuI scpurgo Of epidemic do
P cnsc that Finds its strengths In the
e hundreds of tnouallds Of warwick
oncd hodics and warneglcctcd Atm
a One OF the greRiost battles OF an,
war the writer explains. Is the battle
e OF sanitation, Inc finding of SONS
< method Tor completely controlling The
spread Of typhus-causing rermin
= Much alike Do their symptoms. Mr.
% showalte, explains. typhus and typh.
y old are spread IN a widely different
u manner, and, hence. demand a widely
different sanitary strateRy. The ayph.
d old germ takes its departure from "a,
intestinal tract, spreads 10 ~drlnkinf