Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-24
OLOGNE GAZETTE.--An inter-
national automotiye exhibition
has finally been realized at
Berlin. For a long time, there

~ Berlin. For a long time, there
was uncertainty whether this
could be accomplished in 1881, but now
preparations for the show are so far
advanced that it is likely it will soon be
open to the public. All manufacturers
of reputation are represented. In COM
pletenesS and impressiveness Of display,
German and Austrian exhibits stand
first. Next to them come the cars Of
italian and French manufacturers.
Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, England
and the United States are also showing
samples Of the very newest in their va
rious lines. This show promises to
bring, as it were, the London Olympia,
the Paris Salon and the Berlin Kaiser
damn under one roof. The German
manufacturers are bent on showing the
models in which foreigners are specially
interested, such as Diesel trucks, and
the newest constructions in German
bantam" cars, with front-wheel drive
and undressing frames, which are evok-
ing much discussion right now in
America. The exhibits will occupy a
space of some $4,000 square meters, in
halls one and two, and some 500 square
meters in the mezzanine. -Four hun
dred and thirty manufacturers of cars
and accessories are participating in the
exhibition, of which 81 are German and
4
Bulgaria Making Strides
In Art and Science.
Bulgarian British Review, Sofia
Ten centuries ago the Bulgarians play
ed an important role in the cultural
and economic life of Europe. The bor-
der lines of the Bulgarian lands,
through the course Of time, have often
been changed, but the center always
remained within the Balkan Peninsula.
the BulgarianS passed in slavery, under
Turkish domination, during which Pc
Rod they lived in state of yeritable
lethargy. All manifestation of their
cultural life was completely paralyzed
But after gaining their liberation. g.
new page in their history was turned
over, and with buoyant aspirations,
coupled with almost superhuman eff
forts, they have reached a state Of cul-
ture to be compared with that of more
advanced nations.
In the last so years the Bulgarian ma
ton has surpassed its neighbors in lit
eTacy, and general education is COM
pulsory. In all spheres Of science and
art, the BulgarianS have noted repre-
sentatives and masters. a number of
whom have gained European, even
worldwide fame. But with all these
gifts the nation could not forget the
main source of its future possibilities,
hidden in the land.
The Bulgarians are a peasant people.
All the intellectuals, directly or indi-
rectly, come from the village. Prior to
and following liberation, the towns in
the country were few and scattered.
and were inhabited only by traders and
craftsmen who, however, had direct
connection with the land, being inter-
ested in agriculture in addition to their
other activities or calling. Not only
the Bulgarian intelligentsia, but also his
majesty, the King, is in close and con-
slant touch with the tillers Of the soil.
The deep, sincere and devoted rela-
tons between King Boris and the peas
ants would surpass the imagination Of
even the most gifted writer's. There IS
no foreigner who has visited or passed
through Bulgaria who has not been
touched mere or less perceptibly, by
the wonderful affection and sympathy
which mutually exist between the peo-
pie and their beloved monarch. And
today the one thought Of King and
government, and indeed of every other
aristocratic Bulgarian, is to care for and
pre- tect the peasant, who is the back
bone CT the nation, that he, the tiller
CT the soil, prosperous and contented,
may sing the JOY that is in his heart
and praise Providence for the generous
gifts of his land bequeathed to him
from its eternal bounty.