The Cordova Daily Times
V< )U ME HU. NT MBfrR 58. __ CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NRP'!TEMBER 8, 1917.
GERMAN SECRET
AGENCY BEEN
UNEARTHED
WASHINGTON, Sept. S.
Sweden’s legation at Argen
tine is acting as a secret means
of communication between the
German in charge at Buenos
Aires and the German foreign
office, and has transmitted in
formation of the sailing dates
of ships and departures for de
stination by submarines, ac
cording to official dispatches
published by the state depart
ment.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 8. Great
Britain has advised the United States
that President Wilson's reply to the
pope’s peace proposals is in effect
Britain's reply, and fully covers the
ground.
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(By Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8. — Three
workmen were killed and twenty-three
persons injured ;« uu exuLuaicm here
the Kranktorl arsenal early today.
The explosion was accidental and due
to the carelessness of workmen.
AUSTRIANS TAKE
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(By Associated Press)
VIENNA, Sept. 8. — The Austrians
pressed back the Italians from Monto
Sanza Briele, northeast of Gorizia. The
Italians failed in the Hermanda sec
tion, northeast of Triest, and the Aus
trians recaptured lost ground from
the Italians and took over 6,000 pris
oners in the Hermanda region.
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MEETS
(By United Press)
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y„ Sept.
8. — Boris A. Bakhmfetieff, Russian
ambassador, delivered the annual ad
dress at the fortieth annual meeting
of the American Bar Association here.
Bakhmetieff spoke on “The Relation
of the Judiciary to the March of De
mocracy.” He visualized the past, pre
sent and proposed future of the courts
of Russia.
Edward T. Brackett, of Saratdga
Springs, welcomed the members of the
association. George Sutherland, pre
sident of the association,- in his annua1,
address spoke on “Private Rights and
Government Control.”
Sutherland, while coming out flat
footed against government ownership
of various public utilities and other
business, explained that it “may be
Justified in time of war.” He pointed
out that government ownership of
■telephone, telegraph and railroad lines
would enlarge the legislative “pork
barrel.”
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Mrs. J. L. Galen arrived on today’s
boat to join her husband, who recent
ly purchased the Alaska Transfer Co.
outfit. Mr. and Mrs. Galen have rent
’•^d one of the Kendrick cottages and
wifi, make Cordova their future home.
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NOTICE.
Mr. John Cottqruthis please call at
cable office immediately.
W. R. ROGERS,
Operator in Charge.
ALASKAN TRAVEL
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 8. — As o
result of the entry of the United
States Into the European war, tourist
travel to Alaska during the summer
months fell somewhat below the high
records of previous years. This de
crease was more than offset, however
by the Increase in the number of ordi
nary passengers, according to statis
tics just compiled by the Pacific
Steamship Company.
Officials of the company's traffic
department declare thnt the number
of persons who traveled for purely
business reasons had been unprece
dented. This class includes commer
oial salesmen and buyers and per
sons engaged in fishing, mining or
other industries in Alaska. The num
ber of resident Alaskans who have
made trips back and forth has also
been heavy.
“This would seem to indicate
a healthy condition in Alaska despite
the slump in gold mine operation,"
said .1. R. Rigwood, vice-president of
the company. “Most of the people are
awakening to the fact that great
wealth lies in mining her industrial
metals such as copper, and in her coal
and timber resources and her great
fishing industry. These are potential
sources of wealth which are just in
the infancy of their development.”
(By United Press)
PARIS, Sept. 8. — The cross of the
Legion of Honor was conferred upon
■ •..‘—•tttivnui* v ,tn r old A tun t ia n a*,
name of Alt recently, as the result of
a most remarkable career In the
French army, prompted solely by his
great desire to see his native province
of Alsace reunited to France. Alt's
services in the Alsation cause have
now been cut short by the loss of a
leg. Although the cross of the Legion
of Honor is designed to recompense
him in part for this, he declares the
Tecompense that alone will satisfy
him will be the ultimate return of Al
sace to France.
Alt has been from his boyhood one
of the most ardent champions of the
Alsation cause. When the war broke
out he was at Toni. Although only
eighteen years of age then, he enlisted
in the Frenh Foreign Legion and made
the campaign on the Yser. With 27
wounds in his body, he was left on the
Belgian battlefield for dead, but was
later picked up and taken to a his
pital.
The doctors declare that it was his
determination to get well and keep
on fighting for Alsace that pulled him
through. Hardly was he out of the
hospital than he was back in the
French ranks demanding to be as
signed to the most perilous tasks.
