The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-26
POOR SERBS
GET SUPPLIES
BY'OX CART
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OK carts must save thousands OF Ser
bian people from starvation this win
ter.
Tnnuterably slow, as they are. other
Railroads are destroyed or 50 lack
ing in equipment that trains are few and
service most uncertain.
Highways are SO torn Up that motor
cars can proceed bat slowly in good
weather. and not at an when tire
rains come.
And tho condition in Serbia is as seri-
Gus as when the Red cross Commission
brought relief in 1915.
A passenger coming from Sofia To ga
lonika, a distance Of only 15o miles
made the trip in five DAYS When lie
asked for an explanation Of some of the
delays he was told the train was wait
ing for coal
on the one railway line from Athens
to ~alonika, there is an express tram
three times week, which is scheduled
to make the distance at IL miles an
hour! But IT is often anywhere from
one TO twelve hours behind time When
sure TO be greatly DELAYED.
The special survey party Of the Amer
lean Red Cross leaving Athens just af-
ter 4 waShout on the railway, took the
best of the coast wise boats which was
scheduled to make tn. trip in thirty
Overland to Belgrade Thought impos-
sbie.
Opinion differs to the possibility of
going from Salonika to Belgrade over
land The railway may be repaired in
a year ana a half. The total distance
is less than 500 miles
The railway is operating from Salon
isa far rs Cskuh, lta miles There
is ono break OF two miles over which
persons and goods are transported by
auto, but schedules do not count very
uu,'h.
Mouastir. in southwestern Serbia,
near the frecian frontier, before the
war, was a city of $4,000, now Of -
400 II is estimated that another To-
ROT N.ngI n q
erybody needs clothing. The American
Red I'riss recently distributed carload
but il as only n start
Retreating Enemy Stripped Country.
Tie retreating Bulgarians and Austri-
ans literally stripped. not only the
the PEOPLE themselves. of clothinT
The Serbian government Is giving one
quarter pound OF bread a day to nearly
American Red Cross is giving Z little
more bread, Well as rice and a ut
utes some beans. Except for the bread
given 10y the government, the Ameri-
can Red Cross j. the only relief agen-
There are two doctors for the ropu-
Refugees from Bulgaria are coming in
emaciatcd in rags. and vermin infected.
Recalling the typhus epidemics and that
typhus is spread by the louise. the poo
American Red Cross has established
de-IoUsing station for refugees
$4,000 Are Left ithout Doctors:
From MOnastir west 70 Lake ochrida,
a distance If 80 miles with $4,000 peo-
pIe in the district there is one phySic
ian. Influenza is still prevalent The
government is not distributing any food
i'm that country because there il no
means Of transportation.
Formerly il WAS a fruitful. agriculture
al district. but this wear the Ucople had
No seeds. and the farming implements
We're taken away by the Iulearians. The
BuigarianS also drove away the saeeR
AMI cattle OF the peole in this district
10000 are reported to he in immediate
weed Of food and clothing IN another
district not far aawy. including 1 vii
lagos. it'll - .oo0 people similarly strip
ped by the retreatiug arwv. G,000 are re-
r0rted in immediat need There are nci-
Their physician medicines.