Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 21, 1915, Page 4

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CIRCULATION average...... 1901, 1905, average.... DEPENDS ON ENCOURAGEMENT. The embargo which has been placed upon certain classes of imports, which this country has grown to depend upon Burope for, has given this country much to think about in the past year, for, with the holding up of $60,000,000 worth of toys in Rotterdam destined for :America and the inability to get through the cargoes of dyestuffs which are so greatly needed by the manu- facturing interests there has been im- posed upon the United States the large sized task of supplying its own wants. That it was capable of doing this has never been questioned, but there has never been the incentive for en- gaging in such business. It has been understood that there was no chance to enter into successful competition with the Furopean workmen owing to the great difference in the working conditions here and abroad, and no steps have been taken which would serve to equalize them or which would encourage American industries in such lines. The war has, however, shown cap- Ital in this country that as long as it lasts it furnishes the opportunity for making a start and much progress has been made in the manufacture of toys and dyestuffs for domestic use though the output is not by any means suffi- cient to meet the demands. If the war was going to continue indefinitely, or if there was protection afforded sim- flar to that which is given by the war there would be no hesitancy in devel- oping the business to a point where all demands could be met and some of the product even made available for ex- port. It has been clearly demonstrated that this country can increase its in- dustries and make use of its resources if it will, but it depends to a large degree upon the sort of permanent encouragement that is given through legislation. INCREASING FOREIGN TRADE. Arnovncement is made of a plan, which will be Qiscussed at the com- ing Pan-American scientific congress this month, to introduce immediately into the high schools and colleges throughout the country special courses of study for foreign trade and the consular and diplomatic services. This comes as the result of the increased opportunity which is afforded this country to increase its trade with for- elgn countries. Various larze bus- Iness corporations have already evolved methods of training their cm- ployes for foreisn trade, in order to be better prepared ¢ handle increased foreign business snd partionlarly in new field, = iz need of a plan which he more and which will broaden Following 2 half dozen of American countric the re 09 mile trip throush the leading South for the purpose of. advancing the commercial interests of the corporations that he represented Charles Lyon Chandler returns with the statement that “The countries of South America are rapldly regaining their financfal stability and are look- ing to the Tnited States to supply their wants because of their inability to buy from Furope. Europe is pour- ing money into South America, espe- ciaily Argentina and Uruguay for meat and other foodstuffs, and this money is ready to be exchanged in the United States for manufactured soods and other products which are essentlal in the everyday life of the South Amer- ieas.” 2 Europe because of its long experi- ence in supplylng the wants of that continent will have little difficulty fol- lowing the war in regaining its old markets, but if this country is going to get the share of trade there which it deserves and retain it, it must make the necessary preparations to offset its competitors and that cannot be done any too soon. Our foreign trade has been neglected too long. NATIONAL PARKS. In the midst of his lensgthy report as secretary of the interior, Mr. Lane enthuses over the enterprise Which this country has shown in furnishing playgrounds for the people which are without any rivals in the world. He refers to the opening up of the Rocky Mountain National park during the year and considers it a place of distinction and wunusual ac- ~essibility. It is in keeping with the 10vement which was started years .go"to preserve some of the marked beauty spots throughout the country as has been done in Yellowstone park, Sequofa park in California, where the great redwood trees are located and Mesa Verde, another park in Colorado. That some of these can be added A9 with profit is the s R opinion of the sec- | coast. retary and under such a plan might be included the Grand Canyon, though that is already under the department of agriculture by being included in the national forest lands, for as the sec- retary says “There is no reason why this nation should not make its pub- lio health and scenic domain as avail- able to all its citizens as Switzerland and Italy make theirs. The aim is to open them thoroughly by road and trail and give access and accommoda~ tion to every degree of income. In this belief an effort has been made this year as