The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-26
LACK or RAILWAYS
MAKES CASE OF
SERBIA HARD
Dimculty Of Supplying People
With Grain for Food and
Seed Wherewith to Plant
Devastated Areas Great.

/ f~Atsoclated Press corrcspondence)
KraRnlcvat1. Serbia. Jan is.-The
distressing feature Of the situation IN
sefhla IL the dii1culty Of ehabiiitot-
ing the hundreds 81 thousands who
were Obliged 10 abandon homes and
Hands that became battle areas dur
lnE the Austrian Invasion. Officers
or tho Serbian government see no
treason why the people should not re-
turl. but the tif1cVlty Hes In provid-
FMS them with grain for r%eplanting
land fecdinE them until neN crops are
harvested. This task has been un-
ldcrtakcn but the government n
Handicapped ~ a hack u railway IA
lciilles and the almost impossible
rotdA Help abroad In being sought
by the government for this agricul-
Iturai rehabilitation.
Societies that have operated IN for
NOR years to instruct the rural pop
ulation IN methods Of intensive iarm-
ing have been demorolized BY three
wurs In such rapid succession.
Therefore, despite an the govern
mcnt - seeking 10 accomplish a Wis
itor Is apt Ia get the impression that
nobody IN serbia n doing anything
that does not pertain to the support
lof the army Women and childfen
have 70 be sacrificed to the needs Of
the grown male population who must
be kept~in fighting trim and In the
fishtins I'm at any cost
Everywhere in Serbia the Assoc
ciatcd Press correspondent heard the
national plea that the country ia
lighting not only Tor the maintenance
of her present arta. with lis populu
tlon OF over four millions. but for
the liberation Of the Slay statca OF
Austria Hungary II she succeeds,
some eleven millions will be added
20 her population and every one rec
~osnizes that 50 gigantic "A task. even
with Russla's aid. cannot be accom-
pllshed without supreme sacrifices.
The Serbians are accustomed e
poverty and hardship. bus there are
said TO be a million persons really
suffering dintrcsS from lack OF food
and clothing. They have never beer
reduced TO such destitution before
And the Serbians are contcnsed with
50 little. The army ives chiefly on
brfad and soup and most OF the peas
ants, even In normal times. do not
eat meat except on feast days. Hell
from the Siavs In America. liberia
though Il has been. u not adequate
10 meet the situation. Everyone here
- psnnlng his hope for life upOf
Americas philanthropic resources
The government issues "a loaf OF brcst
70 day to every destitute family. bul
this Is far from sufficient In many
eases.
There are some six Thousand
wouuded soldiers here nov and med
ical supplies are still Inadequate. Al
the first reserve hospital are a party
Of English nurses who were brought
here M the beginning of the war with
Madame Slhvko Grouitch, the AmcV
can wife Of The serbian undtr-secr
tary OF foreign affairs. Madame
Grouitch also helped organize tn
Red Cross work az Nish and Il WA
on her advice that the American Re,
Gross mission was placed at Belgrade
All this WORK and the fact that sh'
has gone e America To seek addition
al aid 10 relieve tho suffering Of Ser
hla has made her name and that o
American doctors and nurses beipvei
by the whole serbian people. Their
are scvcrai othe. American womei
married Go Scrbiuns-onc tu a mem
her OF the royal family. another q
% serhlan minister Ia Paris-and thi
u cited AZ a reason for the Unite'
States doing for Serbia what she 3
doing for Belgium.
Althsigh this city. until 1870 tn
capital OF Serbia. IL at present IN.
headquarters of the army. there 3
not much that "a foreigner can se
except life in the streets tnd cafes
lCabinot meetings are held IN s%trictcs
secrecy as are all the deliberations o
the chicfs Of the army. There is
great magazine and arms factor,
here; ln fact. the only one in the BAL