1914II In the Capital of Macedonia 



end. The economical situation has become frightful. Commerce 

 is in complete collapse. The Hellenic government votes millions 

 for the extension of the port of Piraeus, and the cow to give the 

 milk is New Greece. 



From the same journal we learned that Serbian Albanians 

 officials had driven Albanians out of Novibazar into '" "Thrace 

 Turkish Thrace, where they were occupying the 

 properties of the recently exiled Greeks. Afterward 

 Adrianople presented a petition to have the Al- 

 banians sent on to Anatolia and the Bulgarians 

 brought back, 



as they are now our friends and no longer a source of danger, 

 while as workers they are unsurpassed. The Albanians, on the 

 other hand, are more used to the Mauser than to the spade, 

 their greatest skill being that of cattle thieves. 



Walking along the principal street near the very 

 spot where King George was assassinated three years 

 before, I happened to see Constantine and Sophia 

 drive by in their carriage. Many Turks — teamsters, 

 workmen, loafers, merchants, gentlemen in cafes 

 smoking long pipes and waiting for something to 

 turn up — still remained in Salonica. The few Bul- 

 garians left were mostly " hellenized," a process 

 frequent in the coast towns. 



In a large field to the east of the city were en- Rejugees 

 camped some ten thousand Greek refugees from ^^°^^^ 

 Turkish Thrace gathered in army tents around a 

 large artificial fountain. Going about among these 

 people, Holman took a number of photographs. 

 Though utterly miserable, they were upheld by the 

 thought that when the Bulgarians and Turks had all 

 been banished from the Salonica district the property 

 left behind might be turned over to them. For it 



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