Evening journal., 1915-02-01

no place in the light bonds Of Pan
sla,ism which maintain a degree of
cousnly sympathy between Russia |
ana the Balkan Slavs.
bulgaria has memories of its prov
ince. slistria, newly lost to Rou-
mania TO keep it's onmity alive and
watchfu. Then Bulgaria fell out
with her former allies. Servla and
Greeco. at the conclusion of the war
with the Ottoman, Roumania added
her armies To the scales. and. at lit
tie cost in blood and money, was
able 10 demand the rich province for
her own Tho friendship between
ROumania and Greece has never been
warm. while. TO make It's diplomatic
position still less one to be easily
fcrsoen in the present question. its
king ia member Of princely Ger
man family Hohonzallern-S Sigmarigon.
valley of the Mouse.
The valley of the Meuse river, ex-
tending through France. Belgium and
Holland. up and down whose course
two thousand years of intermittent
warfare has been waged, forms the
subject of another statement given
out today by the society
"Ahove every other valley that Of
the Mouse has become battlefield.
] At Liege. on the Meuse. the first great
battle of the war broke forth and
the struggle bazed and scared all
along the picturesque splendor of
this wild. rugged banked stream. di-
rcctly southwark through Belgium
/ into France. According TO the day
/ by day dispatches, some of the most
fierce efforts are still raging on It's
/ banks. Liege. Namur Dinant Givet,
/ Sedan. Stenay. Verdun and st. Mihiel
each name recently become famil-
( lar TO Americans all lie along it's
course
"Three countries share the Meuse
II rises in France, flows nothward
through Belgium, crosses the Dutch
frontier. sweeps westward through
Holland and empties into the North
Sea. It's journey TO the sea is one of
$50 miles, of which 400 arc navigable.
Its source rs in the south of the
French Department Haute Marn, near
tho Monte Faucilles. whence il crosses
the Departments Nosges, Meuse, Ar
dennos into Belgium, near Sedan
northward into Holland, near Mas
trich. and thence westward 20 the
sea. Il bears several names along ita
course Meuse, Macs, Mas, Mer-
wedo.
"The valley OF the Meuse for ages
has been a channel for the ebb and
flow of armies. Il might he said C..
drain one vast. historic battlefield
Caesar pursued its path into the un
known. barbaric north. The wild Teu
tonic tribes pressed down between IL.
banks toward the wealth of Rome
Christian Europe has been settling II,
difference along the valley of thl
Mouse by force OF arms down to IN.
present day.
"In the Forest Of Ardennes. The
Meuse flows through a country rici
III romances of Charlemango. Vine
lands and hOp-gardens lie further
along its banks. and then II washes
great industrial cities, gathering {,
itself the ashes, rust and acids o
factory and. furnace waste. Finally
il drifts through tho natlands of Hol
land. supplying the numerous canal
which lazily divide the plains. Her.
and there. as between Namur an,
Licge. il cuts narrow passage no
tween wooded hills and cliffs. theh
difficult sides dotted with pretty villas
Just before reaching the sea. th'
Mouse. here the Mas divides, on
branch flowing west, and the otha
mngling with the Rhine TO empt,
past Rotterdam at the Hook of Hol
land.
"In the beginning OF its course
tho valley Of the Meuse is wild
moadowland. II then breaks itsol
a gorge. fringed with broken tanslc
banks. There is "A wealth of sceni
beauty along its way Chateau,
castles. cottages and farmstoad
sprinkle the valley. though far NOR
= thickly than these evidences Of m
living arc clustered the place-namc
L rescued from forgetfulness by legend
and historic records. The camp
the Aduatuci described by Caesar
marked by q citadel on a hill bl
tween this river and the Ssmbre. II
largest tributary. At Dinant. Phil
. | the Good Duke of Burgundy is sal
10 have caused 500 people 10 >
drowned in is waters. But IN
. river has long since forgotten n
good Dukes sprightly slaughter in
present time more stirring, moi
titanic and far more costly in hi
!. mar life"