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There are over 150,000 orphans who have
lost both parents and must be provided for and
educated. Pensions must also be provided for
the very large number of widows and fatherless
children.
All these losses sustained by Serbia during
the war, according to pre-war valuation, amount
to 10,000,000,000 francs, and that exclusive of
the war expenses incurred by Serbia during this
war and of the War Loans received from the
Allies."
That is their Bill, and their Reconstruction
programme cannot be better given than in the
words of Prince Alexander's proclamation to
his peoples. It is a document that is worth
quoting in full, and the spirit it breathes is
unquestionably the spirit of the Serb— the race
that has suffered most in this War, but never
faltered :
''Belgrade, January 11.
To my people, the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.
Long have we waited for the union in one
independent national State in which all our
race shall live a full free life and enjoy without
hindrance the gifts which the hand of God has
so lavishly bestowed upon our fair land. The
vows are fulfilled which all our generations
throughout the centuries have increasingly
sealed with their blood, and manifested by the