never before to outfit the parks with new hotels, which should make the visitor desire to linger rath- er than to hasten on the journey.” Many people in this country during the past year have taken advantage of the ery “See America first” and there can be little question but what that spirit can be increased if proper thought is directed to the development of national parks. VILLA'S DECISION. Not until General Villa is known to be outside of the borders of Mexico will it be Wise to accept as a fact the statement that the conventionalist leader has actually abandoned his fight against Carranza. Villa isahorn fight- er and he has generals and men un- der him who are of the same makeup and willing to fight until they drop, so that as long as he remains within that republic it is impossible to think of his abandoning the struggle, even it Carransa would agree to peace terms. Such a compromise is hardly possible since the constitutional lead- er knows the danger of having such an enemy in the country who could be expected to start an uprising at the least provocation. Villa’s power has been gradually waning, however, and it has suffered severely since Carranza was recog- nized and an embargo was placed on the shipment of munitions to any other than the recognized government of Mexico. His forces have been dis- organized for months and conditions in the small section which he con- trolled going from bad to worse. For that reason the reported abandonment of his revolution by Villa does not come as a surprise. It is to be sin- cerely hoped that it is true and that Villa actually leaves the country in- stead of resorting to mountain war- fare, for it is high time that that re- public was freed from the upheaval which it has been experiencing for the past several yvears. Beaten and dis- couraged Villa has gradually jbeen driven into a corner and if he has realized his impotency now instead of demanding greater proof Mexico will have cause for congratulations. That country, however, can never be satis- fied until he is beyond its borders. BUYING GERMAN LINERS. It is an interesting situation which is disclosed in the report from Copen- hagen to the effect that the Swedish- American line has practically com- pleted negotiations for the purchase of two 12,000 ton Hamburg-American liners which are to be placed in the trade between this country and Great Britain. The question of the transfer of such vessels during war times has been one which has bothered many of the neutral nations and at the present time this country is concerned in two cases of only recent date where Great Britain has refused to accept the transfer to an American company where the vessels were to be employed in_trade between neutral ports. If Great Britain could be assured that German vessels now lying idle could be turned to business in which they are interested and which would aid in moving more rapidly the muni- tions which the allies have ordered in this country and which are waiting shipment, it is reasonable to suppose that it would have no objection to such a transfer. On the other hand that imposes a condition on the sale which is not likely to be asreeable to Germany. It might have no means of intercept- ing such vessels if they were trans- ferred, but it has something to say about their transfer and though it might be willing that the sale should be made if such a change in owner- ship was not going to result to the advantage of its enemies, the very fact that it would, and that that is the basis upon which the allies would sanction the transfer is sufficient ground for Germany to block it. It is difficult to believe that Germany would be willing to participate in such a deal. EDITORIAL NOTES. The time to embrace an opportunity, municipally or otherwise, is when it is within reach. If there is going to be any left-over charity, there are those who have suf- fered from the baseball war. This is the season of the ye we are frequently poor we have alv It will be interesting to know wheth- er Villa plans to bring his portable bathtub across the line with him. ar when reminded that the This is the season of the ‘year when many people think twice lest a philan- thropic impulse be mistaken for a precedent. Though Maine reports 20 less bears shot in its woods this season, the record for human beings shows no such drop. When Senator La Follette promises to spring some surprises that will startle the people, possibly be intends to modify the seamen’s act. It remains to be seen now whether Villa’s failure will simply serve as en- couragement for others to try to set up a new government in Mexico. The man on the corner says: One trouble .with the panhandler is that he thinks you should provide him with the living which the world owes him. The democratic leader who attri- butes the country’s prosperity to the democratic tariff has a hard time ex- plaining “war” taxes in times of peace. When Champ Clark advocates rea- sonable preparedness it looks as if he was trying to start an endless dis- cussion ltke