The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-07
BLAMES
AUSTRIANS
FOR WAR
(CoHtIBu~d from PaEe ouea

she viii ask FOR aid for the people
OF her country.
Arceduke Francis Ferdinand. The
assass.1ated heir 20 the Austrian
throne Nas planning. according TO
Nine Gruut,h a kiuEdom 10 o..
composed OF serbia Bosnia. Here.
soyir3. Croatia and Slayonia. where
be would r'le with hts inorganic
N.te. tEz pEchtss Of HoheRberg. as
queen TaoNEh the arcadukc had
-akea a so0 never 20 make h.s aiie
empress u Aasu0-iiungayy u was
believe, tla- on the death % Franz
Josef ar a0G.I ask the pope f1r q
dispeu-at releasing him from
hi. promise Statesmen Of Hua-
gary ara Austria some fearful that
the archtake would dstach and ia-
corporate HUNGARIAN states Ia his
proposed kingdom. others that his
Wife would become empress cf thc
dual monarchy laid the plot which
ended -c rhc a.sassiuation Of
Fran Ferdinand and his wife
This the belief which Nine.
Grouteh holds.
They have seen T. o." she said.
'tnat the men Sho knew % the plot.
s.. Rad no actual part iu The xiii
iae have been execsted and their
-t buried with them. The stu.
dents Who killed the svchduke were
citizens Of Austria. had never lived
In Serbia. nor mad their parents
3. ad there, They were merely ~
TIE serbian raes. aud Austria had
no more right 90 blame Serbia fug
the killing than the United Stats-
could have held Russia responsible
l0r rae death % President Mckinley
az the hands * a man hose par
snts came from Poland Austria
wanted 20 crush serbia. and Ger
many also wanted var and bound .u
this situation e good pretcxt'
Nine. Grouitca believes that the
allies nlli triumph and that Ger
many w.Il never again rise 20 the
position Of great military power.
Serbia Il in most d"plora Die
condition Nine Grou,tch says. bur
she is optimistic
NO enemys foot is on Serbian
.Oil TO-DAY she said Germany and
Austria cannot spare The million
men that would be necessary for
their drive 10 Ceustantlnople
through Serbia We have ave lines
II defense--frst. the army 0f able.
todied soldiers; second. 'ho young
men IN training third. The old men
fourth, Our bad roads and 9Th. THE
slow oxen which must be used in
trayersing our mountains
But our army Is defending a land
made waste BY plllase and slauga-
ter such as has not been seen since
medieval times. The same methods
used by Germany IN belgian were
usel by Austria In her Invasion
Serbia Rapinc. mut.lation and
slaughter marked the advance %
the Austrians They brought typhus
with them. which devastated our
camps OF refugees Thousands dled
Of fever, thousands starved Now
Serbia IL rising again What wc
need Ia farm implements and seed
so that the people may return %
their farm life We need light
plows. for we have no draught ami
mails. and the piows must De drag
ged by women. We need grain 10
SOW. and instruction In the use of
seed and In methods of farming
The San Francisco exposition
officials have promised IA their *.
biblts OF grain, small hardware ana
agricultural implements Various
cities have sent us 800 600 FOR the
purchase Of farm implements, and
as much more has already been
shipped. We can also use tents. for
Serbia is living in. tents today. since
the Austrians destroyed every build.
ing ihcy could reach. The Serbian
agricultural relief committee. OF
which Or Eliot OF Harvard IL pros.
ldent, is handling all the funds, and
every cent goes 20 Serbia "
Mime Groultch minimizes the i'm
portancc OF the fall OF przemysl
She says that the Germans found o.
mere shell, end that they wasted
thousands OF lives 10 re-take the
fortress.
Nine Grouitch. who vas formerly
Miss Mabel Dunlop. OF Clarkeburg.
w Va. Is tho guest OF Mr and Mrs.
Charles n Hodges. No. 5ll Jeffer
son-ave.