Show OSNIA BOSiA O A I IS HARO HARD HIT I 2 r r 1 Suffers un Greatly e tl in in- inthe the the W Wake ke of ofa a t the War J i i P i Factories and nd Railroads Hurt by Up Up Up-j j j set set set-F set Food Food and Clothes Costi CostY Cost Y High i Sar Jr n Bosnia Bosnia Bosnia may bea be ba a 8 long recovering from the effects J of of the war r Fa Factory tor production n is almost at a af aj j f i Standstill railroad transportation isi Is i Irre irregular lar and uncertain stores are arc i bare of stocks tocks Imports are much rey reduced re- re y 1 clothing and food are high Inand in t price an and there Is much idleness r 0 among the people The crops this etil Ti v year h however ever are abundant dant and and there I r Is food to meet all needs i r w He i a German and Hungarian signs 4 v which formerly appeared above the store store- windows have given place to tot t I placards In Serbian and has r I tn taken takei ell on quite the appearance nce of a 8 I Serbian town The Serbian inhabitants are of course quite content with the Belgrade el government but the Germans Germans AustrIans and Turks are ara not quite so happy There Is a disposition however to r accept conditions as they are and to toa I t a hope for a resumption of the commer commer- t etal activity and advantages which the f. f 4 people enjoyed at the hands of the thedr dr AustrIans The friends of the Sorbs p and Jugo Jugo Slavs hope that with time tune the qi 1 Serbian government will be able to i match the prosperity and progress J Y which the Austrians and Germans brought to the country Among the population America enJoys enjo enjoys en- en jo Joys s great prestige and respect This I Is largely due to the timely help brought ht to the country by the American Ameri- Ameri 4 i can cnn Red RM Cross and the United States food food- administration Until the arrival al of of these relief a agencies Americans had never nevel before appeared in Bosnia M In any considerable number The The presence of the officers of the Red Iced lied Cross and the food administration tion has had a splendid moral and edu edu- effect among the Bosnians i u l Much h of the rancor and harsh feeling x engendered by the war has been removed removed re reo mo e moved and through the work of these Is Americans the larger part of the people people peo pea pie now look upon th the United States as a friend not as a fO- fO foe |