the fellow who invented reasonable doubt. Despite the predictions founded on the breast bone of a goose, there is some satisfaction in the fact that it is only a little over four months to the opening of the straw hat season. Los Angeles having voted down mil- ftary training in the schools gives the impression that that city isn't as scared over the Japanese peril as “If 1 were running things in this town,” Loretta exclaimed as she sank into the morris chair, “I know thing I should change.” “Only ome-” her brother asked in surprise. “I know of dozens.” “This particular thing happened to disturb me today,” Loretta explained, “and T got to Millie's in a perfect frazzle.” I_bumped myhead on an awning,” her brother sald, “and knocked a dent in_a perfectly new hat. The people who put awnings up must think we are a race of dwarfs here. They are afrald that something in the window will fade, and so they hang thein)| awnings so low that a man can't turn around and look at anything without getting a fearful blow. “She must have been very pretty” Loretta murmured. ‘However, my trial was worse than any old awning. It was clocks.” “May I inquire for whom you have been buying clocks?” “You may. Nobody,” Loretta said. “Today was Millie's wedding, away over on the extreme south side. She used to live over here, you know, and she was in my classes at school. I hadn’t seen her for ages, so 1 was particularly anxious to go and wouldn't have missed the wedding for anything under the sun. I don’t care for an afternoon wedding, anyhow, because, as everybody knows, 8 o'clock in the evening is the only right and proper time.” “I thought you liked the delectable hour at noon.” “I @id until T'd been to some wed- dings at that time,” Loretta answered grimly. “It's all right for the people in the bridal party, who are going to have a fine feast immediately, but it's a little hard on the guests who come from a distance and don’t happen to own a car. It is such a letdown to come home from a beautiful wedding and find everybody gone out and all the eatables put away in an ice cold refrigerator.” “Go on with the tale. This suspense is killing me.” “This wedding was at 4 o'clock;’ Loretta went on. “I left home at a quarter to 2, thinking I had oceans of time. When we had gone about six blocks a wagon broke down on the track and I was just beginning to get nervous when it was put off. I looked at my wrist watch and found it was only five minutes of 2, so I felt con- tent with myself. I glanced at it again a few blocks farther on and dis- covered the appalling fact that it had stopped. I had forgotten to wind it” “Such things do occur.” didn’t mind very much,” Loretta continued, “because 1 knew I could look at the clocks in the stores and keep track of the progress of time.” “Like stealing the reading off a man's paper in the car. I think you should have been made to drop a penny in the slot every time you took the hour from a storekeeper’s clock “Dear at half the price,” laughed Loretta. “The first one I saw said it was ten minutes after 2, so I set my watch and was happy till I saw the next one. That said it was twenty. five minutes after 2, so I had to change the minute hand again. In a drug store on the corner I saw a clock marked ‘guaranteed correct time,’ so I set my watch at a quartér past and wondered what had struck the strret cars that enabled them to make such progress as that in so short a time. “T Jooked for the next clock and found it was quarter to 3, so I changed my watch again. By that time I had the habit, and I couldn’t help look- ing for clocks all along the way. I suppose people thought I was crazy, and T know that one man on the side- walk thought I was looking at him, be- cause he raised his hat and smiled very sweetly to me. I wonder what he would have said had he known that | I was only trying to make out the time by the clock in the grocery be- hind him. That clock gave me a cold chill, because I read it as saying that 1 had ornly three minutes in which to g0 two miles. Fortunately, I found it o be a half hour fast.” “By what? i “By my wrist watch” Loretta laughed. “It wasn't any joke then, though,” she added ruefully. “Espec- ially ‘when I got off at Millie's corner and found I had four blocks to walk. There were two clocks there, on op- posite sides of the street, and they both said it was eight minutes after 4. Maybe I didn’t hurry!™ “Did you get there in time to see her come out?” “Did 17" Loretta sighed. “I was Just three-quarters of an hour sitting in that church before the chimes struck 4 and she came in. 1 was ready to weep from nervousness when 1 got there, so perhaps it was as well to have a season of rest, even if I was the first person in the church, However, as I sald, I'm not managing things, and I can't pass a law making it a penitentiary offense to have your clock tell fibs, much as I'd like to.” e “Like to tell fibs, “The worst of it Is, got it all out of order. I'll have to take it down to-morrow, and good- ness only knows what they’ll charge me to mend it"—Chicago News. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 1s This Community Equal to the Op- portunitits That Await It? Mr. Bditor: Norwich, according to the census of 1890 had a population of 23,043; of 1900, 24,637; 1910, 28,219, Compare the above figures with the tollowing for the same periods: 1890. 1900. 1910. Waterbury ... 33,202 51,139 78,141 Torrington ... 6,048 12453 16,840 New Britain .. 19,007 28202 431915 New Haven ... 86,045 108,027 133,605 None of these cities have as many natural advantages as Norwich, no greater banking capital per capita, no better transportation facilities. At the time of the building of the Norwich and Worcester railroad Nor- wich was a _more important trade cen- ter than Worcester. Worcester in 1910 had a population of 102,054 There's a reason. We_ know the ad- vantages of Norwich. Something more than telling about them is needed now. Rouse a public spirit sufficient to over- whelm the pessimists, the croakers, the skeptics and the petty critics and Nor- wich with the opportunity now before it will make the valley of the Thames bristle with industrial plants as does the valley of the Naugatuck now. Many years ago following the lead of Rhode Island capitalists large sum: were invested in the textile indust about Norwich. A comparison of the wages paid in the textile industry with those paid in metal industries is enough of an argument for more metal industries. It makes some difference whether you employ the head of a family at enough wages to make it possible for him to raise his family in comfort or whether with the whole family em- ployed a bare existence is eked out. It does not seem possible that the same spirit which prevented the Wash- burn Moen shops from locating in Norwich and drove them to Worcester can now dominate this town. If much of that spirit still prevails the men of Norwich with their future before them, intending to pass their days here had better rise en masse and crush it. The man who has had handed to him by inheritance or otherwise a fortune or a near fortune and is content to en- joy the fruits of another's labor with- out trying with his capital to increase his talents and thereby aid his less fortunate fellows is not a man who is dealing fairly by his fellows, helping the community where perchance the fortune was made or following the injunctions of the scriptures and the community would be better oft without him, The city of Norwich is faced with n condition. Within a few months several thousand men will come here to work. Cannot the large merchant who has amassed a fortune here or the small one who has just scraped along, the young man who wants to stay here if he has a fair opportunity the man who has large or small reai estate investments here, the man with unimproved real estate, every taxpay- er, all appreciate the advantages of such an influx of population? Is this community equal to the op- portunities that await it? The prob- lem will not be solved by our rich men. The Norwich savings banks have loaned hundreds of thousands of dol- lars on real estate mortgages In cities THE VELVET HAMMER A Good Natured Treatment in Verse of Some of Norwich’s Prominent Men By ARTHUR BROOKS BAKER FRANK A 2 nimble Board of Trade gether tight as mucilage or glue, the common end in view. H=® delight in wearing out the road. avoidable expense. some other points along the Pacific J. KING town the size of Norwich and so fully up-to-date requires a. to monkey with its fate. The wheels of destiny do not successfully revolve unless the people help them with a high and firm resovie—unless they stick to- and work like all tarnation with T HE Board of Trade has always got a heavy game to buck; in having King for president we think ourselves in luck, He works with tact as well as steam to make the fellows pull instead of standing ‘round in groups to simply shoot the bull; for oh, alas, the human race is much inclined it can see the chance to dodge a little work. wants the road from here to Groton paved with public eoln —a state affair in which the other counties all could join. It has a brand of scenery which every one admires, with cholee and rare facilities for wearing out the tires, but asphalt top successfully bestowed, there'd be more pleasure and to shirk whenever if-it had an WV EEN King is not assisting us with good advice and views, he handles the finances for the firm of Reid & Hughes, whose radiant department store requires his careful aid in stack- ing up the money which the customers have Dprotected by a formidable fence, expending, d, and keeping it t for none but un- outside of Norwich. Surely they will not refuse to loan on buildings in the town where they have secured their deposits and accumulated thelr sur- plus. 3 The man who can only spare a few hundred dollars, but has confidence in his own town, its people and its fu- ture will be the one who through the present housing company or other housing companies that may te form- ed will meet and solve this situation. The