The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
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" Nok' IN IN" morning cramped
"nu COLO nut not 80 cramped or cold
a. the oificcrs. iammed like sardines.
ma ihr hsNt compartment ". were
lh tn' l"art OF Serbia. empty of her
people, no igns OF cultivation. grass
IroNlng over last years mrroWs in
the few fields a. the foot OF the
mountains
The train craWl.d slowly over the
reconstructed bridge the r~etrcatinr
~Serbians had blown up. Sometimes
we entire construction was new the
Oh bridge thrown By the side OF the
track
From Scope 10 Nish squads OF
serbian prisoners. among them n few
russian uniforms. were building a
ROAD m the bed of the old one. LAYING
a iouLdatOn OF broken rock. strong
heavy enough TO stand any trans
.pOrt-eNen the big German guns
FROM b permanent quality OF the
work II looks as n the Germans intend
eu making quite a stay In Serbia.
Americans Halted az Nish.
Long ago. the Roman legions. march
ihs through this same county. making
-lt. could not have
seemed more strange 10 the Balkan
people of their DAY han the Germans
pale set faces. under spiked
'"'r hig European
HNNu Anf mountain PASSES or
suarulnS the gangs Of prisoners.
At \ish-the wind whfrlinp dust
AGAINST the new German street signs.
Strasse Won Seckt. Strasse Macken-
son, tc-the Bulgarian authorities
tried TO hold as ! have since learned
,hey informed our government before
hand that they intended OBTAINING us
We waved a letter from the German
lnt~elligencer office at Monastir under
the nose OF the Bulgarian COM
mandants secretary and demanded
once.
Bluff Bulgarian officer.
otherwlSe-and We were dignifIpd
about tit would srive us-it would
pain us-we would 20 straight To the
German conmandant and tell him OF
the bulgarian behavior The German
-commandant would probably have
SAID the Teutonic equivalent of scat
IL We had applied to him. but the
bluff worked.
y telegram arrived with permission
IN a quarter of an hour supposedly
rom the Monastir Headquarters.
Evidently Il possessed seven League
Boots. \ young German officer.
Wwhom We had - before. waved to
us from his compartment when we
Were boarding the train Cor Sofia.
Come In here" he said Il saw
you coming and told the other officers
II was engaged"
We rode all afternoon and part OF
the night with him-throueh dcva~tat-
ed. lonely country-nosing our way
cautiously over more % the Serbian
roads.
Serbs on Way to Exile.
Al some of the stations little knots
OF old men and boys were Wating-the
last male Serbians. going into exile.
who knows where?
We shared our food with the Ger
man officers and tho project Of some
small town and his wife. the only
woman We had met travelling. The
officer showed US a letter from his
brother. a prisoner in France u had
been smugglcd Owe the Swiss border
In the wooden leg Of a returned
prisoner.
Il had been carried i'm his pocket
book. evidently. and read over and
over. He had carefully mcndcd the
worn crcases with thin pieces Of
paper. When the next morning We
walked into the prIyat" sitting room
OF a sofia hotel. the official residence
OF our government. and We're met by
It's charge d'afiair- wee added four
more "ragaWuffins' thr afterwards
nicknamed u~ the "Nonastir quartrtD
TO the collection Of complaining fellow
citizens Who wer" hanging around his
Office waiting for permission 90 leave
Bulgaria.
Resembles Cooks Bureau.
II reseWbl"d q Cooks tourist
bureau. Every one who did not have
his nose buried iu IN" American News.