Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-16


 dreary. monotonous plain with here and there swampy Impressions. Large areat of the territory are untitled and in sum mer they give the country the appear arce of a desert Furious fighting. with little quarter, ragged over this region during the Balkan War of la1s-l3. as Bulgar and Turkish arms were alternate ly successful. Turkish villages were destroyed first, and soon after Bulgarian villages suffered similar fate. wher the Buigarians finally controlled the re- zion many Turks resigned to fate. trek ked 10 Asia Minor and under tho Greek control of the past years thai movement has continued. As a result
 tho Thrace of today is even more strsS-
 ingly non-Turklsh than in the past. "On the Martza and in Thr8ce. bare | ly 25 miles from the present Bulzaz1er
 border, is Adrianople. second city of eh
 European Turkey. and a strong sentt mental reason for the Turks desire oncf more to possess Thrace. Thracian ianf
 was the first in Europe to fall undes | Turkish sway; and while Constantinopis still remained Byzantine. Adrianopis was the Ottoman capital. From thert they crushed the Serbizns. and finally, n I 1453. seized the great city on the straits
 There. though in ruins. Is the first ET3- pean palace Of the Snltans and the gravs
 or the first. sultan. Atrad.
 Formerly Adrianopie was a thrfTtnr [ center of trade with the far hunx ro , gious Of Rumili. But as the EuropAaz portion of the Ottoman En1zre dNgin- 1 dled. and Bucharest. Athens, Beiuadf and Sofa, released from Turkish con l trol, grew from dingy mud vfilazes te bustling towns. Adrianople lost grouad 5 The city still contains about 50 .0oe h. q habitants, however. with the Greeks
 Bulgars, Jews and other non-Nos;er, B peoples greatly OutnumbertRS the Mos
 lens"
 . Both of these extensions on Afhens
 are to the westward on the Gulf of C Aegfna- Thirty miles to the southeass
 on the Asia Minor side of the peninzuIs {. is the port of Laurium. also connected g with the capital by mail where rebelllous
 crews of some Of the Greek naval unitf
 dlsembarked.
 Athens climb from her squaiid and
 unattractive village days under Turkish
 rule to her position as a well built mod.
 e-n capital was materially hellSd by tn,
 patriotism of some of her sons who pros. J pered in foreign lands. Wealthy Greeii
 | from abroad have donated to their mothe
 country the noble group of buildingI
 which comprise the university, Ae nation, . al library and the Academy of Science ], Through similar generosity the farnoui . old Athenian Stadium was rebuilt on it 0 old site, many fragments Of the origfna e structure being incorporated. There hav l. been held in recent years the Oiyupl T games which originated in Greece chou n sands of years ago. d with Piraeus and e few other euhurDu T Athens has a population approaehtn; o 45o,06o. a number of inhabitants csoasi. e comparable to that Of Washington. [ l. e.
 Y 'sThe automobile ride from Rudapes ' to Siofok gives a characteristic view c ' the country for it cuts a eIoss-sectko s through the edge of the famous plains c Hungary. On an excellent road one whiz 'e zes past quaint villages of Hud-bric
 dwellings with tile or matched root y picturesque Gipsy camps carefully cult vated fields, and above all through
 grazing country where are pastured izrg T. herds of long-horn steers such as Ten X once knew. But cattle raising in thi lt region would have little fascination fc ie an American cow-puncher. Wiry mur tangs, jingling spurs. chaps. fve-gallo le sombreros. and whirring lasxos have . m place in the picture. Instead WeSter e Hungary's long-horns are herded D 1e peasants afoot who wear little fesfhei le bedecked hats. carry an tnnccuous 1ooi % ing pole. and are dressed tn white firing y bottomed 'flapper' skirts
 "Shirted men also tend the ies T. dangerous looking community herds he dairy cattle and grunting swine; an here and there Q. goSe-gtrl, in coiorf' peasant garb. minds her nissing focl O. From these rural scenes one rolls over d. hill and comes suddenly upon Hungary Tn Atlantic City,