Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-02-19
THOUSANDS GO TO
N|SH TO ESCAPE
HORRORS OF WAR
Serbian City's Normal Population OF 10000
Grows to 100, 600. and Authorities Are
Put 10 u TO Take Care Of Inc Enormous
Additions.

Ni-h. Serbia. Feb. lS.-Ni,h. normally
Il town az some 10000. has been trans
formed IN the war into 4 city of more than
lo0.000 souls. The stranger within the
city gates wonders where an the people
seen "a the streets sleep 1T night. The
small public park. a. wells a. the two
principal shopping streets. are n crowded
during the daylight hours. r. Broadway
and Fifth Aycnur un 4 late afternoon. The
problem ~ caring tor the thousands who
fled here from Belgrade aud the northern
communities 1T the country when war was
declared has been 4 difficult -nc. Every
house with vacant rooms wa commander
cd ~ the government bat even this action
faded A. pruyid. shelter for hundreds ~
fugitive from the battle districts. IN the
dilemma III which III. serbian people found
thcm.clyc- the American Red Gross mis-
sion came a- \ ycrlahlc God send. Every
where the Associated Press correspondent
ha, Travelled ~ ha~ encountered evidences
of good work done TN American citizens
and has everywhere found grateful an
probation un the part III the serbian pcu-
pie. This appreciation was officially cN-
pressed ~ NJ. Milu~h putrnnicyitrh. one NJ
the admini-'r atur~ III tie diplomatic pres
bureau. who speaks English perfectly.
'uur constitution sand NJ pctronieviich
.'and all 81 our institutions are really
modelled from those nf the United States
Of Amcrica. uad some day We hope t. .,
really an American state here at TIE end
If Europe and The beginning NJ Asia. That.
- we'll 80 TIE sympathy and aid ior our
wounded sent u- TN the American Red
Gross during all three ~ oar recent war.
arcount~ for the very wurm welcome M
always give ~ amy American who carr- to
come out and study II closer range.
I'VE are not ~ hu~pitahIe ~ W.T. for
ei.nrr~. Serbia NJ more accustomed la
having rnrnir~ ihan trirnd~. From TOW
time the Serbian empire ramr under the
Turks IN the fourteenth r%cntury. until I'LL
liberation N the early part "a the nine
tccnth century. Serbia wu~ rut WIT a~ y
state from I'M the rest uf thr world. Her
Turkish tyrant- hal hut one idea. IN nv
stray the soul NJ the race. TIE memory "i
it glorious and martial past. M it- ar.-
t%ocratlc traditions aud ~ t- racial urit,
with the ether SIay pgnrlr-. li~ r%hirulr,
persisted N Tire great battle WI ko--uyr Wy
1850. k"--u,a III " vast pi;l- about inn
iullc- southwest "a Ni~h. where thr hufil"
~ Turkish conquest between NV force ri
the Sultan Murad and thr serbian Em
lcrur lazlr wa- fought III THE fourteenth
century. This great battle ended ui,h fha
complete overthrow III tie serbian empire
and ihr live hundred year domination
ihc whole M outhNc.t Europe ny, h
Turk. This domination r|urluirI .ll ihr
peoples now comprising the Baituu -%.at,-.
All the sous III the mobile SrihlHa i.miis-
were earned ~ ~ 'uu-tautirurln to turn
The famous guards NJ the janis .rir-. I.ut
were reared II complete iguor .rc ut their
parcntage. ard with but ono ideal. thr -rI
Ian. \ certain number VT thr great ~.r-
hian families escaped irtn Russia. Au-irIr
and Montenegro. lrnm th"-, .ud -ui-r
auent emigration haze pruu4 tlc mrii
her ~ the race who ar, tuiaN uut ida thr
kingdom - Serbia. H"-nia. Herzegovina
and Dalmatia are internally part WIFI ihr
kingdom. though detached IRON ~ ty Ei
ropcan politics M thr cuuelc-~ n. Berlin I"
Mr.. ~pctronicyitrh pointed Ivy Y lr-r
map which hung IN hi~ office. -novirn
anricnt confines M thc serbian empire ;-
well AN thc marginal lines wv ihr i%rrrtrrr
N"i that Greater SrrhiH. thr creation nt
which 4 " some quarter regarded
cause 81 the war. It til~ lup it r"y.
A will certainly ir ufr uI ihr mr-i im
p"rtani changes hi tir map ui Elrnn.
Serbia and her powerful allies lrr -urru--
mi against the Germans aud ihc Aa~tli.u-
You can ~cr. continued Mr.. Prtrpn.r-
witch. "how difficult ha~ harn thc pn-itirH
1T Serbia, with thr Turks WV ic orc hund
longing 20 conquer What they had lo-t: thr
Au~triau~ 90 ihc other hand. urged y, thr
Germans. wi"-o own cNrafr.-nu could unlt
take place Pm pushing thc Austrian infn
possession WI ai tLp Nlty kingdoms uf ih,
Balkans. thus leaving free the German proc
yincc~ ~ Austria Ior Germany. There i
ne douht M our mind that Germany h.
had the idea nf describing TIE dual mpli-
archN 81 Austria Hungary. thus dreaming
Of 4 kingdom extending from the shores
If the North Sen tn thr A-van .i ~alunikv,
the iio~rharl~ and thc Sen ui Mamura at
ton-ianlinulAe. and reaching emit ~ Y ~n-
prrInr control ~ thc Mediterranean ard
even the Black Ser. M one who ll- mod
lived on the shores oi the Der ne ha-
rcfi conception nf thr inaaii,i~m witi
which Austria ha~ worked IN achieve THU
end. nor a N. designing cnre-Aifh whirA
/. Germany ha- ever promoted Per dc-l-n-.