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SIBERIA IS WW
UDOF PRICE
Mrs. Waldorf Astor Takes
Up Crusade Against Liquor
American Girl May Reign
As Queen of a New Nation
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FOR RUSSIANS
Vast Resources Made Avail
able by Great Railroad
Recently Completed.
HAS AN UNLIMITED
STORE OF WEALTE
Has Munitions Sufficient to
Last but Four Months
in the Field.
Mining Town in Caucasus!
Mountains Attacked by
Turks; People Escape.
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BULGARIAN ARMY IS
CONSTANT MENACE
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.UHREST, Rumania, March 6
J u mania is not prepared to en
ter the ffreat war. Roumanft has
political parties, the Liberal, now
.," Jtvcr and headed by prime miaister
x ra ' :aii u tne Conservative, lately In
cmtr and led by Petre Carp, former
1-iTip minister the ConserratiTe De
li iocratic, heaJd b Alexander Margh
oman and tne National part;',, which
i at present a negligible) factor but
" hose rathe broau policies are in the
i aii still advocated tn Con stan tine
v lie publitned and political director
Rumania s most prominent inde
l nt newspapers, Uimineatza and
f iluse parties on. one, the Con-
tnt Democratic is a. owedly pro-
uMdn and anti -German. Its leader,
i akt Jonescu is accused b his politi-
1 opponent as bing more Bussian
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it c mnot be said, however, that
t i JLi eral partv is to anj great de
u pro German During the life of
.tm, Charles 1 a Hohenzollern prince,
t- h is toaid to haie been the case.
1 ut sn ce th death of that monarch
-i definite oft'cial expression on the
tutude of Rumania towards the bel-
- nt nations has come from this
1 it It is claimed, moreover that
t t pirtv is none too strong, and that
: n i .ilreadv been obliged to look
j or tr-t. ronsen ativ es for support.
Ingratitude KIHIne Queen.
une night, eai ly in the war, students
usu d upon me doors of the rloyal
JJue In Bucharest a notice with the
1 g ua To let King Charles looked
p n this act as an expression of ink.
mt-rautude To be thus served with
once to quit is said to have broken
iv heart, and the affair is now said
lo ' e slowlv killing Queen Elizabeth,
!i it- known in the I nited States as
i arnen fev lva, who spends most of her
nn t at the grave of her husband.
Mr Marghilo-nan is iron -fisted, how
ever and this qualm, it is asserted,
as to far assisted prime minister Bra
nanu iii curbing a publ c sentiment
cverhelming In favor of war against
Au-tro Hungary and Germanj
Mar Escape The Uir.
There seems to be no doubt that if
the present Goernment prevails Ru-ma-iia.
n'il weather the present storm
v about going to war But even -r
Vca&hiloman admitted there was no
assurance that the government would
remain firm In other Quarters the
lear was expressed that ultimately an.
cutDreaK or eaauviarsm m the streets
j itght place the government In the
position of either having to go to war
or f re upon the mob In that case
the government would go to war, it
i ts asserted. A hat the weight of King
J erchnand s opinion would be in that
as js not known. Though he has
liecome thoroughly Rumanian, the
Bucharest public does not forget that
ne is a Hohenzoilem. On the other
land, the present queen is an English
woman and for that reason the King
Ferdinand might be Invited to move,
as nas his uncle, the late King
Charles.
Lacks "Var Materials.
There is a strong probability that
Rumania has so far kept out ef the
wir bv a lack of materials needed for
tilth an enterprise. Mr. Marghilotnan
informed the Associated Press corres
poi dent that the country was not yet
prepared for war when the first out
breaks of chauvinism occured. From
th-r sources it has been learned that
e en today Rumania has not enough
munition to remain in the field longs'-
than four months.
here would Rumania, be today if
w e had failed to curb the war fever
last beptember' asiced Mr. Marghol-i-nan
"There would be neither a shell
ior catridge left. We have no ammu
nition factories in the country, and
1 ussia must buy in a. neutral market
hers. If Since then we hare been able
to nstal at least a. few of the machines
needed in the manufacture of ammuni
tion They are not in operation as yet,
however In military circles at least
tni stand then is appreciated today."
Army ot Larue.
Rumania's army is a. puny thing in
this struggle of millions of soldiers.
