flTE 3I0BXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY APRIL' 18, 1919.
BY ALLIED TROOPS
foreign Armies Give New Idea
to Turbulent City. .
SAD SIGHTS WITNESSED
Social Life Lackln? la 'Man's Town
and Crime Aightly Occurrence,
Rns!-laa Prisoners Pitiable.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLI3.
(Copyright. 1919. by the New York H.ral
r'omp.or. All Rich:. Reserved. Published
by Arrangement.)
S.VLONICA April IS It was a sapi
cat Boston newspaper man who once
asked lr. James L. Burton, "Who are
these Balans, anywayT""
If the Balkans were peoples. Instead
of mountains, this would be the place
to find them. They are all hen
Greeks, Bulgarians, Roumanians, Turks.
Jaws. Albanians, and the assorted
small fry folk beside. Half an hour on
the one lone; water front of burnt ou
Saionica pronounce the name In any
one of four ways and you will be in
the vogue will do more to visualize
U Balkan problem than a year with
the books. They are all here, plus the
western military forcea which the
eroirlina; Balkan maelstrom drew hither.
Greek troops predominate in numbers
and British in influence, but the Krencb,
JtAliana and Serbians and Russian sol
diers are also here, in one potpourri of
tongues and traits.
balonlca. or Thessalonica. has always
been a central, forceful and turbulent
city. It made hard times for the apos
tle, Paul and after a few days, amid
its seething life of Intrigue by day and
murders by night, one can understand
that the great apostls should write la
his First Kplstle to the Thessaionians
of the early return of the Lord as the
only solution of their problems. It was
hers that the Turkish. Bulgarian and
"ireek contended for mastery, and only
tb landing of armed forces of the al
lies prevented it from becoming a Ger
man center. At the present moment. '.
am told, the Greek: government is sr
resting Bulgarian residents on the
charge that they are committadjis.
SateaJea -p-ll Mad."
As a center of historic Interest and
of natural beauty, Saionica merits all
that the books have said about It. But
a, traveller thinks first, after putting
foot ashore, of the all-enswamping mud
Krora the transport that carried hlra
Into the harbor ha doubtless admired
the encircling hills, ncr snow covered:
the rambling old waiL the graceful
hafts of the minarets, which relieve
tbe monotony of the roofs of the ori
emtal city, and the tents and barracks
of the various armies.
All the enchantment Is In the distant
lew. Experienced. Saionica spells mud
mud into which one's feet sink, and
upon which one slips and slides; mud
i hat encrusts the walls and is tracked
into all buildings: mud that splashes like
rain upon pedestrians on the narrow
sidewalks (if any) from headlong army
motor truck: mud that finds Its way
lntoone'sclothes and bedroom squashy,
ooxy. filth-filled mud. There Is no glory
is) soldiering here; it is merely a life
submerged in mud.
What a wonder it is that amid such
conditions dwelling In cellars and tents
and lean-tos and dwellings on side
streets where the mud alternates with
deep pools of water men and women
maintain any of the romance of life.
Existence is so bedraggled that it aeems
Incredible that these; slouching, furtive,
miserable natives should have any spirit
to dream the great dreams of liberty
and Justice and national pride and
glory. Tet these are the peoplo and
such are the sentiments that make
up the Balkan problem. Tonder hamal,
or burden bearer, with his cumbersome
yoke or harness of carpet-covered reeds
on his back, upon which he carries in
credible loads, is more than a human
beast of burden; he is the man about
whom President Wilson has been mak
ing speeches, and whose destiny is en
grossing the peace conference.
Allea Soldiers Kallahtea Citizens.
Inquire of those who best know the
life of this strange city, and you are
the allied troops have carried around
the world.
Foreigners, especially the British,
eared for the refugees who fled here
from Anatolia and Bulgaria. Since the
armistice many of these are making
their way painfully back to their old
homes. Two refugee camps are still
maintained by the Greeks.
Even more pitiable is the plight of
the prisoners. Up la Serbia, where tba
people have not food for themselves,
the Bulgarian prisoners, I am told, are
actually starving to death. Those held
here by the British have been well
cared for, bat when they are in the
hands of historic enemies they fare ill.
, RnaslJuF Prlssaers Pitiable,
Most touching of all the spectacles of
prisoners I have seen are the large
numbers of Russians held toy the French.