Alt had been serving for some time
as an observer in a large tree far in
advance of the French lines. Eventu
ally the tree fell under suspicion of
the Germans, and they at once sur
rounded it was a barrage fire that
made escape practically impossible.
The Germans directed shell after shell
at the tree, until one struck squarely
and felled It to the ground. In the fall
Alt received wounds that made it im
possible for him to flee. From nine
in the morning till midnight Alt lay
on the ground, hoping almost against
hope.
At midnight the barrage ceased and
a German sergeant and two soldiers
crept out of their trenches to take Alt
prisoner. He drew his revolver, wait
ed till they were closq, and shot all
three. French comrades reached the
wounded Alsatian and carried him
back to their lines. The Legion of
Honor was conferred on Alt at the
hospital, where he is recovering from
the amputation of his leg.
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HAWAIIANS TO SEND
PINEAPPLES TO RECRUITS.
(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Sept. 8. — Inhabitants
of the Hawaiian islands are planning
to send to each soldier and sailor en
listed from Hawaii during the present
war a can of Hawaiian pineapples di
rect from the great pineapple planta
tions of Hawaii, as a part of their
celebration on Hawaiian Pineapple
Day, 1917. The island people have se
lected November 14 as pineapple day,
and will amplify the usual celebration
by remembering the soldier boys in
the training camps and garrisons and
those “somewhere in France.”
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NOW OVER TOE
DRAFT LAW
(By United Press)
OTTAWA, Canada, Sept, 8. — To
define Canadian political designation i
in American terms, the Liberal would
be a Democrat in the United States.
The Conservative would be a Repub
lican. Party organizations are more
rigid In Canada than they are now in
the United States, but in both the Lib
eral ifnd Conservative parties there Is
the natural grouping of progressives
and reactionary elements.
Both party organizations have been
hard hit in the fight over the con
scription issue, which will culminate
in the general election next fall. The
anti-conscript ion 1st Liberal party (the
outs), under Laurier’s leadership, are
going into the fight with the solid
support of the province of Quebec.
Quebec returns sixty-five seats to the
house of commons. Conservatives con
cede that Laurier will control at least
sixty of them. Quebec is the “solid
south" of Canada.
There are 500,000 Germans and Aus
trians in Canada, chiefly located in
the western provinces. Public opinion
Is that this vote will be almost solidly
Liberal. Along with this vote there
will be what Conservatives call the
“slacker vote." or the support of men
who have not enlisted. This will be
important without question. Laurier.
too, has a certain advantage in the
fact that over 300,000 of the most pro
gressive and aggressive of Canada’s
men are In war duty in Europe. Their
strength would be strongly pro-con
scription.
While Canadian soldiers can vote
previous efforts along that line have
shown the difficulties of conducting
an election along the fighting front
are tremendous* But twenty per
cent of the soldier vote of British Co
lumbia was cast and counted in a re
cent provincial election.
It is upon these forces, the French
Canadian vote, the alien, the "slacker''
and the "dyed in the wool" Liberal
C'cly mas. that Sir Wilfrid his
hopfes of success.
On tho Conservative side it is freely
admitted that the outlook for success
Is not the brightest. Yet Borden has
many sources of strength. He has be
hind him a far more united party than
Laurier. Early in the campaign a
proposal for a coalition government
was proposed to Laurier, but refused
by him. Now there is very strong talk
of a Unionist government made up of
Conservatives and “Win the War"
Liberals.
This is the lineup in Canada. They
have brands of political hookum over
there that have never been smoked
on this side of the lakes, and every
pipe is going to be put to it, full blast.
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2500 SONG BOOKS ARE
PRESENTED SOLDIER BOYS.
(By Associated Press)
HELENA, Mont., Sept. 8. — Boys
of the Second Montana will go Bing
ing their way to the German trenches
somewhere in France, if having song
books will cause them to sing, for
they have been presented with 2,500
books published especially for them
by the Helena Independent.
The song book contains all the old
Standards, as well as war-time, rag
time, beginning with the “Star Sang
Ted Banner,” and ending up with
"Row, Row, Row.” “Glorious High
ball” managed to slip the book of
songs, as did the “Stein Song” and
“Just a Wee Hooch an' Doris.”
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WOOL BRINGS BIG PRICE
IN SALE AT MONTANA.
(By Associated Press)
DILLON, Mont., Sept. 8. — What is
believed to be the last big wool sale
for this season established a record
in the state. The J. R. Edgehil clip
of 200,000 pounds was sold for 82 1-2
cents a pound. This is 1-4 cent high
er than the previous record price. The
sule just about cleans up the wool in
southern Montana, the last car hav
ing been shipped to Boston.
