The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-14
SERBIANS' FUTURE
ALREADY ASSURED
No Matter What the Outcome of the
War May Be to Serbia as a Ma
tion--Fate of the Children
is Prepared For.

Athens, Feb, l4.--Whatever the out
come of the war with respect TO Serbia
as a nation, the future generation OF
Serbians is assured. Not only have mum.
bers of individuals interested themselves
in the fate of the children of the war
devastated land, but the government of
/ the French republic has constituted it.
| self the guardian of every Serbian child
in need, and offered to provide for the
bringing up and education until the age
Of Is years OF every offspring of the race
that has so valiantly defended its ma
tional heritage TO the bitter end. Al
ready several hundreds Of orphan Ser
bian children have been sent from Sa-
oniki to France, where they have been
placed in French families that have vol
unteered to look after them.
Meanwhile, Madame Grouiteh, the
American wife of the Serbian under sec
rotary for foreign affairs, has established
q fund in the hands of Constantine Mela,
of Athens, by which frame a day is
paid for the support of the needy chill
dren of Serbian officers and function
aries of the Serbian government.
Very often" she explained to the As.
ISOLATED Press correspondent, "the fam.
lilies and especially the orphan children
of people of this class suffer more than
those of the poor Those who have never
had much soon adjust themselves even
to the hardships that have accompanied
this war. 1t is those who have had
everything and lost it all that are to
be pitied." Mrs. Grouitch should know
whereof she speaks, for when she and
her husband left Serbia they were forced
TO make their way through Albania
afoot, and they arrived in Athens only |
with what they stood in,
In addition to these provisions for the |
larger children, the babies too are being |
cared for, in preparation for the new
of Serbs upon whom will fall
the remaking of their land. In Nish the
Mabel Grouitch Baby hospital, though |
in the hands OF the invaders, still shell
ters its tiny charges, who are under the
OF the American doctors,
and nurses who remained in Nish when
the Serbs themselves were forced to flee
the victorious Bulgars.
A great many Serbian babies, however,
we're brought out of the country by their
mothers or relatives, and not few have
been born since the exodus For these
queen Sophie of Greece has made pro-
lisions by setting aside ward in her
,abies' hospital in Athens for the exclt-
live care OF Serbian babies. The ward
will accommodate a hundred babies and
t is in charge of competent Dutch
Woman.
The children, and adults as well, who {
rrive IN Athens temporarily destitute i
Until they can secure funds or work or {
-et into touch with relatives or friends, |
re also provided for. The former mu- In
icipal hospital of Athens has been q
urned into an emergency lodging house [
or refugees from Serbia of this class,
nd Madame Grouitch has giveE five
thousand francs to start fund for the
ecdng and immediate succor of these
Generally speaking, .he Athenians are "
loved to do what they can to help the
erbisn refugees. OGe restaurant keep
r, for example, gives ali Serbs "a wen q
Y per cent discount on their meals. I
here may be certain element of guilty !"
1nscicnce in the readiness Of the Atle- =
ians TO help the SsrDs nne day in an
thenian drawing roosa : Greek oi prom
fence, belonging to the kings party,
as concentrating a Serbian lady on r
be tate which has bef5ilUl het couH- :
".
What 4 pity" he sail, "thar the =
rench did not send mo-. troops TO tie q
.scne OF Serbit They might have saved r
le country from rum b
An, yes, il was a pity replied the n
arbian lady. But after all one can
II really blame them You see. they
ere depending on trc Grruk, 10 keep u
cr pledged wore to Serbia. a