The total military establishment num
bers about 600,006 men of whom 400,
80" are available for service in the
firing line would be ready for serv
ic e against Hungary after much delay
if Bulgaria could be counted upon to
stav out of the fray Although Ruma
nia has what is probably the strongest
nwr navy monitor fleet In the world.
that arm alone mold not be counted
ipor to keep the Bulgarians in check.
A force of at least 100,000 would be
needed to prevent Bulgaria from occu
r ing the Dobrodja discrict and all
Rumania south of the Danube. This
-u ould leave about 300.000 men for a
campaign against ,the Anstro-Hungar-tans
ind Germans, who have already
been massed along the Rumanian bord-
er
Would Be u Benefit.
But it is that that Bulgaria's army
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Blue Danube Inspires Musicians
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A Writing of the, Danube river
' and its relation to the present
a- 1 1 Kurope and the past history of
mat ontinent, the National Geographic
tocieti says '
"To the Blue' Danube, across whose
broad waters near Belgrade the first
echoes oi the world-war awoke. Le
longs the credit, probably, of being
the onlv river in the world to hae
gitn rise to a distinct school of music.
The Danube is the father of the Vien
nese waltz for, the Austrians tell, the
great ualtz composers of the Kaiser
stadi have merely translated the moods
of this ner into music in which they
hjie preserved the rhjthm of its flow
Johann Strauss innas waltz king.'
composer of ..eral hundred waltzes
ard a number of operettas, has made
the melodies of tins beautiful stream
lr Lcrnational possessions and so, the
b.a of the Blue Danube s naes tas
tingled in th velna of hipp couph s
the earth around.
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MRS. WALDORF ASTOR.
LOXPOK. iag., Manh 6. Mrs. Waldorf Astor has turned temperance re
former, bhe no live m Fiymeutn, where she devotes her whole toue
to looking after die comfort of invalid soldiers. She has provided several
soldiers' homes for troops in the fortress, where the men enjoj recreation and
reading rooms.
She has also taken a hand in the temperance campaign nnionp the soldiers
and sailors, and is a most persuasive speaker. 9k delivered a temperance address
at Fort rtennie and 3 men of the Highland light infantry signed the pledge after
hearing her.
SEPIUMPFJICE
NOT THE H.
Russian Statesman Thinks
England Has Most to Gain
by the European War.
RUSSIA CAN HOPE
FOR BUT LITTLE ,
LONDON, Eng, March In reply
to numerous stories that the fam
ous Russian statesman. Count
Witte, known to Americans from the
time when he was Russian represen
tative at the Portsmouth conference.
has tried to cause a split between Eng
land and Russia, and worked for a
separate peace between the latter coun
try and Germany, the count has now
issued a formal dental which Is shortly
u be published in England in the shape
of a pamphlet.
In this booklet Count Witte states
that as national economist and finan
cial expert he was firmly convinced
Russia's economic progress depended
on a peaceful evolution of her com
merce and Industry, while new milita-
(OonHnoed on 1'are 3, This Seetten),
litlcal and commercial significance It
has been the chosen path of the east
into the wet,t. and the Huns, Avars.
Magyars and Turks penetrated Europe
up its valley course. On the other
hand. Charlemagne's Franks, the more
nortnern Germans, and the Crusaders
pressed down the Danube to conflict
with the east.
The Danube has seen countless hu
man projects, experiments, started.
oinciuoeo and forgotten. I Don
hanir. .- j -i . "" '" i
Banks races and nations have unrrerf
and traded. hae flushed with success .
ana laded awaj. while the blood of
their soldiers has stained the entire
riTer course and the memory of their
merchants is now a part of tradition
concerning vanished cities and Milages,
ror a long time the Danube marked
the frontier of the Roman empire and
considerable eidence i.f Roman engi
neering is still to be found upon its
banks, among which remains art.
traces of Trajan s all near its source.
I ike our on n Mississippi, it has
renuurd great soma of money and
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j t ie uanuoe from choking up with
silt.
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Invasion by Servia Brings
the Little Nation Into
Prominence.
LOOKS ON FUTURE
'WITH GRAVE FEAR
WASHINGTON. D. G, March t
The invasion of Servia a few
days ago by certain Albanian
troops brings that misunderstood little
country back upon the map of present
moment human interest. Albanian
tempers have 'been souring for 400
years. The people of Albania have
been oppressed by the Ottomans, and,
yet. they have been loath to fight these
masters lest they fall booty to the
ambitions of Italy. Austria, or Servia.
