The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-15
WAR TRANSFORMED
NISH INTO BIG CITY
Normally a Town of Some 10000, i
Now Holds More Than 100000
and Where They Stay is
Mystery.


of more than one hundred thousand
souls The stranger within the city
gates wonders where all the people seen
on the streets sleep at night. The small
public park, as well as the two princl-
pal shopping streets, are crowded during
the daylight hours, as Broadway and
Fifth avenue on late afternoon. The
problem of caring for the thousands who
| fled here from Belgrade and the north
ern communities OF the country when
war was declared has been a difficult
one.
Every house with vacant rooms was
Communicated by the government, but
even this action failed to provide shell
ter for hundreds of fugitives from the
battle districts In the dilemma in which
the Serbian people found themselves the
| American Red Cross mission came as
veritable Godsend. Everywhere the As
sociated Press correspondent has tray
eled he has encountered evidences OF
good work done by American citizens
and has everywhere found grateful APP
probation on the part OF the Serbian
people This appreciation was officially
expressed by NJ. Milosh Petronieyitch,
one Of the administrators OF the diplo-
matte press bureau, who speaks English
perfectly,
"Our constitution said NJ. Petron-
ievtch, "and all of our institutions are
REALLY modelled from those OF the United
States of America, and some day we
| hope to be really an American state
| here at the end of Europe and the be-
| ginning OF Asia. That, as well as the
sympathy and aid for our wounded sent
ia BY the American Red Cross during
all three Of our recent wars, accounts
for the very warm welcome We shall al
ways give to any American who cares
to come out and study us at closer
range.
1--WE arc not so hospitable to all for
eigners. Serbia Is more accustomed to
having enemies than friends From the
time the Serbian empire came under
the Turks in the fourteenth century,
until its liberation in the early part Of
the nineteenth century, Serbia was cut
I of as a state from all the rest of the
world. Her Turkish tyrants had but
one idea, to destroy the soul OF the race,
the memory OF its glorious and martial
past. Of its aristoeratic traditions and
Of its racial unity with the other Slay
peoples. Its chiyalrY persisted N the
great battle OF Kossova in 1899. Kos
sova il vast plain about 100 miles
southwest OF Nish where the battle OF
Turkish conquest between the forces OF
the Sultan AIurad | and the Serbian
Emperor Lazar was fought IN the four.
teenth century. This great battle end
ed with the complete overthrow OF the
Serbian empire ard the fye hundred year
domination of the whole of southwest
Europe BY the Turks. This domination
included all the peoples now comprising
the Balkan states. All the sons OF the
noble Serbian families We're carried on
to Constantinople to form the famous
guard OF the Janissaries They were
reared in complete ignorance of their
pa rentage, and with but one ideal, the
Sultan. a certain number Of the great
Serbian families escaped into Russia,
Austria and Montenegro. From these
and subsequent emigrations have sprung
the members Of the race who are to-day
outside the kingdom of Serbia. Bosnia,
Herzegovina and Dalnatia are integraily
a part of the kingdom, though detached
from il by European politics at the Con-
gress OF Berlin"
MIR. Petronievitch pointed 10 large |
man which hung in his Office, showing I
Che ancient confines Of the Serbian EN- /
pire as well as the marginal line OF the
frontiers of that Greater Serbia, the Gre
alton of which is in some quarters re- !
earded as the cause of the war. BE tins 4
a. IL nav. it will certainly be one OF 4
the most important changes in the map /
of Europe il Serbia and her powerful |
allies are successful against the Germans
and the Austrians.
"You can see" continued Mr.. Petron- /
ievitch. chow difficult has been the posi- I
ton Of Serbia with the Turks on the 1
one hand longing 10 conquer what they /
had lost; the Austrians on the other 4
hand urged by the Germans, whose own 4
EXPANSION could only take place by push 4
inc the Austrians into possession Of all 4
d. Slav Kingdoms OF the Balkans. thus 4
leaving free the German provinces oi 4
Austria for Germany There b no doubt /
10 our mind that Germany has had the
idea of absorbing the dual monarchy Of 4
Austria Hungary. thus dreaming Of i
kingdom extending from the shores Of
the North sea 20 the Aegean at Salouika.
the Bosphorus and the sea Of Mamora
At Constantinople. and reaching out 20 >
supreme control Of the Meditcrranca
and oven the Black sea. No one Who has
t,ot Ny.d ON the shores Of the Danube
has any real conception II the fauati-
fism with which Austria has worked 10
achieve THE end. nor Of the designing
care with which Germany has ever pro
NOTED her designs. 4 part Of the plan
eiuavs has been O. keep the states OF
the balkans from any federation ~ 60
beaiun among themselves. This might /.
have been more difHcalt bad not several
Of fhe states had German priuces Tor
rulers. serbia and Montenegro. sou
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