PARIS OF THE BALKANS
.—«£. — The suffering's of Roummiia in tihe wan* were gtr&aib and praLpingeil. Chic. oi soon© 8,000,000 people, xnmi tihja.ni 600,000 ware killed in battle. cur died of disease, and tine inivad'ers succeeded in destroying 1 or carrying off miucih oif >tihei rocwaible wealth of tihe coounitlry amd almost^ all the rollikgi stock of tihe railroads -which ■was necessary foa' food 1 relief. To-day 15,----000 toms of foiod are waiting! at Cotisibamzaj because iiher© ax'& ra* Utfafin'si to taka therm inland. Butts 'in spite of tiheso tirouMes, tihe spirit, of Btucihaires* seemifei tot be tihe same. Some sh-ip-memite baive -arrived froant ' France"WMi cilothing 1 cofeting 1 250 clollama a, eoiiib, ' eggs 1 dtoiHair apiece, ai cutp of coffee 1 doiE'air. one would thiiink.tihaiti the pn^ecaouig space of these .ttraiiiis would have been, used for the I*6*o6©.saities of life. Amd tlhey were, twit tor tiha" nieaesisiarieis. of life a® Butihiairest seies them. Fre/iucih perfumes and silk stockings were.'brought am by tihe oairload 1; tihe popul'aic© is willingl to waiiitj ■foiri food. The Paris-.of the Balkasois, if orae may .'still apiply thlait term to tihe capital of a. people which denlies itihlaiti di bielongis toi tihe BaJkiau sy^beim, seeims orti haiVe tihe same terniparainaeiDit) as belorfei. tihei wa^. —New Yoirk Times:
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13936, 15 July 1919, Page 4
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211PARIS OF THE BALKANS Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13936, 15 July 1919, Page 4
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