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Show uu BOSNIAN CITY FAMOUS AS SCENE OF WARMERS; SARAJEVO. March Ah It nrr- 1 spondence or The Associated Prss.) j This little Bosnian city, famous as the scene of ihe murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which was the pro-cursor pro-cursor of the great world war, is now the headquarters of the United States food administration and of the Ameri-1 can Red Cross, which is extending its activities to every part of the Balkans, American officers, soldiers, physicians: and nurses are numerous in the! streets. Four and a half years or war have! made little change in the ancient capi- j ial With the exception of a small; district near the Serbian frontier. Bos-' nla and Herzegovina were not a bat-j ;t)eeround and there was no destruc-l tion of property. Indeed, except for j ihe wounded and sick Bosnian sol-1 diers returning from Austria and '"rer-many, '"rer-many, and the presence of allied offi-l j eers and troops, one would scarcel know the countrv had ever been at : war. The streets are thronged with peo-1 pie of all nationalities and of all man-j j ner of dress. C roatians, Serbs. Aus- ' t liana, Germans. Turks, Italians, I Frenchmen, Britishers and Americans, I rub elbows with one another. The I i cafes are always crowded. The moving mov-ing picture theatres are full at all l ours, and dancing Is ever popular. ; Public and semi-public balls are ire 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 cltj j Nearly one-half of Sarajevo's 50.000! I people are of the Mohammedan faith The scons of Turkish bazaars are! well patronized, particularly by Ameri cans, w ho seem 10 dc Keen lur unen-tal unen-tal things of all sorts. The ' Turkish" people here really are Slava w ho embraced the Mohammedan religion. They are noted for their Indolence In-dolence and dirtiness The women never WOrfc Many ol the older oites j adopt begcing for a profession The Serbians, on the other hand, ar in dustrious and tidy The homes of ihe Serbian peasants are models of ch'an- i liness The people of Bosnia and Herxe-, Herxe-, covina have great native intelligence. ; Many speak several languages The educated classes are students of poll-tics poll-tics and economics. The words libert 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 villages 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, blan-kets, linen, surgical dressings and medicine. There has been an alarm- ing Increase in the number of typhus cases, particularly among the poor, many ot whom have only one outfit of clothing which they never change or wash until worn out They are, therefore, good subjects for the typhus house. The American Red Cross commission 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, Spaiato, Fiuine, Mostar and Sarajevo Th I'nited States food administration is sending large quantities of flour and fats into the interior regions where destitution is worse. The people and government are profoundly pro-foundly grateful for this help from America. On every hand the correspondent corres-pondent heard expressions of admiration admira-tion and gratitude among the Bosnians! and Serbians for this timely assistance. assist-ance. it is no exoneration to say .that America stands first in the affections of the people, not only because America Amer-ica has helped them with food and clothing, but becauso they feel that the great nation overseas has championed cham-pioned their struggle for national unity and independence. |