. The Roumanian atrocities over the Bulgarian population of Dobroudja abducted into Moldova. wagons,all cattle and most of the male population. It was generally known that in Roumania existed astate monopoly for the sale of wheat, so that no one couldsell a grain of wheat without special permit. August 9the Roumanian authorities announced that if the peasantswished to sell their wheat, all they had to do was toload it on their wagons and take it to the nearest rail-way station, where a commission would receive it andpay for it. Ignorant that it was only a trick, the pea-sants did what they wer
. The Roumanian atrocities over the Bulgarian population of Dobroudja abducted into Moldova. wagons,all cattle and most of the male population. It was generally known that in Roumania existed astate monopoly for the sale of wheat, so that no one couldsell a grain of wheat without special permit. August 9the Roumanian authorities announced that if the peasantswished to sell their wheat, all they had to do was toload it on their wagons and take it to the nearest rail-way station, where a commission would receive it andpay for it. Ignorant that it was only a trick, the pea-sants did what they were bidden. But when they reached 112 the nearest station they were told that the commission isone station further on, and so they travelled on until theyreached Tcherna-Voda. Here they were relieved of theirhorses and wagons and were taken over to the other sideof the Danube into Roumania proper. How poor Dobroudja is sad and desolate now! Wewere convinced of this while we visited some of the villagesin the vicinity, which will be the subject of another article. (Mir, September 26, 1916.). Dobr. 8. 113 WANDA ZEMBRZUSKfl. ii. ? ? 3 Dobroudja Desolated. Notes taken during the voyage of a Commission of by Mr. Warfield, United States reprerentative at Sofia. Twelve kilometers from SUlstrais the village of Babouk. It had 400houses before the war, 300 of themare now blackened ruins only. Mil-lions of kilograms of golden wheatwere destroyed by the flames. Younggirls and old women are around ussobbing bitterly. „We have no houses,no homes; who will bring lumberand who is going to rebuild ourhomes? We have no food. Ourclothes are stolen. Winter is coming;where will we be sheltered withour little ones, how will we feedand dress them? As though entire Dobroudja raizeda voice of complaint through themouth of these women, expectingan urgent reply from her older sister,Bulgaria. 114 In this village the most touchingtale was that of Zlata Draganova,an old woman of 75 years.
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