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 8. — The sen
ate has passed the income tax section
of the war revenue bill as reported
from the committee. The house will
probably pass the administration sol
diers' and sailors’ insurance bill to
day without amendment.
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ROME, Sept. 8. — Over 30,000 pris
oners were taken during the Italian
offensive to gain a strategic situation.
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RAG-TIME DANCE TONIGHT.
The regular weekly dance of the
Rag-Time Trio will take place tonight
at Eagle hall. Come up and enjoy
yourself.
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French Puff Paste in Big variety at
City Bakery.
RUSSIANS SHELL
j VESSELS
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♦ PETROGUAD, Sept. 8. — It Is ♦
4 officially announced that the tier- 4
4 man war craft, sighted In the 4
4 Gulf of Riga, was shelled by the 4
4 Russian coast batteries. The 4
4 Russinn torpedo bontg discovered 4
4 a German submarine and enemy 4
4 ships, apparently trawlers. In 4
4 order to serve the lower Bensk 4
4 sound the Russian batteries were 4
4 forced to retire. No further ad- 4
4 vance by the Germans on the 4
4 right front is reported, although 4
4 the (ierman cavalry is reconn I ter- 4
| 4 ing Russian positions. 4
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4 BERLIN. Sept. 8. — The kai- 4.'
4 ser arrived at Riga and reviewed 4"
4 the troops and distributed decor- 4
4-atlons on the battlefield. In milt- 4
4 tary circles they consider opera- 4
4 tlons on the Riga front virtually 4
4 ended. It is too late in the year 4
4 to advance further, which would 4,
4 require the building of new roads 4
4 and the establishment of depots. 4
4 It is unlikely that Hindenberg 4.
4 will permit the troops to con- 4
4 tinue toward Petrograd. 4
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IS BOSS OF
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(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. Be go d
to the mess sergeant. When you y -t
to your cantonment to be made
Into a soldier, be good to him, tor .<■
will be lord high commissioner of jfi-gj.
! stomach and everything that goes ^
■im ,« * -
He will be the arbiter of your epi
curean fate, and when, on entering the
mess tent, you see him standing then
in all his glory and a fresh white ejat
tug the forelock and scrape the fool
to him, for he Is more absolutely d’.c
tator of your food than Herbert ,loo
ver will ever be.
He Is the chief cook. He buys pverv
bite you eat. He writes the bill ol
fare and dictates how you shall je fed
He sees that your vegetables are pro
perly cleaned before they are cooked
He fights your buttles with the but
cher, to see that you get good meat.
He haggles with the hucksters, to
see that you get good green stuff. He
gives the first and second cook, the
dining room orderly and the three
cook's police their orders. He runs
the whole shebang for you and ninety
| nine other rookies like you. He works
hard for you, all day long and some
times far into the night.
And so. If he checks up the plates
I and spoons and things and finds yot'
have lost a couple, and charges vi u
j f°r them out of your pay, don't grtim
ble. He hah to do that.
Above all, don't get gay with him
! °n any account. He is responsible
j for your orderly conduct in the mess
hall, lie's there to see that you ar
rive in the proper quiet and orderly
manner, with your uniform neat and
clean. He looks you over, and if your
hands are soiled or your face unclean
or your hair not properly brushed, he
sends you kiting back to fix yourself
up, just tike mother used *o do.
He Bees that you sit properly at the
table, quiet and orderly, till your food
Is passed to you. He won't stand for
any restaurant rough stuff. If vou are
In the habit of pulling any. Igiud talk
ing and unnecessary noises v ill bring
him down on you stiff legged, ker
plunk.
He will se that you follow Hoover's
advice about not wasting any food
| too. He’s an apostle of file clean plate
■ if there ever was one. If you take
more on your plate than you can eat
be will nab you. You're welcome to
all you want to eat, but you are not
welcome to any to waite. Pood ieft
on plates can never be used again.
If It is left in the serving dish, it can
be dished up in some other palatable
form at another meat
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STUDENTS EARN MONEY TO
PAY WAY THROUGH COLLEGE
(By Associated Press)
BOZEMAN, Mont., Sept. 8. — Near
ly $25,000 was earned by the students
of the Montana State College last year
toward paying their way through col
lege, according to figures compiled
by K. C. Wilson, registrar for the
college. This amount was $10,000
more than what the students earned
In the 1915-16 year.