man who can the least afford to do it will be the one who will do it. He will thereby help lift this town out of its doidrums, divorce it from its idols and throw off the domination of the few who sit back and will not help but will be eager to participate in the benefits accruing to all. CITIZBN. Norwich, Dec. 20, 1915, THE WAR PRIMER By Natlonal Geographic Soclety ‘Marseille, the unwearied contestant for Mediterranean trade during twen- ty-six centuries, and the city wherein the earllest naval traditions of France were formed, whence fleets were sent before Rome's day of power to chal- lenge the great Mediterranean port- city, Carthage, is today the principal naval base for the Allies upon the Middle Ocean: and, with the shifting of the stress of the world war toward the East, to the Balkans, to Turkey- in-Europe, to Syria and Mesopotamia, it is become a place of first strategic consequence, while, from its harbor, a steady stream of the ‘sinews of war- fare’ Is pouring into the vital fields bordering the eastern seacocast” be- gins the primer on war geography is- sued today by the National Geogra- phic Society. “Marseille has been an important city through all of Europe's historic ages. It has been in competition for the commerce of its inland sea from earliest times; has seen its competi- tors, one by one, reach their zenith and decline, while it still remains a foremost Mediterranean port. Its ri- vals, today, are of the younger set of cities, Genoa. comparatively youthful and Triest, a new comer into the fold of contending world-ports. _Genoa, though of about equal age with Mar- seilles as a harbor, first came into commercial fame during the early Mid- dle Ages. Sidon, Tyre, Athens, Cor- inth, Carthage, Ragusa, Pisa, Venice, and’'a host of other cities have at one time and another, fought a bitter riv- alry with Marseille, and, of some of these, even the history of their efforts is forgotten, while their one-time ri- val has passed through several de- clines toward an ever greater future. “Tracing its descent from early Pho- enician times, the fortunes of Marseille have fluctuated with the fortunes of civilization upon the MedZerranean coasts. The Phoceans, a Greek people whose_trading instincts carried them beyond the confines of the known world of their day, came after the Phoeni- cians, took Marseilles from them, and made it the New York of the ancient work. Due to their enterprise, Mar- seille became the first of trading ci- ties, and, during the Punic wars, its saved Rome. Situated in the center of things Mediterranean on the Guilf of Lyon, enjoying the advantages of an excel- lent harbor, well equipped, together with a rich'and productive hinterland, Marseille has again become the first port on the inland sea, the first port of France, the second city of the Repub- lic, and ne of wealthiest communities in’ Europe. It lies 534 miles south- southeast of Paris, with which it is connected by the Paris-Lyon-Mediter- ranee railway. The manufacturing city of Lyon lies 219 miles to the north upon the River Rhone, whose princi- pal channel reaches the Mediterranean Sea 25 miles west of Marseille. “While Marseille possesses few ar- chitectural extravagances, it is well and solidly built and thoroughly mod- ern. It has preserved no interesting remains from ancient times; for the modern spirit which has characterized its long life, has left it little apetite for reminiscence, and the wars that have swept over it have destroyed much of its heritage. The public works of the city and its conveniences, however, are on a par with those of the best administered municipalities of today. “It has a considerable industry. One-half of the quantity of soap pro- duced In_the whole of France is man- ufactured here, amounting to more than 200,000,000 pounds annually. The Marseille soap is an exclusive, lux- ury produce, which has made its way in"all of the principal countries of the world. There are here, also, sugar refineries, with an annual production of 100,000 tons; oil factories, flour mills; tanneries; lead, tin and copper plants; petroleum refineries; and fac- torles for the production of candles, macaroni, tiles and brick. “The port does a vast export and import in peace times; buying cattle, coffee, raw cotton and silk, hides and grain; and selling cotton and woolen 00ds, ribbons, soap, silk, sugar, grain, ruits, wine, oil, and perfumes. Its shipping business is carried on along 12 miles of model quays, where 2,500 vessels can be accommodated at one time.” ~ Tut! Tut! Jimmie. Ambassador Gerard's exposure of German cruelty to British prisoners has greatly embarrassed President ‘Wilson, getting him in bad socially with Count von Bernstorffl—Boston ‘Transcript. Missouri’s law code is to be re- vised by a commission of 15 persons. The War a Year Ago Today Dec. 21, 1914, Allies extended _offensive oper- ations in west, gaining in Center. Russians won over Turks Armenia, capturing equipment. Allied aviators dropped bombs in Brussels and made night attack near Ostend. Chile protested against _ viola- OTHER VIEW POINTS The Salvation Army pots in New York and Brooklyn are not “boiling” this year with the same energy as in former years, the totals to date being about 31,000 short of the totals in 1914. Considering that the times are much more prosperous now, this is curious. Perhaps when everybody is more or less hard up there is more general sympathy with else.