Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-16
TELLS OF GREAT
 NEED IN SERBIA Miss Julia Sabine Addressed Audience in Town Hall

Before a fair sized audience, con- Julia Sabine of Lyme and New York, who has been doing very effective work among the soldiers in Serbia, gave a public stereopticon lecture in the town hall.
 Mayor Allyn L. Brown presided and introduced the speaker
 Miss Sabine told little bit of the history of Serbia, the condition of the country and what the people are suf- fering. She depicted very vividly hor- ror- stricken scenes.
 Miss Sabine at the time the war broke out was in England and through friends she was requested to aid in Serbia. She told of refugees fleeing from Bulgarian soldiers and how the Serbians were killed on invaSions. She cited several cases of how women walked at least 20 miles with children 1 in retreat from the invading soldiers. Interestingly she told of how fever stricken soldiers requested the relief corps to lend aid to the women and children first.
 When sick and wounded soldiers were being taken off trains they were l made to walk owing to the roushness of the populace. One relief worker who is of a Dutch descent came to me, said Miss Sabine, and suggested 1 forming a chair to carry the wounded and sick men which we did. This | little act was a perfect revelation to ! them and things like that we have | tried to learn them and they are easy | to learn.
 | Serbia has always been fighting for | liberty and in about 1850 they became | Christianized and in 1878 they became 1 a free country. The country In cer- l tain sections in quite fertile and has | minerals.
 There have always been others who have tried to get the best of her. Ser | bia is a country of peasant people and | for that reason they do not advertise | little money from America and they | have suffered more than the Belgians. 1 While other countries aided Belgium l in their sufferings by surrounding 1 countries, Serbia is so located that [ Greece would be looked for aid but | Greece did not help and as for a
 country Greece does not have re- | sources of her own.
 i Serbia has been invaded four times 1 within the last two years and the 1 last with an army of about 100000 1 men the Serbians had to withstand an
 invading army of 6O0.000. She had to
 save her small army by recreating in front of the, enemy. The army re- i treated through the Serbian noun tains, through the Albanian noun
 tains, leaving ammunition and food ! behind. In consequence they ha6
 nothing to begin over with again. The i army was taken in hand by the
 French who rehabilitated it. provid- ing uniforms and took the army by | water to Salonica which is considered
 R wonderful feat. They are now fight l ing without any hospital supplies doc l tors or nurses. The French have given what they could but which
 amounted to practically nothing.
 The Serbian Red Cross has sent ou | a plea for a hospital, doctors ano 1 nnrSRS and Snn6inO ir l two or three weeks a unit to go tc 1 the front. We need an ambulance and money desperately. We cannot | send out the hospital without $2,9Ot 1 which must be raised within twc | weeks. Charles H. Phelps of tht
 will gladly receive all contributions | whether large or small for this work 1 The Serbian army will die out if hell
 is not sent immediately. The Frencl
 have eabled for the hospital and would not have done so unless it was urgent Miss Sabine, who worked last sum
 mer in Serbia, was driven out in tn,
 retreat and has been working among the soldiers. She saw many desper.
 ate and horror stricken sights whicI
 will undoubtedly she will never for.
 get.
 The lecture was illustrated by abou
 SO stereopticon views. Allen Latham
 had charge of the lantern. The com
 mittee in charge of the lecture com
 prised the following: Mayor Allyn l.
 Brown, Gen. William A. Aiken, Col
 Charles w. Gale, William C. Gilman
 Arthur H. Brewer. Frank J. Leavens Rev. J. Eldred Brown, Dr. F. J. Bro
 phy, Principal H. A. Tirrell, Mrs
 George W Lane, Mrs. B. P. Bishop
 throp, Mrs. Frank L. Farrell, Mrs
 Willis Austin. Miss Ella A. Tanning
 Miss Meech