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Alaska Trunsfer. Phono 85.
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BRITISH FIGURE
ON AFTER WAR
« (By Associated Press)
LONDON. Sept. 8. — A vast sphere
l work lies before the new British
minister of reconstruction, whose of
jCe has just been added to those in
iuded in the British cabinet. Prem
j tir Lloyd Cleorge is firmly convinced
f hat the foundation for the complex
rork of reconstruction after the war
vught to be be gun at once, even if It
■ .* at first confined to matters of in
I itiiry and investigation.
Q The largest question before the new
' ministry will be the question of carry
ing out the government's pledges to
the labor unions that their pre-war
, position will be restored to them. Em
ployers frequently have argued that
this will be impossible. Union leaders
insist that the government has given
| its pledge and must fulfill it.
Discussing this phase of post-war
I conditions. Professor L. T. Hobhouse,
head of the department of sociology
; in London University, and one of the
government’s advisers on labor, said
today:
“The business of the minister of re
construction Is to think out the best
methods by which the half-formulated,
half understood Impulses of the
masses of the people can get them
selves expressed In a reasonable man
ner. The first problem with which
we shall be faced is that of recon
structing trade union conditions. I
say reconstructing advisedly, because
if we were to speak of restoration
there would be those who would Bay
at once that it is impossible in view
! of the total change in conditions which
the war has brought about,
“But this is a problem jn which the
good faith of the government Is in
| volved. Nothing could be more defi
nite than the pledge to the trade un
ionists that the alterations involved
In dilution of labor and the suspension
of ‘customs of trade' should hold only
for the period of the war. if this
i pledge is not fulfilled it will be a fatal
hh>w the confidence of the public
in the good faith of governments, if
It is shown that it cannot be fulfilled
because circumstances have altered
the answer must be that we can only
vary a pledge with the consent of the
persons to whom the pledge was made
"If It is true that the old labor con
ditions cannot be restored, then it will
be for the trade unionists to deter
mine what arrangements they would
accept as a substitute for the old con
ditions. The reconstruction committee
has already taken a step in this direc
tion by suggesting the formation of in
dustrial councils in which both em
ployer and employed shall be repre
sented and have considerable powers
in shaping the course of each industry
In such councils it will be possible for
trade unionists and employers to dis
cuss frankly and fully the best meth
ods of meeting the new situation, so
as to secure a renewed progress of
British industry with fair conditions
for the worker. Any system to which
the trade union members of such coun
ells agree might, for that Industry
be taken as the fair equivah t of that
restoration of conditions which we
pledged.
"Much of the unrest In the labor
world today, attributed to doubts as
to the fulfillment of this pledge, might
be overcome if such a method of re
deeming the pledge were adopted."
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WILL CLOSE BIG
PEORIA, 111., Sept. 8. — Tonight
Peoria ceases to be the whisky mak
ing center of the world. Thousands
of gallons of liquor will remain in the
warehouses, but the manufacturing
ends by the pure food laws. The gov
ernment allows one week for liquor
unfinished to complete distillntlon.
and after that time five big distilleries
will be closed.
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III EAST
AFRICA
(By Associated Press)
HAVRE, Sept. 8. — The Belgian war
office reports Hermans have retreated
to the south bank of the Kelimbreo
river, in East Africa, before a conver
gent British and Belgian advance
NEW RECRUITS
GIVEN A BIC
[ SENOOEE
(By Associated Press.)
I'OS ANGELES. Sept. 8. — Men of
Los Angeles, certified to the district
exemption boards for the new national
army, were the guests of the people at
Exposition Park.
The prospective soldiers, numbering
nearly 3,BOO, were sent separate invi
tations. They were asked to form lu
units under the leaders designated bj
; local exemption boards to command
the quotas from each district.
The parade was limited to military
organizations and a police escort. The
men were given designating arm
bands, and later bronze commemor
ative medals.
Thirteen bands, fourteen motion [Pic
ture companies, all sorts of vaudeville
and circus performers and a barbecue
were features of the entertainment at
Exposition Park.
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(By United Press)
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 8. — ('done!
Manuel Coronado, member of the Cu
ban senate and editor of the newspa
per l.a Discussion, has organized an
aviation unit which will be offered to
France, with complete equipment, in
the near future. The "Escadrille Cu
baine,” as the flying unit will be
called, will probably be the first body
of fighting men from Cuba to serve
on French soil
Thirty-three youths, representatives
of the best families of Cuba, have vol
unteered to take the prescribed avia
tion course and individually bear the
expense of their airplanes and equip
ment. Senator Coronado has just re
turned from New York, where he eon
ferred with officials of the Aero Club
of America and airplane manufactur
ers over the details of the escadrille’s
organization.