At the time of the Russian collapse
there were two divisions on this front,
who auicklv became infected with rev
olutionary principles. They received the
choice of fighting in the allied army,
of doing labor work with the troops
or. if they would neither work nor
fight, of becoming prisoners. It needed
the aid of French machine guns to dis
arm this last group, who are still held
prisoners. Some of, them. I learn from
trustworthy sources, were shipped to the
coast of North Africa to shift for them
selves.
Those who remain here are in sorry
nllelit. I saw a couDle of hundred ot
them being shepherded along the muddy
main street yesterday oy tnree mac
French soldiers. Each man carried his
few possessions In a burlap bag. uni
forms had disintegrated. A more be
draggled set of fellows could scarcely
be Imagined. None had adequate pro
tection against the cold. It was their
faces that smote the observer's heart.
Everr one was emaciated and hungry.
Their eyes wore the hunted look of
hopeless, often beaten street dogs. Vic
tor Mac-n would have written a master
piece about' them as the incarnation of
woe away from home for years with
out any knowledge of Russia or of fam
ilies, suffering in mind and body, cap
tives for thev know not what,. There
are many reasons why the world desires
the consummation ot tno peace nego
tiations, and the release of all prison
ers is one of the foremost.
Yesterday and Tomorrow Meet.
Athens is the easternmost western
city on the Mediterranean; Salon lea is
the westernmost eastern city. This is
the orient. Here Immemorial usages of
th h u v iAnr ante-dating: the visit of
St. Paul to tho Biblical city coranuimio
with the latest ways of London and
t.ri Wn donkevs. heavy laden, with
drivers on top of the loads. Jog pati
ently along the main street, while high
powered touring cars containing mili
tary nabobs splash mud upon them. The
hir,fniti coolie, laden, perhaps, with
a huge load of earthen water Jars, de
signed on the model of tho oldest that
the archaeologists have dug up,
trudges toilsomely along, whllo Phila
delphia made electric cars roll by, the
trailer marked shades of Xenephon
and the Ten Thousand! "nopmes. or
soldiers. There are on tno main street
rest houses, or coffee anops, ior mo u
m.n huu of burden quite like those
which Omar Khayam knew, while out
at the end of the town are hangars for
airplanes. .
Sailing ships, with both ends turned up
quite in the rssnion piciureu j .n
.mant. crowd tho quays, with tho poor
n.ki.. rnronnni somea overside, nu
k. t. rreat warships Of twl
three nations, witn saucy nmo
marine chasers living mo Amtnau
flair.
Alnnr the streets Plod jewisu women,
U but the very young seeming pre-
naturaiiv iiL wearing a green ana
-old headdress such as even east siae
w York never sees: sna, jio".
women. drapea in ii.cnrouii.i,
hiaeic but with their veils lifted; and
Ri-itiuh and American Red Cross women,
rir. attractive, efficient, tho embodi
ment of an order that Is the antithesis
f the life of these ttreir sisters.
Array Is Plctoressjoe.
As for the men. most of whom are in
nifnrm. It would baffi anyDoay to
Identify them all by their dress. Both
Turks and Moslem Jews wear tho red
fes of the Ottoman Empire; and vener-
,u i,vi shuffle bv. ciaa exactly as
th. Turks of Anatolia. Free-swinging
mountaineers from Montenegro, In their
national costume, stride oy, wnue wnno
clad Albanians pass them. Tho black
robed Cretan gendarmes carry baggage
In the slack of their trousers and so
renembla fat tailed sneep. ureeu
.!,- Pressed Ilka characters in a mas
querade, stroll along gossiping, heed-
i... nt the fact that the huge pom
poms, or tassels, on the toes of their
upturned shoes are sorry ornaments
amid Saionica mud. The horizon blus
thn French and the KnaKi 01 tno
im.rlrin and the English give me
nrvailinar color note to the street
.,.naa- I'ractieauy an ine mnjiau
forces are being demobilised, as lasi
told that the presence of the foreign'., nn.iibla. only the Creeks remain-
armies nos nau m i lAiiai vt iiiidk cuct,i
upon the natives. They have appraised
the characteristics of all the soldiers.
