Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-02
FROM
NATIONS RUIN
Red Cross "reminiscences On Return Report Timely American Aid Restores hope
###|@##AI 1 A@ of People .@#4sa # &
1 Aid Restores hope

1.-THE greatest evidence tnaL we
found Of the Joy with which the Serb
ans hailed the advent of the Ameri-
cans as their protectors, was in the
question that greeted us when we
prepared to leave. Every Serbian Of
fetal we met asked the same thing:
why are you going home? Have we
displeased you in n way? They
were all pathetically anxious to help
us to the best Of their ability and
they kept saying: Why go away when
there Is so much work to be dones!'
We kept assuring them that we were
going home only to make a report to
the Red Cross at Washington n TO
obtain further supplies.
when the Serbians were forced to
leave their homes in the great retreat
of 1915, they were pursued by the
Austrians and the Bulgarians down
through the Monastir territory until
they finally. reached shelter on the
of exhaustion, starvation and expos
ure. They were unable to assimilate
the food that was given them and,
naturally, the food available was not
the proper sort for them. Half of
them were buried by the soldiers, the
other. $1,000 bodies were taken of on
barges and thrown int the water.
Serbians Rally, Repcl Fire.
"But the Serbian soldiers, despite
this terrible experience, rallied. drove
the enemy back past Monastir and,
had help been available, would have
held them. However, they were fore
the aid of the French and the Italians.
they made a final and successful
stand against the enemy's e%ncroach-
ments. This territory has been fought
owe occupied and reoccupied until
it is one of the most desolate places
in the world. And in spite of this. the
new Serbia is arising"
On the return journey Mr.. Bull and
DIR. Storrs journeyed together. Since
Mr.. Bulls arrival here he has learn
ed that Father JAEGER also mas sailed.
They returned by way Of Rome, Tu-
rim, Paris and Brest.
II found a great change in the spir-
its Of the Italians and French on my
return" said Mr.. Bull. 1.-The Allies
victories and the great impetus given
by the splendid work of the American
boys has stimulated both countries to
a feeling of exultancy. They marvel
the Americans outlined, their plans.
1T will take many months said the
French. The Americans completed
their work in six weeks. The French
''' Allies Marvel at America.
ION the way over we had many
celebrities on board, chief of whom
was John Kendrick Bangs, the hui
morist. On the return voyage there
were fewer notables but there were
many Y. M. G. "A. men and Red Cross
workers. returning to the United
States to enlist in the regular army.
They had been where they saw the
need for service. One young lieutenant
was coming back to get $50 men to
serve as mounted police on the Ser
bian border. Todd Lewis Of Minneap-
oils. who has just returned, was on
board the same ship. .
Before this war Italy and France
had a conception of the United States
as a place of untold wealth, where
money was everything and where the
people were commercial and selfish.
When the United States entered the
war they couldn't understand it. We
no territory, we asked no
money, we fought only for principle.
They couldn't believe it at first, but
they have come to believe it. We have
raised the morale Of our Allies, we
have revolutionized their ideas Of this
country and we have made them our
firm and devoted friends forever, In
Rome, in Turin, in Paris, in Brest.
we heard nothing but praise for the
Americans. They cannot do enough
for us. To them we are the marvels
of the wOrld.n -, "