The Albanian feels he has no cause to
love or trust his neighbors. Hia
peculiarities and his problems are
pithily explained to Americans by
Theron J. Damon In a paper prepared
by the National Geograhlc society.
"The Albanian," the writer begins.
"Is a European, two thousand years
and more he has lived where he now
lives In the fastness of Eplrus add
Illyria. across the Adriatic from Italy's
heeL
Tlrlp strnccllufr Greets.
"Early in the lth century the Al
banians mingled with their southern
neighbors, the Greeks, and were the
backbone of the struggle for Greek
Independence During the 125 years
previous to the discovery of America,
the i -oud republic of Venice held a
benevolent supremacy over the Alban
ian coast towns, and thus for a century
retarded the dav of Turkish dominion.
In 1478, the Turks began their over-1
lordship four centuries of chicanery, j
broken ralth and crueltj
Education Ik Lacklnc
following the last successful war of
the Balkan lands with the Ottoman,
Albania received independent state
hood. Yet the Albanians hae been ill
trained for the task of making a
nauon relocation is tneir greatest
ai aMi.,- ,n -w r .. u
noints out that the waves ind mimic
of progress have failed to reach the
Albanian through all his history r
a number of years, he continues, all
classes of the people Moslem and
Christian alike have had a passionate
desire for rnational education, but, as
long a- he ruled, the Turk fought this
desire with all the meins of a despot.
"1111 Pnwtiern endelta.
Today the vlabuuin is the most
picturespue person illt in Europe, the
writer a s H still practices the
venetti an 1 n w is ii the past, one
in five of the male mountaineers falls
a sacrifice to the blood feud To strike
a 1 uon. een inaderteitu, is a mat j
i TURKS FIRE ON THE
I AMERICAN MANAGER
LONt
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of
ONDOV. Eng, March C The dan
gers through which a small band
Americans and Kngllshmen
passed in their escape from a copper
mining camp in the Caucasus moun
tains at the time of the outbreak of
the war between Turkey and Russia
is told by A. H. Trotter, of Syracuse,
X. "V , chief engineer of the company,
who has flnallv reached London. Their
adventures formed one of the most ex
citing oi tne nrnor episooes oi tne i
war l
The mining illage where the party
was eaugni is caiiea iwuuoui, ana uvs ,
high np in the mountains, about 40
miles from the Russian port of Batoum,
on the Black sea. The defence of these
mountain villages was left to only a
few companies of Russian police armed
with old black powder rifles. The re
port that the Turks were advancing In
force from the south, and had driven
In some of the Russian outposts,
reached the rillasre in November, and
this was the first news that hostilities
had begun The people in the smelter
camp were slow to realiie the danger
that snrrounled them, and took no
steps to escape until the American
manager of the company. R. T Whie
was shot one Sundav morning while
on h s wai from the camp to the mines,
some miles higher up In the mountains
unrricaB Manager snot.
"White was riding up the trail when
shots suddenl poured upen him from
a ridge across the ravine. Both he and
his horse 'were struck, and he fell from
the animal, wounded in the legi From
noon until evening he lay In the shel
ter of the rock, sniped at every time
he showed his head. At dusk, a party,
of which Trotter was a member,
sneaked up the trail to effect his res
cue Thev brought him down to camp,
and then sent him to Batoum.
The following evening some Russian
soldiers, with a battery of three inch
field guns, moved up. They stationed
two of the guns near the smelter and
fo'ir others lower down at Kura. Most i
of the noncombatants of the village left
for Batoum. but a small party of Amer
icans and British remained at camp.
The situation was not taken seriously,
as the Turks were thought to be only a
small party of marauders.
The n x morning when the Russian
guns at the mine opened ,up at the
crest held bv the Turks, the Infantry,
which had been increased to about 400
men at the mine, were forced into their
trenches b the hot return fire Of the
Russians, onlv a small band of Cos-
Ut,kh".v.rjeodnlTs,l1ieSs,hoSt SeceTTnel
mountain police, who were in the ma
jority, were armed with ancient guns,
firing black powder and lead bullets,
4rrested as Spy.
The flsihtlng became so intense that
Trotter decided to make his escape.
On the way down the mountain he
often had to take refuge from the fire.
