Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27
JOY IN SERBIA
OVER ARRIVAL
OF DELIVERIES
People, in Rags and Bare.
footed Welcome the
Allied Troops.
LOOTED BY BULGARSs

BY A SERBIAN CORRESPONDENT.
VRANIE. Serbia, October (by mail
to Saloniki. thence by cable to the Ser
bian press bureau in Washington. ii
have now been in Vranie for forty eight
hours. The scene of the arrival of the
troops was most touching one. There
were tears in the eyes both of the liber-
ators and the population they had freed.
Though 1 arrived: in the town twenty
four hours after the advance guard.
had all the trouble in the world to es-
Serbian army and the armies Of the al
lies have been.
After having spent three years in the
trenches on the submits Of the Moglena
mountains, this town of 0,000 seems to
me the most beautiful and the largest
in the world. But it is Serbia, our be-
loved Serbia! The white houses in the
brilliant sunshine seem wonderfully
beautiful to me in spite Of the fact that
there are everywhere visible traces of
the Bulgarian robbers. The inha
poor and humble though they be-bare-
foot old men, women and children-are
full of kindness, constance and patience.
After having waited our arrival for three
long years they are full of burning pa
triotisin.
Enthusiasm Indescribab1e.
The army, both our own and that of
our allies, was received with indescrib-
able enthusiasm. Every one, well-to-do
or poor and humble, has come out,
many in rags and barefoot, to welcome
the army. it's Serbian army. An old
peasant woman, clothed in rags, went up
to an old priest who had put on his best
him, Father, long live liberty"
The day the army was awaited In
the town the cressets in front Of the
holy ikons in every house were light
kneeled around them praying for the
victory of the Serbian army.
They were sure that our army would
arrive as soon as it had beaten the
Bulgarians and had traversed the
Babuna pass. The German soldiers
the Bulgar;ans for their cowardice.
told the people conf1dentially that the
Serbs would arrive in five days. I'VE
know the Bulgarians." they said, and
we also know how the Serbs march.
On hearing this the women began in
secret to make Serbian flags for the
reception of the troops.
Bulgars Garry Away Loot. {,
I was at Skoplie Oskub) the day
that an army of Bulgarians traversed
the town. All of them were disarmed,
but they had been allowed to keep
their baggage wagons and riding
goats, pigs and oxen. Such was the
"triumphal" passage of the Bulgarians
through the town of Skoplie, in which
they had created a reign of terror
during the three years they were mas
Mo- stare Neporitchane the fret
Serbian army disarmed 10000 Bull
garians.e And this 3waS not sur
render as the result Of the signing
of the military convention, but on the
when they saw the. Serbian soldiers
before them ready to open fire upon
them. 1t was then that these "Prus-
slams of the Balkans" threw away
their arms and began a wild flight,
like frightened sheep. toward the Bull
garian frontier.
Black Misery Reigns.
Black misery reigns everywhere in
Serbia, though, thank God, there are,
for the time being, at least, no cpl
denies. In Serbian Macedonia, when
the Bulgarians, the first days of our
offensive, were forced to retire in
off with them the depots of provisions.
But more to the north. especially to
the north of Skoplie, as they had two
weeks time, they were able to carry
off nearly the whole of the food. The
greater part of the last harvest was
requisitioned and the population is in
want of everything. Grain, -four, cat
tie, plows. carts, blankets and even
the cocks and hens were carried off
and the population left to starve. Our
liberators should feel a certain shame
that they have not been able to pre-
vent this. Serbia enslaved has re-
ceived her liberty, but she still awaits
breadi