The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31

Rumania........ 1000 Total......... 10000
Russia has made tremendous efforts
to break down the wandering clans, and
IN the years from 1874 to 1877 the Car !
had compelled all but 1854 of wan
dcrng people numbering 1,427,OOO 20
so.,la down or farms and in settlements. !
When the pressure relaxed in some
measure the number OF gypsies In
creased until now 1t is believed there |
are more than 10000 in the Russian
domains. These figures, however, do
not include the Polish gypsies who went
forth when Poland was partitioned by
Russia. which took half, and Germany
aud Austria, each of which took a
quarter. From these Polish gypsies
ms come most interesting and well con-
srructed music, which has influenced
for the better all gypsy music.
Fear of the gypsies Is in many lands
their best protection. The Russians Will
Mt harm them, lest some old bag curse
The Car and the army. Russians from
the court down have given gypsies
nigh place in their superstitons. In
Austria and Hungary the gypsies hold
sway which explains in a measure
credit accorded to the famous Haps-
burg curse and the general belief in the
efficiency Of charms and maledictions.
The gypsies are naturally the hang
srson Of moving armies. They followed
Eati Khan out of Asia into Europe, ana
hundred years later they were in Bull
rarla, Wallachia, Moldavia, in parts OF
Germany, and of course Russia which
was Bait Khan's object of attack, has
tcemed with gypsies from that day to
this
Oriental gypsies have been pouring
through the passes of the Ural Nous
tafns for a thousand years. They came
through in the guise of Orientals, but
through mixture of blood they rapidly
become partly acclimatized.
This facility of acclimatzation is wen
Illustrated in America, where many .
gypsy speaks with the dialect OF
lloysler, or a Kentucky mountaineer, %
a Ieyee camp white man. There is In
Ia, no better place to observe Amer
team gypsies than at their great spring
camps on the Ohio River-and there
orc finds a hundred dialects, ranging
f-um pure Hungarian, Spanish and Rus
san 10 genuine Yankee and cockney
The fact is, the gypsies are mixed
rf.p. They are native of no land. the
hungarian gypsy Is a stranger in his
ga and, and when he attempts to cross
boundary line of Germany into the
NuI,rgo all the rlgors Of the customs
q! The laws relating to wanderers.
Ilavng escaped the military service OF
- ngary, being unregistered in any dis
- p he has no claim but that Of
familiar speech on the good Will OF his
rwn home people-if he can be regarded
T. ave "home people"
Germany most rigorous OF countries
tr.oS TO keep track Of all her gypsies,
chasing them with tramps and similar
wanderers. But Germany is not unkind
" hose afflicted with the wanderlust.
] I.rd, part of the training OF a young
German frequently Is a year or two OF
udering over the land, seeking en-
sment and experience under vary
'- Conditions. The result Is that in
'.Hy II the gypsy tribes Of Europe are
f'aUd Germans of pure blood.
Many a German gypsy doubtless has
'. earning the highways and byways
europe for purpose more Interior
'radinE. All the war offices of
D. ..p" in fact have not neglected this
.lost and most thorough means of
E..I.g upon the lands OF possible
e. mics. That the war offices do not fail
On ."cognze the possibilities of spy
oe among the gypsy bands was
.I'"ated recently by the rigorous
q srcs taken to round them up and
- hem under strict surveillance.
tribes of gypsies in the war zone
mot be detained long. They cannot
ID in check. The most rigorous
o.. ..rsocutions. threats Of death or I'M
ument have not diminished the