Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-02

mishaps. However, we now know
what the Serbtans need, and can plan
better for the. next shipment.
Describes How .Serbians Live.
The principal crops in Serbia are
corn, wheat and barley. This year
having been given by the French.
The wheat waseof all varieties. Their
fall planting Is done from september
Is to October Is and syepy little after
that. The spring planting is done in
February and a little in March, but
mot much. Most of the wheat is win
ter wheat.
pally onions. peppers. cabbage, gar
lie and a few potatoes. Meat is very
|ts. always called lamb although part
Of the time. it is goat. "A young lamb
costs around SIG. There are some
chickens but few people eat them es
they can sell them for high enough
prices. An average Serbian meal
would consist of a soup in which
there might be a, small chunk of
rots and bread. The bread is a mix
ture of rice, corn and barley flours
usually and is not very palatable to
American tastes. The flour seems
mustY and the bread also has a
slightly musty taste. Serbian cook
ing is not the best in the world, &C.
! cordtng to our way Of thinking. Ev-
erything is very peppery and very
greasy. However. we managed all
right on it as did the French and
Italian soldiers. who were served, the
same ration.
Do Not Live on Soil They Work. :"
"The houses for the most part are
and when you think of all the people
have been through in the last few
years, you can't expect them to be.
Things are backward there and it
takes a long time to get anything
done. What I'VE would do here in a
week takes a month in the Balkans.
Before the var most educated Ser
bians had been sent away to schools
in France and Germany. I believe
that the average education goes up
to what would equal ou- eighth grade
here. There is great class distinc-
ton and I was frank to tell them
that they would never attain the
ideals for which they were seeking
until they became more democratic.
walls for the most part-that is the
farmers all live. together in the viii
lagos and go out each day to their
various plots of land. One may have
la piece of land here and another
a few miles away. Every night he
brings back his tools and 'machiner"
Ito the village. 1t is an antiquated
told that further north, in Old Ser
bia, the farmers live on the land they
till.
Seek to Restore Own Customs.
yet in spite of all these things the
Serbian is a fine fellow. He is am
bilious, has great hope of succeeding
and wants to put his country back
as a powerful nation. When we left
in September there was much talk
ing M great Slav nation. The other
idea, that of a united Serbia, is so
strong that they are making every
effort to keep track of all the chill
dren who have been sent away to
Orphanages and to homes in France,
Italy and the United States, in order
that when peace is restored they may
bring them back and not allow them
to forget their native land. These
children were forbidden by the Bull
gars to speak Serbian while the in
~vadersHwere in the LAM end in the
schools Bulgarian teachers were in
stalled n the Bulgarian language
taught the pupils. Now the Serbians
are strong for the restoration of their
bian refugees who were to be sent
from Vladivostok to San Francisco
and they were greatly exercised for
fear that they might be separated
and sen to various homes in Califor-'
MIA. They wanted them all kept to-
'gether that they might be brought
back at the proper time.
The Red Cross commission, which
sailed last spring, consisted of Father
Francis JAEGER, of the division Of bee
farming at the University Of Mime
sofa agricultural school, John jaeger
and Caryl B. Storrs and Mr.. Bull of
Minneapolis, and Sam r. Moffet Of
Hutchinson. Their headquarters were
at Kremljani, which is neal Monastir,
and they could hear the Smelling of
Monastir by the central powers.
1.-THE land, which vas ~reoccupied by
the Serbians n which we were en-
deavoring. to build up as an agricul-
tural territory, is about 20 miles
square," said Mr.. Bull. 'In that ter
ritory there are at least SO villages,
each one of which has been sacked
by the Austrians and Bulgars. And
every ~inhabitant has a story of tor
lures and murders SO revolving that
you can hardly listen to it. Kremljani
is in a valley and it was hot and dry
through the summer. This village
was destroyed in the Balkan war and
has not been rebuilt. It was the home
of brigands and vas as dirty a place
as you could find. There were two
houses standing, and we lived in one
for a time until we got tents, which
| we pitched on the hillside and in
which we slept. A Serbian did our
cooking. There were other Red Cross
units around-one of them being at
Vodena and, one at Monastir. where
food supplies were given out"
Fate Like Aurora Mardiganian's.
The experience of Aurora Mardi-
ganian and other Armenian girls at
the hands Of the Turks and the brig
ands of the desert find parallel in the
treatment Of Serbian girls.
Young girls of good education and
from happy homes were carried away.
some to be sold to greedy. Turks.
others to be kept captive in Bulgaria., =
Mr.. Bull said. They never have been
heard Of since. Trouble like this has
dazed come OF the people. They do
not seem to be able to comprehend,
things. And II any additional grief
comes, they cannot Withstand it.
Shortly before return the village.
OF Brucobad, near u.s., was swept by
fire. The soldiers OF the Allies d.
vtded their rations with the civilians
who We're left without any resource
and who were helpless in the face Of
calamity. Beside the ruins Of one
mouse a woman sat for two days, re-
fusing to move. refusing food. refus-
ing comfort. She had kept IN her
courage during the invasion, but this
last trouble was too much.
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