SERVIAN DISTRESS.
Sir.--Whatever crime has to be laid at | tlii* door of Servian revolutionaries, the | Mil remains that Servia faced a great I domineering military puffer with bravery ; and determination. Her soldieis have j fought most heroically and determinedly, I and by a supreme effoit against great odds I have succeeded in freeing their country of Austrian forces. But to do this Servia has had to make enormous sacrifices, and today lies stricken and impoverished. From recent cabled accounts relating to .Servians internal distress, it seems that, witlKiut doubt, she is in dire need of outside assistance. Her hospitals are reported to be inadequate and under-staffed, wlflle the patients are practically starving, and appeal piteouslv for food from visitors to the wards. The Auckland public has responded most generously to the Belgian Fund, and, although subscriptions lists have been opened, very little lias been done to render assistance to the distressed Servians. A Servian week, if organised on lines similar to the very successful Belgian week, would ' doubtless be the means of raising a very considerable sum of money, and a valuable consignment of clothing." \ Sympathiser.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15886, 6 April 1915, Page 10
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186SERVIAN DISTRESS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15886, 6 April 1915, Page 10
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