The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-20
TALK ON SERYIA
AND ITS PEOPLE
MRS. JULIA MORGAN HARDING OF
PiTTSBURo SPOKE HERE
YESTERDAY.
Appeared Before the Members Of
Current Events DEPARTMENT %
Woman's Club al A. o. v. W..
Temple

The members Of the Current Events
Department OF 'be WomAn's club OF
Wheeling. held their regular meeting
Yesterday afternoon at the 4. q. L. W.
hall on Chapline street The meeting
was well attended by the members
aud splendid address Was delivered
by Mrs. Julia Morgan Harding. OF
Pittsburg. who spoke on Current
Events" In the beginning Of her dis
course Mrs. Harding TOOK UP the dis
cussion OF the immigration bill. which
mad just recently been defeated by
congress, and In connection with the
bill she spoke Of the condition OF
labor as IL exists in the United states
az the present time. There are Ger
tain tasks that must be performed by
men," she said. and to do certain
work We must depend on foreign labor
II has been reported following the
close OF the European war there would
be great food OF immigration to this
country. but owing TO the conditions
that exist in Europe this Will be
counterbalanced TO a great extent for
the need OF laborers in that country
TO do certain work. The average i'm
migration for the past ten years to
our country has been on an average
OF 900, but this number was great
ly reduced last rear owing TO the war.
For some time we have been depend
Ing on foreign labor 10 do the hard
work in our cities. mills and factories.
Until we are now facing a crisis in I'M
skilled labor in America. Something
that we have never faced before.
In taking up the discussion OF the
Of H..
at considerable length OF the past
history OF that country as TO how the
country was formed In our study OF
Servia we find that the country has
/ always had bad name among ma
tions. she said. This is due 10 the
I fact. however, that the Servtans have
always been engaged. more or less
! in bloody warfare. However we
know very little OF the early history
OF Servia. but the people of today
have risen out OF the breaking up OF
the Turkish empire. In the year 1891
was the first notice that we have OF
the Servians trying TO free themselves
4 from the dominating influence OF Tur
key, and by the year 1917 they were
more or less free from the oppression
Z OF Turkish rule. In 1867 the Turks
I withdrew from Servia. for the people
I Of the country had a desire for sell
government
Aid for Russians.
Continuing. she said: Followinc
the withdrawal OF Turkey from Servia
which vas due TO a great extent "a
/ the action OF Russia, We find in on,
study of history that Russia declared
/ war against Turkey in 1867, and that
, the Turks were defeated in the war
as the Russian army succeeded IN
getting very close TO COnstantinople
I servia gained very little from thi,
war. although they assisted the Rus
! slams. Servia at this time turned Il
4 Austria for aid. but later. owing Il
! the growing power of Servia. the Aus
. TRANS created a high tariff, which wa,
a great blow to Servia and caused
Z the commercial interest OF the coun
! try 20 look elsewhere for thei rtrads
/ outside Of Austria. This was the be
shining of Seryias foreign trade with
I other nations
At the time OF the threatened Bal
/ kan war between 1867 and 1876
/ among the Balkan states. Germany
Z came forward and put an end 10 tbs
/ threatened crisis. This was the begin
/ ling Of German influence over the
I falkan states. and q was at this time
] that the German empire assisted rur
[ key to revival Of power. This trou
Bile lead 10 the hostility between Rus
sia. Austria and Turkey. and hnalI,
q lead 20 the formation Of the Balkan
league. In the war that followed with
1 bulgaria, Servia succeeded in dou