Colonel Coronado has asked the
navy department in Washington for
an arrangement by which the Cuban
aviators may undergo their prelimin
ary training at the navy aviation
school at Pensacola, Fla.
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Frank H. Burr, of Columbus, Ohio,
a lieutenant In the American Legion.
Canada's little vanghard of American
troops, was telling of the Americans'
advance during a recent battle on
the Canadian front.
"We jumped over at exactly seven
o'clock,” said Burr. "It was a beau
tiful morning, though marred some
what by the shuttle and bang of our
shells tearing up Frltzle's barbed w ire
entanglements.
“It was my first time over, und I
admit being flustered just a little—
but I realized it was up to me. So I
crawled over the sacks, stood up and
hollered, 'Let's go.’ And we went.
“It’s funny—the things a fellow will
notice in a time like that. 1 picked
up a little fox terrier dog. He frisked
and barked and leaped around me as
though he had found an old friend. He
seemed to know just when to drop into
shell holes. When we reached our ob
jective and capturbd the remaining
(lemons, the dog was still there, snif
fing around dugouts, exploring shell
holes and running up and down the old
trench. A dog as lucky as that one
is worth keeping; he's our company
mascot now.
“1 put hands upon one Prussian
guardsman myself. The gentleman
has a brother in San Francisco. Cal.,
and he couldn't get over his surprise
a,t finding Americans in the line in
Canadiun uniforms.
"Most of the Frltzies hate to be
captured by the Canadians, because
our fellows grab everything they can
move us souvenirs. They bring back
Junk of all kinds — helmets, German
coins, revolvers, knives and even
pants buttons. Fritz says the Cana
dians and Americans are fighting for
souvenirs and it looks like It when we
line up a bunch of prisoners and begin
frisking their pockets."
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Don't miss seeing our shoe line. We
have a full line of them, as smart as
any made. Clayson, The Clothier.
BRITISH SHIP IS
SUB '
ATLANTIC PORT, Sopt. 8.
—A submarine torpedoed and
sank the British steamship
I urakma, ot 8,.>00 tons, bound
from a British port to New
York. The T urakma was
armed, having recently landed
1*200 New Zealand troops.
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TODAY
SEATTLE. Sept. 8. — The potato
market dropped within the last two
days, prices generally falling $5 a ton.
The announcement that eastern Wash
ington is growing sufficient spuds for
their own use had a downward ten
dency here in prices. Some of the
growers are holding for $40 flat, which
the commission men refuse to pay.
Fruit is subsiding, although the de
mand is large, with a box shortage
facing the growers. Vegetables are
selling strong, with the quality high.
Dealers say the present price of but
ter is as high as It Is expected to go,
rain having fallen, the prices should
drop accordingly. The egg market is
firm, and showing more activity. Cool
er weather is strengthening the sup
ply. The butter and cheese market
is unchanged, as are also grocery
staples. Potatoes. Puget Sound, are
selling for $.15 and $40; apples, Grav
ensteins, $2 and $2.25 box; eggs. 48
cents a dozen; butter, 4« and 47 cents
a pound.
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WASHINGTON, Sept, 8. — The
closing of mails to disloyal citizens in
the United States is under consider
ation as a step in the government
campaign to wipe out disloyalty.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. — A joint
board of navy and army officers,
-headed by Captain Win. Shoemaker,
has been appointed to work out a sys
tem of getting American transports
across the Atlantic ocean safely.
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(By Associated Press)
CORFU, Island of Corfu. Sept. 8.—
The Serbian government is preparing
to move its entire government estab
lishment back to the Balkans, going
first to Saloniki and later to a point
on Serbian soil near Monastir. The
Greek government has already grant
ed the request for the establishment
of the Serbian administration at Sa
loniki and King Peter. Crown Prince
Alexander and several of the cabinet
ministers are now installed there.
There is much sentiment about this
Bhift of Serbia back to its native soil.
Since their tragic flight before the
invading hordes from the north, king,
regent and government have found
a temporary asylum on this island.
They have lived simply and the whole
establishment has been located in a
modest building formerly used as a
hotel. The royal apartments and the
ministry of foreign affairs occupied
the first floor, while the finance, in
terior and other ministries were on
upper floors. The French military
authorities of the island have given *
every aid. and yet the Serbians have
constantly longed to be back on their
own soil.