The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-25
SERBIAN LOSSES ARE
10000, 900, 900 FRANCS
This Is Exclusive Of War Expenses and
Of War Loans Which Serbia Has
Received from the Allies.

Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. % GORE
spondence of the Associated Press).--
Losses sustained by Serbia during the
war are estimated by Milos Saycic, menu
Der Of the central committee for Serbian
reconstruction here, to aggregate 10000
100000 francs. This is exclusive Of the
war expenses incurred by Serbia and Of
the war loans which Serbia received from
the allies
Mr. Saycic asserts that the present
value of the Serbian property would be
double what it was at the time Of its de-
etruction of 20,000,000,000 francs
Serbia and Montenegro" declares M.
SaYcic, have suffered greater losses in
lives, relatively speaking, than any Of
the other allies. Serbia alone lost about
$4,000 men up to the arrival in Corfu in
1916, One-half of her taxpaying citizens
and one.third of her population persisted
from sickness, epidemic diseases and the
unprecedented sayagery of the enemy at
the time of the invasion of IDA, and dur
ing the three years Of domination Of the
Our enemies sought not only to de-
stroy Serbia economically but to exter-
inmate her people, so as to rid them
selves once and for all of the barrier
which blocks Germany's way from Berlin
to Bagdad
"The restoration of Serbia will require
a certain amount of time. The enemy
must return everything he plundered
from the Serbian museums, libraries, uni
versities, churches and schools and what
ever has been destroyed must be replaced.
Germans, Austro-Magyars and Bulgars
must return the livestock which they
drove away and pay for the timber vine.
yards and orchards which they cut down
and ruined. Agricultural implements and
industrial machinery must be replaced in
kind The allies must supply us with
food as quickly as possible, likewise with
textiles, and medical stores, all Of which
are completely lacking in Serbia. Devas-
tated towns and villages must be rebuilt.
Banks, loan societies and savings banks
must be supplied with money so that eco
nomic enterprise may be revived"
Estimating the damages inflicted upon
Serbia, NJ. Saycic, who was former Serb
ian minister of public works, places the
value of one years harvest in Serbia at
1900 100000 francs and adds that the
enemy seized three harvests. The in
vaders destroyed 100000 horses, 100000
sheep and goats, 100000 pigs, 100000
cattle and more than 100000 poultry.
Manufactured goods TO the value of
75000O000 francs were carried away or
destroyed, he says. Damages to private
property such as furniture, machinery,
etc, he estimates at 4O0,000,0O0 francs.
The enemy carried off from Serbia silver
currency amounting to 100000 francs
and iewelry of about the same value.
acquisitions, enforced subscriptions TO
enemy war loans and damages sustained
by private financial concerns are estimat-
ed at S00,000,000 francs.
There are now about 100000 disabled
persons to be cared for and more than
10000 orphans to be fed, clothed and
educated. Pensions" says M. Saycic
must be provided for the very large
number of widows and orphans. Our al
lies must compel the enemy TO repair
roads, bridges, tunnels, railroads and to
return the shipping and rolling stock
which was removed"