Evening journal., 1915-12-15
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD
Ilniinh Press Sfnif Cnrrespondont.


sALONICA, Nov. 2.-(By MALL
srhe sun goes down like an explosion
IN a paint factory in this part OF the
world
All the mixtures OF tongues and uni
forms and ships and hags OF the var
5ous armies and navies centering in
ealonica are not in greater contrast
than the melange Of color which nils
che evening skies as the sun sinks
piehtIy behind the peak Of Olympus
where the Greek gods lived and
played
Even greater than the variety of
color in the city or the sky is the var
iety OF opinion in the cafes when the
thousands OF men OF many races
gather with the lighting of the evening
lamps TO talk over what the future
holds.
There are Germans here; they
didn't move away when the allied arm
les came. Salonica is as much an ally
headquarters as the headquarters in
France. but the Germans haven't de-
parted because Greece is neutral
The Germans are sure that, sweep
ing past us 400 miles TO the north,
the German hordes are pouring
through Servia toward Turkey. Some
OF them think that the time is not
far distant when the Germans will bt
in Salgnica. too.
Then what will these British and
French do? Where will they run to-
=But YOU don't hear Germans talkial
this way. loudly. It's among them
selves they say such things, in their
own cafes.
Engiishmen are divided Most Of
them are glad the allies came to
Greece. others say II was a mistake.
"Why won't Italy send an army To
help us in Sevia?' asks a French
man. "She could easily send 100000
men She ought to do as much as the
allies. for her future is at stake
"But Italy isn't lighting Germany
She's lighting Austria. and she's going
20 put up such a stlf fight on the
Italian frontier that the Austrians Will
have to withdraw troops from Servia
TO keep the Italians back explains an
italian newspaper correspondent
Turks, in their red fezzes, sit in the
same cafes in Salonica with English
officers fresh from the Turco-British
fighting IN the Dardanelles. Two
weeks ago the Englishman was pop
ping away With his rifle at every fe2
he saw Today he passes them as
placidly as II peace had been declared.
indeed. Il is a sort OF peace that you
see in Salonica. peace OF shooting,
but not thinking. Bullets don't fly, but
opinions do. All the different opin-
ions held in every corner of the world
regarding the world Of war may be
found here in this city OF $4,000 per
sons and every evening after the sun
has set the pace with his riot of color
IN the Olympian sky. the occupants o
the old Greek city an. with their rio
OF opinion, the Salonican cafes
Through 1t all there's a tension il
the atmosphere. Serviau refugees ar
IN the city from Belgrade. Nish an
uskub. They are living reminders q
that cyclone OF war that Is ragin
to the north Of us.
VIII that cyclone sweep past Greco
and leave Il unharmed? Or will To
Germans come down 10 Salonica? An
II they come shall we people OF tn
city fee as the Servians have dono?-
Or will the Greeks go with the Gel
mans and try TO drive the allied arm
ies out of Greece? All the men {
Greece are mobilized: you can Sc
them digging trenches along IN
Aegean sea as you come toward Sa
lonica
VIII the Grecian king give the wor