At Kura he met a Russian ammunition
train, whose officers arrested him as a
German spv and seised a package of
banknotes he had with him.
Meanwhile, however, the Turks had
slipped a-ross the crest of the opposite
ridge and had begun a surprise attack
On the ammunition train. The horses,
which got the worst of It, bolted down
the mountain, wreckir, as they ran.
many of the carts of supplies and am
munition. Trotter tried to jump on one of the
wagons to escape, but was prodded off
with bayonets, and sought cover When
a motor car filled with wounded came
by he tried hia luck attain, but was un
able to explain himself, for lack of
Russian, and was again bayoneted off
the car
The Russian commandant, coming up
later in an automobile, gave him safe
conduct to Borchka. where the ammu
nition train was overtaken and Trot
ters money recovered. With a tem
porary pass from the officer, he made
bis wav by rowboat to Batoum.
Make stand In Hospital.
The rest of the English speaking
part) at camp, caught In the righting
too late to escape, had remained In
the small hospital at the mine, flying
the Red Cross flair. The artillerymen
serving the guns at the camp were cut
off to two men, and the infantry to
ward night became helpless. The
Turks were advancing in the dark,
lighting their way with burning sheds.
Two of the party, an American and a
Scotsman, started out to cross the
mountains to the Russian town of
Artvln. while the others, under cover
of darkness, took a chance on reaching
Borchka and got through safely. The
American. Morris Caldwell, and the
Scot, got lost in the mountains and
were for three days without food, be
fore thev finally arrived at a river
which they had to swim. In midstream
they were greeted by a rifle fire. The
Scot was killed and his bodv drifted
'down stream, but Caldwell escaped to
a Turkish village. He was so wora
out that he even dropped off to sleep
while seeing a Turk in the same room
whet a butcher knife and talk about
a "Holy war"
Set Free by Turk.
By good fortune, an old Turk former
ly employed at the mine, recognized
Caldwell as an American and set him
free. He returned to the mine, beard
ed up the camp, and then worked his
way to Trebisonde. Here he was ar
rested as a spy and served 18 days in a
Trukish prison. He obtained release
onli bv the mere chance of sinnaliner a
passing American, who happened to be
the Vnited States consul. From Tre
bizonde he took a Greek steamship for
Constantinople, which made the trip in
daya instead of the usual three.
ter for blood retenge. If the offender
himself is not killed, one of his rela
te es must be the victim, and thusi the
endless chain is begun The vendetta
mi be finally bought or "called off"
Mr Damon says, according to provis
ions of an Intricate, unwritten Alban
ian code
Dreads The Future.
A strong national consciousness has
awakened among these people as
among all the Balkan people, and the
Mbanian dreads the future, Mr Damon
concludes because he fears that his
neighbors may succeed in dividing his
lands as the vultures apportion among
themselves the b:d oO the thirst
weakened desert lctim Austria mav
come from the north or ltal from
aero the watt - or a 1 tiropean con
ference might decide to bestow the
Xlbanians among their neighbors. Mon
t iigro Ser ia and Greece
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PRINCESS ALBERT RADZIWILL.
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OME. ItaK Man ii t, 1 1 i r luitoiiu aili put archduke Stephen, related
by marriage to the old I'oluoi lanuliee ot RadziwiU and Csartaryski, on a.
new throne at t raem a- monanh of the Pole, twn brilliant furores
in the seeiety ofRame. will, certainly adorn tip Polish eaart. These are the
prince and prince Albert Kadziwill. and the princess is an American nrl.
Prince Albert, a relative ot archduke Stephen, made i marrlaee of love which.
j brought hnn into prominence Despite the eltorts if bis mother to have the
I wtddincr nrnhibiteil hv Uw mm. sLmd leanit mu mlipiuimiiui fA u mj..
7" 'e church he f.naDv
They have been very happy together and bate not suffered in social estimation.
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British Union Men Say It
Would Create New Crisis
When the War Ends.
WORKLNGMEN ARE
NOT HOLDING BACK
LONDON, Bng. March 6. The pro
posal to the trade unions made by
H, J. Tennant, M. P., under-secre-tary
of war. that the men help recruit
ing by allowing women to take their
places. Is not received with cordiality
by the labor leaders.
To give women temporary Jobs, they !
reply, would result In serious industrial
trouble when the men were discharged
from the army Already the encroach
ment of women upon the work of men
has caused the trade unionists consider
able uneasiness.
