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THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
SECURITY SERVICE SATISFACTION
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. AGAINST THE
. SERBIANS
(By Associated Press)
CORFU, Island of Corfu, Dec. (5.—'
“The funds advanced to Serbia by the
United States government are saving
the lives of the Serbian people,” said
the Serbian minister of public works J
Dr. Montchilo Nintchitch, who ha: j
been charged with the expenditure of
the advances from the American gov
ernment.
Dr. Nintchitch had been telling of
.the various uses the American money1
was put to, for the 136,000 Serbian'
prisoners in Germany and for intern
ed civilians, refugees, and pensions.
But now he turned to a story of the
cruelty and butchery which the Bul-j
gars are still prosecuting against the
Serbs.
“Serbia has suffered more than any
any other country,” said Dr. Nint
.chitch, “for not even the ruin of Bel
gium and the devastated regions of
France can compare with what Ser
bia has suffered. The people of Bel
gium and France had seaports to gi J
to and escape in ships, and they had
railways. But the Serbian people had
no ports for escape, and when the
Monastir railway line was cut by the
Bulgars they had no railway. So they
were literally caught in a trap, with
no means of egress, and except for^
those who ipade the exodus across
the mountains, the whole peasant
population has come under the con
trol of the Bulgar invaders. More
over Belgium and France have beenj
under the eyes of England and Amer
ica, while Serbia is cut off from the
world, with no knowledge of what
goes on there, and no mail from there
for two years.
“The Serbian peasants have been
stripped of everything. All their
horses, cattle and live stock has been
taken, and their farm machinery has
been destroyed. Men, women and
children have been killed in the most
revolting manner, and on the most
flimsy pretext. In this the Bulgars
*
go far beyond the Austrians, for the
Austrians have a trial and a formal
condemnation of death. But the Bui
gars have no trial or condemnation.
The order to kill is given, and th(
soldiers are practically free to tak(
life on their own judgment withou
any order.”
“As documentary evidence of this
killing, the Serbian ministry of for
eign affairs have had photographs
copies of which were given to the
.correspondent showing six Serb peas
ants strung up side by side from
rough stakes driven in the ground,
with a cross-piece above for the
noose, while groups of soldiers and
officers are gathered about, laughing
pver the contortions of the victims.
“The Bulgar policy is to consider
Serbia and the Serbian people as an
nihilated,” Dr. Nintchitch went on.
“To this end they hold that the Serbs
no longer exist, and every Serb must
become a Bulgar. take a Bulgar name
and become a Bulgar citizen.
“The drafting of Serb peasants as
soldiers in the Bulgar ranks is om
of the worst forms of cruelty beinj
practiced. This is systematically car
ried out, with notices posted in a!
public places telling all men over 1
years of age to report for military
duty. This placing of a whole'*popu
lation in the military service of the
enemy is an unheard of cruelty, and
contrary to every rule of internation
al dealing in time of war. But it is
justified by the Bulgars on the theory
that Serbia does not exist and that
the Serbs are Bulgars.
“A member of the Serbian chamber
of deputies was here recently, and
gave me a harrowing report of his
family still in Serbia. One of the
hoys had already been killed. The
second boy has been ordered to be
come a Bulgar soldier. The mother
protested, whereupon she was sent
to Nish and put in prison, where she
went crazy. Meantime the boy or
dered to become a Bulgar soldier had
escaped to the mountains and a*price
has been placed on his head. This
experience in the family of the Serb
ian deputy is merely typical of the
thousands we are hearing of from all
quarters daily.
'‘We have received full details of
the revolt which the Serbian peas
anst remaining in Ahe country direct
ed against this Bulgar~ oppression,”
the minister continued. “This has
come in a letter from a well-known
teacher. The revolt was really a re
volt* of women—-of the Serbian moth
ers, wives and sisters—-in a frantic
protest against having their sons,
husbands and brothers forced into the
Bulgar ranks to fire on Serbian sol
diers. This women’s movement be
came so threatening that a German
division at Nish was sent to quell it.
When this failed, two Bulgar divisions
were sent against the increasing
ranks of the revolt.
“This gave the Bulgars the oppor
tunity to perpetrate a new infamy.
Sending their troops against the wo
men, they 'took as prisoners a large
number of the wives, mothers and
sisters who had protested against
their men taken as Bulgar soldiers
Then these wives and mothers were
formed in ranks; placed ahead of the
Bulgar divisions, and in this battle
order with the Serbian women 'in
front as a screen for the Bulgai
troops—these divisions pushed againsi
the main body of the revolting peas
ants. It was only by such methods
of using women as screens, and bj
j resort to the most extreme crueltj
that the revolt was finally put down
In one case, the writer of the let
. ter gives details of seeing a Serbiar
peasant hung up by the tongue.”
The minister spoke of the increas
lng needs of these Serbian peasants
j (luring the coming cold months. Those
I Serbs who have escaped, and who are
j here at Corfu and at various Balkan
I points, can send little or no relief.
I for they lost everything and have
nothing to give.
"It is for this reason," said the
. minister, “that t{je funds advanced
j by the United States government are1
I truly providential, and are saving!
| Serbian lives, thousands of them."
The advance made by the United
[ States was 15,000,000 francs, or $3,-1
j 000,000. This was designed to covert
j a period of three months; and at this;
rate the advance for a year would be
$12,000,000 or 60,000,000 francs. The
distribution of these funds is under
the direction of Dr. Nintchitch. -with
the American Charge d'Affairs, H.
Percival Dodge, in frequent consulta
tion with him, and exercising Ameri
can supervision.
In making the expenditures, the
first $3,000,000 has been divided in !
three parts of $1,000,000 each. The
first million is beim; employed for
the Serbian soldier*, as prison
ers in Germany, Austria and Bulgaria,
and for the civilian Serbs interned in
these countries. Together, these
Serb prisoners and interned aggregat
ed about 200,000. These people get
a bare existence in the prison camps
where they are held, and anything
beyond this bare existence comes
i from the American funds.
The second $1,000,000 is used for
j pensions and relief to the wounded
j Serbian soldiers no longer able to
earn a living, and for the relief of
the Serbian peasantry remaining in
[ Serbia.
! The third $1,000,000 will be used
mainly for reconstruction work in
Serbia, in replacing bridges, roads, i
I
j etc, which have been destroyed, so
j that Serbia, once restored to its peo- j
I pie, may be brought back, in part at
I least, to its former condition.
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The White Pass locomotive, in j
which enginer W. C. McKenzie and j
his son Bert were killed when it was j
driven off the track nlar the summit |
on the White Pass road, has been sal
vaged. It was a most difficult piece
of work, as the locomotive had to
be pulled up a distance of 500 feet
over a 30 per cent grade. A skidway
was built for the purpose and two
powerful locomotives furnished the
. motive power.
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NOTICE!
Prom this date on the Cordova Mill
and Lumber Co of Cordova, Alaska,
will not be responsible for bills made
at stores or contracts made without
first being O K.’ed by the manager. |
J. B. KELLY. j
Dec. 6, 1917 2t|
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This exclusive photograph Just received from the Am •rlciin training camp in France shows how the boys enter
with zest Into the cockflghting’ and other strenuous sports that keep them In fine pfiyslcal condition.
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