BOSNIANS ARE
APPRECIATIVE
OF AMERICA
SARAJEVO, April 15 (Correspond
ence of the Associated Press).—This
little Bosnian city, famous as the
scene of the murder of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand, which was the pre
cursor of the great world, is now the
headquarters of the United States
Food Administration and of the
American Red Cross, which is extend
ing its activities to every part of the
Balkans. American officers, soldiers,
physicians and nurses are numerous
in the streets.
Four and a half years of war have
made little change in the ancient
capital. With the exception of a small
district near the Serbian frontier,
Bosnia and Herzegovina were not a
battleground and there was no de
struction of property. Indeed except
for the wounded and sick Bosnian
soldiers returning from Austria and
Germany, and the presence of allied
officers and troops, one would
scarcely know the country had ever
been at war.
The streets are thronged with peo
ple of all nationalites and of all
manner of dress. Croatians, Serbs,
Austrians, Germans, Turks, Italians,
Frenchmen, Britishers and Americans
rub elbows with one another. The
cafes are always crowded. The mov
ing picture theatres are full at all
hours, and dancing is ever popular.
Public and semi-public balls are fre
quently held, and gayety runs to all
extremes.
The slender minarets of more than
a hundred Turkish mosques, give a
very picturesque appearance to the
city. Nearly one-half of Sarajevo’s
50,000 people, are of the Mohammedan
faith. The scores of Turkish bazaars
are well patronized, particularly by
Americans, who seem to be keen for
Oriental things of all sorts.
The “Turkish” people here really
are Slavs who embraced the Moham
medan religion. They are noted for
their indolence and dirtiness. The
women never work. Many of the older
ones adopt begging for a profession.
The Serbians, on the other hand, are
industrious and tidy. The homes of
the Serbian peasants are modiels of
cleanliness. !
The people of Bosnia and Herzego
vina have great native intelligence.
Many speak several languages. The
educated classes are students of pol
itics and economics. The words lib
erty and freedom are constantly on
their lips. They say that all their
hope is centered in President Wilson.
While there is an abundance of food
in the larger cities, some of the vil
lages are suffering severely. There
is complete lack of food suitable for
children and the sick. Most of the
hospitals are badly in need of
blankets, linen, surgical dressings and
medicine. There has been an alarm
ing increase in the number of typhus
cases, particularly among the poor,
many of whom have only one outfit of
clothing which they never change or
wash until worn out. They are there
fore good subjects for the typhus
house.
The American Red Cross Commis
sion to the Balkans has sent a number
of physicians and nurses to help the
local authorities and has also given
the hospitals supplies of clothing, sur
gical dressings, and medicines. It has
relief stations at Ragusa, Spalato,
Fiume, Mostar and Sarajevo. The
United States Food Administration is
sending large quantities of flour and
fats into the interior regions where
destitution is worse.
The people and government are pro
foundly grateful for this help from
America. On every hand the corres
pondent heard expressions of admira
tion and gratitude among the Bos
nians and Serbians for this timely
assistance.
It is no exaggeration to say that
America stands first in the affections
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of the people, not only because Amer
ica has helped them with food and
clothing, but because they feel that
the great nation overseas has cham
pioned their struggle for national
unity and independence.
PARLIAMENT HAS NEW
CHARACTER IN JONES
LONDON, April/ 15 (Correspond
(slice of the AnsoclaiW Prey^f' Eveiiy
parliament produces'a new character.
The American eongres had its “sock
less” Jerry Simpson from Kansas, and
the house of commons had Kier Har
die, who appeared on the floor in a
workingman’s cap and with a work
ingman’s freedom of speech in the era
when the silk hat and frock coat were
still almost a uniform for that as
sembly, and when the heavy Gladston
ian manner was its model for debate.
John Jones, the new labor member
from Silvertown, is the Jerry Simpson
and the Kier Hardie of the new house
of commons.'
The proof of this is that his
speeches are punctuated with shocked
cries of “Order!” from the old timers,
and the reason for the cries is that
he talks to the house of commons just
as he used to talk when he was ad
dressing out of door audineces from a
soap box at Tower Hill, which is the
forum for informal workmen’s
debates.
“Don’t you try to assume so much,
Guv’nor!” was his first remark to the
speaker. Speaker Lowthar sitting
under a canopy arrayed in his wig and
gown is a personage certainly no less
portentous than the chief justice of
the United States of America, and the
house had a shock equal to what the
supreme court would have suffered
under lese majeste.
John Jones got even with the house
last night.
“I want you gentlemen to know—”
he remarked, while discussing con
scription (“Honorable members” is the
hallowed term for referring to mem
bers of the house). There were loud
calls for “Order!” Mr. Jones replied:
“I beg your pardon if I have made
a mistake by calling you gentlemen.”
The house was the joke and cheered
him.
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A. FIELD, Secretary.
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