Evening star., 1925-11-15
CITY WHERE WAR
STARTED IS DULL
Sarajevo Has Not Profited
by Conflict Which Be-
gan There.
correspondence of The Star and the Chicago
Daily News.


SARAJEVO, Jugoslavia, November
--Saraj jevo, which started the World
War, has not profited by the war.
Not three houses are built here in a
year and the population has decreased.
Unlike Zagreb and Belgrade. Sarajevo
is depressed and not the least opti-
lnlstic as regards the future
Under Austrian rule SarajeVo was
frontier garrison town, with an army
corps kept on war footing. The
proVincfa government was here. The
town was the center of the Austrian
thrust against Serbia. and much Aus
trian money found its way to the
Bosnian capital.
Sarajevo is now the center of a
province and is no more a border
city. The Serbs have sent troops to
replace the Austrians. but not as
many. Also part of Gen. WrangelIS S
army is in Sarajevo, many of them
boys 10 or II. for all are soldiers,
whether going to school. repairing
pavements or building railroads.
Reminders of Austria Removed.
Street names have been changed to
remove the traces of Austrian rule.
Where Emperor Franz JoSeph's name
was prominently emblazoned on street
corners, one now sees thet name or
King Peter and Gen. Dushan. Crown
been taken down and cut into pieces.
1t reposes in a closed corner of the
museum. A monument is planned for
the man who killed him, Gavrilo Prin-
clip. If the plan is carried out, patri-
otto societies will collect funds and the
great Serb sculptor, Ivan Mestovitch,
will be asked to do the statue.
Sarajevo is about one fifth jewish
descendants of Spanish Jews = one
third Turk and the remainder Serbo-
Croat. This affords Il preteXt for
three holidays a week-Friday for
the Turks. Saturday for the Jews and
Sunday for Christians. In CONSTANT
nople this situation is used in order
TO work all the days of the week, al
though Mustapha kemal Pasha is
getting more and more severe as re-
CARDS observing Friday. In Sarajevo
not a wheel Stirs from Thursday un-
Ill Monday. Perhaps this is because
there is now little to be done.
Turks Hold Old Customs.
But hill-locked Sarajevo has pic
turesque setting. During the day one
sees hundreds of minarets piercing
the sky. At night the lights about
The hills are pleasing. The Turkish
quarter is as it was years ago, when
The Turks We're masters. Indeed. the
Turks of Bosnia are very conserva-
tive. They adhere rigidly to all the
old customs. They have a great re-
spect for Mustapha kema! Pasha and
look upon him as their leader, but
they adhere 10 their traditions. The
Ghazi's idea about the fez has not
produced much effect here. The older
Turks and the middle-aged Turks stick
to the red fez. They will not wear
ordinary hats. The younger genera
ton has found a compromise-going
bareheaded. But here one sees Turks
out taking walks with their wives,
which was something unheard of
few years ago.
The most interesting place in Sara
ievo is the bazaar. Cross-legged Turk
Of the odor of fresh bread. fruit and
sweet things to eat. Pyramids of figs,
apples, pears and vegetables invite
one. Tawdry jewelry is on display.
one has the pleasure of purchasing a
pair of Bosnian house slippers. They
are woven in fantastic conventional
designs of yellow. brown and red.
Yelled Women in Market Place.
Pigeons cover a small building SO
that the red tiles are scarcely discern
ible. Turkish women sit on the
ground in a circle, in the center of
which prospective buyers walk, in
specting second hand goods. The dick
erinG behind wells appears futile Don
keys and small mountain ponies come
laden with wood Housewives
strike bargains. and the tall, rangy
drivers from the mountains lead their
animals away to deliver their loads
On war footing Sarajevo was
prosperous: 1t could be even more
prosperous on a peace footing. 1t Is
IN the edge of a rich area, a primeval
forest. iron deposits, coal cattle rails
.n%, dairying and fruit But comnu-
nicattons are poor. The few narrow
gauge roads are not sufficient to en-
courage the development of the coun
try. Capital. organization and time
are needed. Work and industry will
replace Austrian tax expenditures
iCopyright 1928. by Chicago Daily News Coz
Since the establishment. of a rail-
way across Manchuria 80 years ago
the population has increased from