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THE DELIVERANCE 263<br />

To <strong>the</strong>se words <strong>the</strong> correspondent adds <strong>the</strong><br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g comment :<br />

''<br />

These pr<strong>in</strong>ciples laid down by Colonel<br />

Savatitch are <strong>the</strong> same as President Wilson's,<br />

and we must admit that he lives up to <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

He does his duty <strong>in</strong> a k<strong>in</strong>dly and considerate<br />

way."<br />

The correspondent fur<strong>the</strong>r says :<br />

*'<br />

So far <strong>the</strong> Serbian troops have requisitioned<br />

noth<strong>in</strong>g. They draw upon <strong>the</strong>ir own<br />

stores or buy <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> market, pay<strong>in</strong>g cash and<br />

full price for <strong>the</strong> goods <strong>the</strong>y need. The Serbian<br />

officers avoid everyth<strong>in</strong>g which might offend<br />

<strong>the</strong> national susceptibilities of <strong>the</strong> Magyars or<br />

Germans liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>se parts."<br />

This attitude of <strong>the</strong> vanquished is doubly<br />

<strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g when one remembers <strong>the</strong> appall<strong>in</strong>g<br />

atrocities, murders, plunder<strong>in</strong>gs and deportations<br />

which Serbia has suffered at <strong>the</strong> enemy's<br />

hands. The whole land has been pillaged and<br />

laid waste <strong>in</strong> every mean<strong>in</strong>g of those dreadful<br />

words.<br />

Besides los<strong>in</strong>g 320,000 men up to <strong>the</strong> arrival<br />

<strong>in</strong> Corfu <strong>in</strong> 1916 and some 60,000 s<strong>in</strong>ce, Serbia<br />

has also lost one-half of her tax-pay<strong>in</strong>g citizens.<br />

In addition, quite a third of her population<br />

perished from starvation, epidemic, disease, and<br />

<strong>the</strong> ''<br />

unprecedented savagery of <strong>the</strong> enemy at

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