—Waterbury American. The collision of a blizzard with_the full tide of Christmas trade in New Engiand created a traffic problem that has furnished the railroad and express officials with plenty to stir their grey matter for a week to come. Conges- tion, which was bad enough with clear tracks, has become a gigantic enemy to the transportation men with their rights of way clogged with ice and snow. They are making super- human efforts to clear it up but they will be lucky if they have everything sent along to its destination by the eve of Christmas—Ansonia Sentinel. We can make as good dyes as the Germans do, give us time. But the dye-making industry in this country need encouragement. It is not too early to begin the -protection of it against the German dyes which will come back with a rush as soon as ever the war lets up. We can't afford to expensively establish the dye-making industry in this country, only to have it cut down in its youth. What if it is ne of the tenets of free trade that all industries should be permitted to shift for themseives. Can't we use a little common sense to meet an unusual emergenc; ew Haven Register. Noticeable in the center of the city is the slush on the sidewalks. Di: agreeabie and am inz to shoppers, particularly women, it will do more to discou: e Christmas shopping tera d by ail the shoping advice. Most of the chants cleaned their sidewalks after the storm, but the passing feet have carried the soft snow on the walks in sufficient quantity to make it unpleas- ant. It would scem to the pedestrian that it would be good policy for store managers to keep some of their em- ployes busy with a broom until the slush period is passed. It would cer- ainly give the store or stores a repu- tation for regard for the public and should rebound to their credit. Bridgeport Standard. A new Yale facult the students from playing roles in dramatic production: theory being that effeminacy is the re- sult. Those who believe this have not remembered how invariably the come- dian who has taken a female role will somewhere in the production drop his falsetto and in good bass tones, as deep and contrasting as possible, in- tentionally reveal the make-believe of his part. This “bit of business” is not to acquaint the audience with the fact that it is witnessing a clever imi- tation of a character foreign to the actor, but to “take the taste out of the mouth,” of the actor, who tires of his unnatural impersonation. The col- rule prohibits amateur theatricals will be very glad when rehersals and performance are over with and Richard is himself again—Providence Bulletin. Stories of the War Conditians at Saloniki. It is one of the daily lessons of the war in the Balkans that the charac- ter of no city or district is so defin- itely fixed that it cannot be altered almost over night. Few things have become more wearisome to students of Balkan politics than the historical monographs, charts of race migra- tions, ethnological maps in several colors (the maps, not the races), con- stantly being issued by one Balkan state or another to prove that virt- ually all the Balkans as well as a con- everybody | lege actor who enacts such a part in | Mon, Tee Auditorium 3-HARMONY CIRLS-3 ~ DYNES & MARSHALL Singing, Talking, Dancing | MONDAY BLANCHE SWEET in So lonial “THE EDGE OF THINGS” siderable share of the rest of the world is and has for centuries been inhabited almost exclusively Ty Greeks, Serbs, Bulgars or Austrians, as the case may be. The Greeks are probably the worst offenders at least in respect of the ex- tent of their claims. According to them, certainly all of the litoral and all of the Islands of the Aegean, and probably a very large part of the | Eastern Mediterranean basin as well, {including by all means Alexandria, should be Greek. Towards the north, more than half of Albania is claimed and a goodish bit has already been seized. Old Serbia, including even Uskub; Roumelia, out of Bulgaria: land as for Turkey in Europe, the Greeks laugh at the idea that the lit- tle that is left of the Westegn Otto- man Empire should fall to anyone but the Crecks, from Kirk-Kilisse and Adrianople to and including Constan- tinople. For in the Greek mind, any other disposition of Constantinople than to place the Moslem city under Greek ruie would be the rankest In- | justice under which Greece would never cease to complain—until pro- | perly compensated. In view of the extravagance of these icnal claims, it is most interesting to watch the change worked in Sa- {loniki in the course of comparatively few weeks since the allied troops hav | begun to land there. + | Greeks, also, have