Say Would Cause Crisis.
If women were given the Jobs, an
other crisis, says the unions, would
arise, at the end of the war because
ot their natural objection to being
turned out, or, what is worse, the men
having wives in the factories would let
them remain as the supporters of the
household.
YVorklofrmen Bnlhit Readily.
Workingmen have not hung back In
the present war, and while no exact
figures are available for all the trades,
the-percentage of enlistments is known
te be high.
The dock laborers have a quarter of
their numbers in the army, and out ot
40.000 steam engineers, 4,000 are now j
King George Maintains
His Racing Stud For
Sport When War Ends
London. Eng., March In spite ef
the manifold new duties which the
uar has imposed upon him, king
George finds time to look after many
details connected with things in which
he is personall) interested. He has
thus never lost sight of his racing
stud which is being maintained in
splendid, form. Although the king is not
attending any races or running any
horses, during the war
That be intends to do so more than
ever when the War is over is evident
from the fact that he recently rented
lord Ellesmere s stud farm, the "Eger
ton. which is much nearer Newmarket
than tolferton stud farm near sml-
ringham where the king hitherto kept j ti
his horses
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kmo
Queen Mar Is as stronglv i. 1 I it t beitinnnifc of th, siege and this
to racing as ever but has evidtntlv j suppi nas been carefully husbanded
gtven up fnrther attempt to make the mil doled out under the strictest reg
king abandon tins form of si orL j ulations by the mllltarj authorities
took Dorothy Deason, an American prL as
KMUTO
! LEAVE PARIS FOR
nfiii i ii rri i nfir
Ullll I U LUHIJI L
: JUU I II i imnuL
Was For Thirty Years the
Leader of Society in
the French Capital.
PARIS BECOMING
GAT, AS OF OLD
P'
ARIS, France. March S. When
Paris society returns here after
the war and takes np once more
its customery life of gayety and lavish
entertainments, one prominent leader
will be missed, for no longer will Mrs.
John V. Mackay honor Faris with her
presence.
Having already disposed of her Lon.
don residence before the war. this
great American hostness, daughter of
a French woman and holding for more
than SO years a unique position in
Faubourg; St. Germain and on the
Rlviee. ha now definltelv decided to
retire to some quiet spot in Southern I
nrance.
! Nrlv TK nw.
She is nearly 75 years of age and
Wild Ducks Prevent
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Killed By Thousands
Vs
MCE. Itab. March S According
to the Hungarian newspapers
received here the situation in
Przemal. which has been under
siege of a Russian army for
four months is not et alarming
Aviators, who wait the garrison almost
dally, report that there ahold be no
really serious shortage of provisions
for another three mortha. The victual
ing problem has been considerably as
sisted by the flight over the town re-
centl) of ast flocks of wild ducks
which were shot b the thousands
The population of Przemsl now
numbers about h0 000 including both
soldiers and civilians and a 600 Rus
sian prisoners The garrison is ail
Hungarian.
The Russian besiegers under Gen.
Dimltrleff hold every entrance and ap
proach to the town, but they are still
held outside .the outer line of the city's
fortifications, which have a radius of
twelve miles, and include a consider-
ib'e area of farm and garden land and 4
1 c small agricultural Tillages.
Ihi i l was well sto ked with food
WASHINGTON. D. C March e
Siberia, the "Silver 1 i-t
whteh IL behind Wesieri
I Russia and from which the Czar ca i
i draw men and resources without meas
ure for the prosecution of his vtars.
bears to Russia, though on a much
more magnificent scale, the same re
lation as that borne to the thirteen
original states by our own Golden T est
Russia's future lies over the plains to
the agricultural, forest and mineral
wealth of Siberia the strength which
Russia has before all other nations she
will become conscious of through the
dtrvelopment of her wonderful east and
so. in a study made for the National
Geographic socletj Maj. Gen A T
Greely. V. S A. designates the Musco
vice's east as the "Land of Promise "
MlUir Siberia Accessible.
