Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-22
BELGIANs GOING BACK TO THE
IA

The English people have been shelter
ing these exiled Belgians, and'the Amer
lean people have been giving millions
to clothe and feed them.
Now, as their soil is regained by the
allied forces, the refugees are going
back to the ruins of their former homes
Sad enough is the home-going, but It
| is all they can expect, until Germany
and Austria are compelled to pay back
in money the losses they have inflicted.
Nothing less should be granted, and we
will certainly be settled that way.
These Belgians have been the great
textile workers of the Old World. Brus-
! sells Lace is considered the finest of the
fine, everywhere. Their factories have
been destroyed with shot and shell;
their machinery has been carried OF
into Germany by the ruthless invader,
but there is a way to compel restoration
or ample pay for damages. 1t Will be
a big bill of costs, but Germany is able
to pay, and will pay. presume.
forced to leave home to get food and
shelter, can appreciate the feelings of
the BelgianS who are going to the
homes they were driven from four years
ago. We had ourselves to live in one
room. because all the glass had been
destroyed in the. windows, except one
room. We nailed plank in the other
windows and made the best of what we
could do, with no money to buy ma
terialS or pay carpenters.
But there is great deal to be thank
full for, to get home and start over
again. Where there is a will there will
Austria's Domination of Serbia
Austria is bounded on the north by
| Germany, on the east by Russia. Aus
trIa's only chance to expand was on
the south. Germany could only extend
southwark, and it was only by sub
DUNG the Balkan States, of which Ser
bia was the greatest, most warlike and
most important of the Balkan states,
could Germany extend its operations in
the east and secure an outlet upon the
Mediterranean, Adriatic and Aegean
seas. So the plan was made to over
run Serbia as Belgium was overrun.
and then the Berlin-to-B agdad railway
would make transportation easy.
There has been much bad blood and
| fierce fighting in years past between
Serbia and Bulgaria
When Germany and Austria declared
war, in 1914, Serbia, naturally inclined
| to Italy and the allies and Bulgaria,
stroyed, Austria and Germany would
| dominate the Russian ports on the
Black sea- Therefore Turkey Joined
| Germany and Austria. The success of
| British troops in Mesopotamia and Pal
estine has convinced Turkey that it is
necessary to make an early peace with
the allies. or Turkey in Europe will
| soon be entirely dismembered. Serbia
| is reasserting herself. and the British
| will make junction with Serbia and
| Italy as soon as Turkey is put on the
/ smell. bulgaria mas ALREADY surrender
ed. Turkey is said to be willing to
! surrender.
Greece has had for a king the kali
/ ser's brother-in-law. who married the
! 5aiSer's youngest sister. When Serbia
| RECEIVERS her territory, by aid of Italy
and the allies, Greece will come into
her own, and the brother-in-law will
! emigrate to Germany.
Our Semi-Weekly readers will under
stand why it is necessary to dispose
of Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece. to
whip the fight in Germany and Aus
! tria. These countries may be called the
back door of Germany. Serbia was, as
before stated, charged with the assassi-
nation of the Austrian heir-apparent,
when ne and his wife. the archducheSS
Sophia, were killed by an Italian an
archist in 1914. These are the people
and there are the countries which
brought on this great world war, III
August, 1914.
The Trials OF Parisians During This War
We were all dreadfully anxious when
the Huns were driving toward Paris
and the allied soldiers were in retreat
day after day, month after month. No
body knew their own danger better than
those Frenchmen. They had suffered be-
fore and Paris capitulated to the Ger.
mans in the year 1871. On the 18th OF