Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-01-25
.SALON|KA CITY Of
MANY NEWSPAPERS
Troops Of Allies Now Chartered Their,
Wonder Where support Comes
From.

spondence OF the Associated Press.)-
The French and British troopers sta.
toned In Salonikl since the begin.
ming OF the allied Balkan undertaking
never cease TO marvel at the number
OF newspapers able b. live in city
OF normally only about 10000 inhab-
itants, OF whom very large percent.
age cannot read or write. Though the
second city OF Greece since its con.
quest by the Greeks In the last bal.
kan war. Saloniki has never been and
is not now In any real sense a Greek
city. Indeed. a scant rs per cent OF
the population is Greek. Yet the city
supports five Greek daily newspapers.
three morning and two afternoon
journals. Besides these, probably the
most widely read OF all is the unique
daily, the Forward. which Is printed
In Hebrew characters for the benefit
OF the overwhelming Jewish popula.
ton OF the place-but Hebrew charac.
tiers spelling out Spanish. not Hebrew
wordsl
The newspapers OF all Greece play
very important, II not dominant.
part In politics. so much the leading
occupation OF the Greeks. There Is
no such thing In Greece as q political.
ly independent newspaper. In the
sense that newspaper may be politi.
cally independent In the United States
or In France. Every Greek daily is
either for or against venizelos
being the cardinal political test This
Is true. OF course. OF those In Saloniki
as well.
The Light. a morning. and the New
Truth. an evening journal. are the
Greek anti.venizelos organs. though
the former. in addition TO being bitter.
ly opposed to the late premier. is also
pronounoedly proGerman. The Mace
donna and the Greece. both morning
journals. are the venizelos organs in
Saloniki. though the Anchor. an even.
ing journal. while more militarist
than anything else. also supports
Venizelos. The Spanish. Hebrew even.
ing paper. the Forward. is. as its name
implies. socialist in politics and is
pro German.
While mixture OF Spanish and
Italian is the current tongue spoken
by the great majority Of the inhabit
ants of Saloniki. French Is also spok'
en- widely. being generally understood
and universally read There are
therefore. four French dailies publish
ed In Saloniki-a morning and an
evening paper for each political point
OF view. hut In respect to the news
papers published In French, there Is
more partisanship on the subject OF
the European war. LOpinion in the
morning and Independent In the
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entente powers. and especially OF the
French. though both are edited by
natives OF Saloniki. On the other hand
the Courier OF Saloniki and the New
Country. both in French, are accepted
as almost official pro-German organs
The former is a socialist paper close
ly affiliated with the German social
list party and the latter Is virtually the
mouthpiece OF the Austrian consulat,
at Saloniki.
> One other French newspaper IL
worthy OF mention. the Journal OF the
French warship Charlemagne. which
while not technically published In sa
loniki. has its circulation there. II
Is by far the newsiest sheet to be had
In Saloniki. for II prints all the Of
fetal communiques OF the various
countries at war. as well as a great
deal OF information CLEANED from the