They have learned new ways, new ef
ficiency, new standards, new Ideas. Old
Saionica has been leavened, for better
anil for worse, by th fresh life which
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Thara" la nractlcally no social life In
Saionica, and it ia a man's town. "A
miserable hole!" tho British officers
rail it. indifferent to the mors or less
normal life of tbo 150,000 permanent
residents. There is one largo resiau.
rnt beside the Whlto Genoese Tower,
which is the outstanding structure in
tho Saionica landscape; but its stand
ards of cleanliness and service are
thnaa of the Bowery rather than of
Fifth avenue. SU1L it is the principal
resort of officers.
Fire Destroys Paal'a Hoose.
Mud and fire are tho newcomer's first
impressions of Saionica. The greater
part of the city, including the entire
business section, was burned in August,
1917. and save for one-story bazaars
or shops along a few of tho principal
streets, it has never been reDuiiu m
government has a fine plan for a new
and greater Saionica, with wide streets
and modern buildings, but many con
siderations. Including total lack of ma.
terials. delays its execution, and In the
meantime many of the homeless lead
squatter lives on tho outskirts of the
city Naturally, disease takes a heavy
toll of them. A large proportion of the
people show the sallow faces of victims
of malaria or pellagra. Even the for
eign troops havo suffered a heavy mor
tality here from disease. At present
there is a fresh outbreak of typus.
Salonlca is built on the slopes of the
surrounding hills, which descend to the
beautiful harbor. The location Is ideal.
The fire, which gained its headway in
the Turkish quarters owing to Oriental
carelessness, swept clear up to the city
wall and destroyed everything houses,
business houses, Greek churches,
Moslem mosques and Jewish syna
gogues. Among the notable losses was
the beautiful church built by Justlcian,
in the sixth century, and tho tradi
tional houss in w hich the Apostle Paul
resided when In Thessalonica.
Mardsra Are Many.
Trobably the poverty consequent upon
local conditions is responsible for the
murders which are almost a nightly
occurrence. More man two score
Rritish sold era and officers nave oeen
killed lately, since they are generally
known to, have more money than any
others. Lawlessness Is Kept down as
far as possible by the military, but it
breaks out upon every opportunity.
Secretary Masterson of the American
v M t"L A. for Greek soldiers had a
wait onload of charcoal en route to his
canteen, when it was overturned. At
once tho poor, who swarm here, made
off with every "bit of it, since char
coal is more precious than white dia
monds. Writing, aa i am, in an un-
heated room, in cold, raw weather, i
myself would give all the diamonds I
have with me for a Ducaet or cnarcoai
and a brazier.
Back of Saionica, tbe principal gate
av to Macedonia, lie the Balkans and
all their problems. In former times this
city handled most of the trade of the
hinterland. Now that a greater Serbia,
or Jugoslavia, is to have its own porta,
tbe commercial importance ot thia city
may diminish, A good, deal depends
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activities have dominated everything
I.e. This fact, added to the fire, has
been a heavy blow to Saionica trade.
Recently the British have taken over
the railway to Constantinople, and only
those persons go through who are ap
proved by the authorities. The near
east Is "till closed to ordinary travel-
ers. This line maKes me journey pos
sible in about three days. The trip
by sea takes less time, unless one of
the many floating- mines is sirucK. ax
this writing, heavy snows complicate
the railway 'travel.
M7 Wlafc to Become Americana. '
The American Red Cross, which was
rapidly Increasing personnel, has
Saionica as its headquarters for south
ern Serbia. The northern part of the
country is reached by way of Rome.
Bases for food distribution and Tor
medical and social service are main
tained at Monastir, Uskub, Pirot and a
score of village subcenters.
A school for refugees Is maintained
by Messrs. Brewster and Cooper, Ameri
can board missionaries, who also do
prison work. On the hill outside of
the city. Dr. I. Henry House, who has
been 48 years in the Balkans, runs an
agricultural school for the same mission.
Aside from these various philan
thropic workers, and the consulate, and
few business men, America is not
represented among- the allied forces in
Saionica. But it seems as If every other
native one hears from contemplates
emigration to the United States. It
would be a popular solution of the
Balkan question to transport all the
contending- peoples to America, and al
though thia would be good for tbe Bal
kans, it would be rather bard on Amer
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Governor Asked to Intercede on Be
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SALEM, Or.. April 17. (Special.)
That thi four University of Oregon
students who were recently expelled
for issuing: tbe "scarlet she .:" should
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