poured in in even greater numbers than the allies: but the original population stood at about 160,000 inhabitants, of which number 180,000 are Jews of Portugese and Spanish descent, still speaking a sort of bastard Spanish, in which several newspapers are _ printed, though | strangely enough, the Hebrew charac- te e employed to spell out these Iberian words. Next in number came the Greeks themselves, totalling with officials, garrison and everything, only 10,000 or less, while the Turks ran them a close second with between 30,000 and _40,000. The remaining Population of normal times was that cosmopolitan mixture so characteristic of every port, but especially of a port like Saloniki or Rotterdam, where the territory served by the port and the port itself are in different countries. Here, however, instead of simply ha: ing _one other country as hinterland, as Rotterdar) has Germany, Saloniki | has two; Serbia and Bulgaria. There | were always, therefore, many Serbs and not a few Bulgars to be found in | Saloniki. For the same reason Aus trians were frequent in normal times, | though less so since the war has cut | Austria-Hungary off from Saloniki as a port of outlet. To a population so divided there was first suddenly added about 200,000 Greek, Macedonian and Tracian refu- gees—more than double the normal population of the city itself! A new city was built in the shape of brick barracks out at the edge of town, where the refugees are housed in the utmost squalor and the most incredi- ble conditions of crowding. Natural- ly, they prefer to spend most of their time trying to pick up a few pennies around the streets of the city to sit- ting idle in the stench and filth of the barracks all day. Scarcely had the population of Sa- loniki in a way disposed of'this eud- den influx of strangers, when the Greek mobilization was ordered and soldiers from all over Greece began to arrive at the appointed trysting place—none other than Saloniki. Fol- Itws true that| JESSE L. LASKY Presents AMERICA’S MOST VERSATILE PHOTOPLAY STAR “SECRET ORCHARD” “NEAL OF THE NAVY,” With U. S. of Ap Thoroughly Sensational Event in Imm With Bryant Washburn and Edna Mayo BRONCHO BILLY'S LOVE AFFAIR ............:..... Western Drama 10¢c; Eve. 10c-200 DAINTY a’l‘fl DIVERSION FRANK WARD Eccentric Dancer TUESDAY Theatre val. I.tfl-hi’p”fifl'iul . In Three Parts lowing the last two Balkan wars, Greece had increased her population, by territorial acquisitions, over 50 per cent. It is doubtful if even the Greeks i quite realized what this increase would mean in the shape of the in- creased number of troops mobilized. In a few weeks—almost in a few days —the_population _of Saloniki_which had been first 160,000, then 350,000, suddenly became 700,000. As many as possible of the new-comers were guar- tered on the inbabitants of the city the remainder erected a tent city at the edge of town—but all spent their time in the narrow, ill-paved streets of Saloniki which began to resembie a county seat during fair week. And then. out of a clear sky, French and British troops began to join the throng. At first the number was small; now it has passed a hundred thousand. It Is true that most of these have gome on up into Serbia but all the necessary commissary se: vice must be directed from Saloniki: 21l the work of debarking not only the newly arrived troops but the supplie: must be handled there, and in dupli- cate, for the British have their own imachinery to this end quite distinct from the Frenmch. Naturally, there simply were not enough -shops in_which to -bake the bread nccessary for so great an in- crease of -population — much less was there enough wheat from which to bake it. The same was true of ev- ery other commodity necessary to life —and stil! is. Serbs, refugees from their war-ridden country, began to ar- rive in such great numbers that the Greek government suspended the rail- way service with Monastir trying to prevent this last peaceable Invasion. Nevertheless, some 60,000 to 70,000 have arrived, The population of Sa- loniki in a few weeks has jumped from 160,000 to almost a million. And the most rudidentary means of taking care of such an increase are absolute- ly lacking, even to water suply and drainage. for the general aspect of the it never was Greek-—indeed it Is more so now than it ever has been. But_today it might be a sort of great- er Port Said; it might be Mareeilles or London or Alexandria. It is any- thing—a great bazar, a_human bee- hive. But it is not a Greek city. It is mot a city at all. It is merely a spot on the map where hundreds of thousands of human beings have con- gregated—and where few of them who can help it will remain. The cultivation of bananas is the leading industry of Eastern Nica- ragua. The exports in 1914 amount- ed to 1,525,589 bunches as compared with 1,392,026 bunches in 1913 — all to the United States. 183rd DIVIDEND Office of The Norwich Savings Society Norwich, Conn., Dec. 11th, 1915. 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