Gen Greelj speaks of Russia s first
great step toward making the resources
of Siberia accessible, that of building
i railroad without parallel anvwhere
i raila exten ling from east to west
for a distance of more than S400 miles
r nearly cne third of the way around
the world This wonderful rail line
is cons'ructed he tells, at a cost o'
51 1000 00" which makes It the most
rienivf public utilitj ever attempted
witn the exception of the Panama In
teroceanic canal. Nor are size aru
cost the ouly unique elements of this
remarkable railwa. according to the
writer for it was builded with record
setting rapidity The strictly Siberian
sections of 3300 miles were built m
seen years. 181-1 80s the rate of con
struction approaching two miles for
each working da
Redaeen Distances.
'It is the recognition of condition- "
the writer continues, "to say that the
construction of this great, trans-continental
railwa is one of the raop
remarkable feats of man s energ) per
sistency and industr) recorded in the
annals of human histor " He adds
that the railwa has brought Pek i
within 14 das Journe of London fo
fares, including sleeping cars, of f"o"i
$1S for second class and S-i-iO fo-first-elass
passengers The time i o
sumed in the journe between ladn
tok and Moscow 34- rMles i-, i
days and 21 hours. Vctordmg t
thttics given bv Gen. Greely, the r
has already begun to do a neat ..
aesa. having carried, in 110. 1.8
passengers an average Journey or
miles, beside; .handling sonic 7 5 -tons
ot freight.
Much Uke Our Central West.
Limitless forests, great water
and rich plains lie alon? the li t c '
rail The great Siberian plants o
steDnes. the writer finds flrreatl-v r
t semble the prairies of Illinois. Tor a
Kansas and Aenrasaa, ane. tney extend
1000 miles from north to south, and as
far from east to west. Their soil i,
fertile " he sajs. "stock of. all kind
thrive, transportation facilities are
good, coal is abundant, modern agri
cultural methods largelv obtain, mar
kets are accessible., and the population
is rapidly Increasing."
This "land of promise" Gen Greelv
writes. Is receiving an ever increasing
stream of hardy, courageous and re
sourceful pioneers. In liO. 785.71 im
migrants entered Siberia, and only 121 -!04
returned to European Russia. The
young men of Russia with futures to
carce out are going east, just as the
jonne men in this country formerly
went west.
nobody can say of her that she has
not done more than her duty to society
For vears she was known as the best
dressed woman in Paris and her gown
often drove her rnals into despan
She was admired for her beauty anil
her wit. as well as her i-nswervm
lovalty to old friends een when thev
constituted a momentary hindrance to
her social progress. Th're is no or
in Paris who will be able to fill he
place. Paris Beeomlnc: Brighter.
Paris la beceoming brighter and mor
cheerful every day The list of theate--reopening
is lengthening in the most
promising manner Hotels are filling
up only with officers on leave from th
front and their relatives, but also with
the moat welcome of all visitors. I
mean Americans, who have found It
worth while to travl thousands of
miles to see what Paris looks like i
war time and who most politely assure
us that we have behaved splendidly
Like the Bus "Women.
They seemed to he particular!-.
charmed with our woman bus condm
tors and gatewomen on the ' metro
who. they declare, handle the crod
of passengers far more intellipentW
and efficiently than the men eier did
They also have a good word for th
waitresses, who are now emploed
many restaurants, though stranger
enough in none of the very very hia
1 struggle along with a most unprofes-
i class. wnose DroDrieiurs Dreicr t
sional lot of inefficient waiters.
a Przemysl Famine
- -:tl-- H."
As Tney Fly Over
Food allotted for the civil population
is turned over at stated intervals
the military governor who fixes ti
retail price of each commodity P'
curiously, enough, are lower than the
were before the war. but monev h s
really little value in a comma n'
where the amounts of each article pu
erasable are limited by law Those hi
hove no monev receive free meals j
approximately the same quantity a id
qualitv allowed to those who pav ior
their food.
The Russians outside the citv also
hrve several aeroplanes which make
frequent reconnaissance flights ovei
the citv and the surrounding neighbor
hood Occasionally thev attempt boi lb
attacks, but none of trese have result
ed In an) serious damatre Their hope
of course, is that a strav shot may find
the Hungarian arsenal ind ammuni
tion stores.
It is said that the Hungarians with
in the citv (ret aion? verv well with
their Russian prisoners, mmy of whom
have given their pa-ole and Are allowed
to move freelv within a limited area
Some of he b tte- edi. attid Russia i
officers h o v ilunta-ih offered thei
serv ices to officers and men of th
garrison for instruction In the Fussia i
language.