Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-23
VERY APPROACH
TO GRECIAN PORT
SHADOW OF WAR
Gulf of Saloniki Presents Ami,
mated Scene; Continuous
Procession of Ships

Correspondence of Associated Press.)
Salonik, Greece, Nov. 1.-The very
approach to Saloniki foreshadows the
presence of war. The long reach of
the Gulf of Salonih reveals a continu-
Gus procession of ships going and com
ing, and from their standards trail
most unexpected flags: Rumanian,
Belgian, Dutch, Russian, Egyptian
all engaged In some way in victualling
the foreign troops concentrated on the
doorstep of the Balkans.
Huge transatlantic liners, French
and British laden with soldiers, glide
toward the harbor whose entrance is
guarded by a common tug metamor-
phosed into a warship by armor and a
gun or two, The warsnip at the gate
of Greece's second port flies the
French and the Greek flag. Each en-
tering vessel is requested to give an
account of itself before it is permitted
to pass the gateway in the steel net
whose presence across the narrows is
marked by line of floats.
Within the harbor whose safety is
secured by this net against subma-
rines. the scene is even more animated.
| Not since the last Balkan war have
| so many ships gathered before Sa-
| loniki. Out in the roadstead lie French
and British warships, and one Italian
man of war To defend the interest
of Greece a tiny Greek destroyer hugs
the shore, a pigmy among giants of
war.
Animated Scene
In the harbor of SalonilH is a con-
glomeration of strange flags and OF
every class of ship, it is as nothing in
| comparison with the quays. Not Port
Said nor Marseilles ever knew so poly
glot a babel or saw such a kaleido-
scope of customs. There are French
'Peilu" in their sky blue uniforms,
French Alpine chasseurs, Tam o.
Shanters on the side of the head
French colonial troops-Turcos. Sene-
CALAIS in baggy kh fis bloomers and
short CATERS; French marines, with
red pompons on their round caps,
French dragons, with horsetails in
their helmets; French officers of every
description; French sailors and-com
monest of all-calm, red-trousered
French territorals. Now and then
appear columns of Greek mountain ar
tillery. Again struggling lines of Greek
infantry take the right Of way.
Bands of British tommies also push
their way down the crowded streets
British officers, canes in hand, sweep
the sidewalks from side to side, driv-
ing the countless itinerant venders into
the streets. French salute Greeks;
Greeks salute French. But the Brit
ish salute only the British.
Stragglers Pouring In
Cosmopolitan as are the inhabitants
OF Saloniki at any time, they and more
so than ever now, increased as the
population has been by refugees from
Serbia, Macedonia and Thrace. Be
sides the Greeks, the Jews and the
Turks, the quays of SalonilIi are pic
turesque also with bearded Levantin es
of nondescript nationality that might
have stepped from the Arabian nights
When night falls the lights at the
mastheads and in the portfolios of the
lassembled ships spring out. At the
docks huge French transport loads
its cargo of human beings. The shout
of the men and the clank of cranes
come across the water without ceas-
ing throughout the night.
At midnight the cafes close. The
lights in the harbor go out one by
one. Patrols of soldiers with bayonets
set-FTench, Greek, British-march
up and down the pitch black side
streets in search of stragglers.