WAR LIFE 111 ALBANIA TOLD OF'

BY FORMER STAR-BULLET- IN MAN

Harry Frantz of French Ambu-

lance Corps Having Busy-Tim- e

in Balkans

"Somewhere In Albania" i the titleof an interesting article In the latentnumber of the Typographical Journalwritten by Harry W. Frantz. formerlinotype operator with the Star-Bulleti-

After a considerable time in Ila-wal-

the land of Holo Pau as he railsIt, Frantz went to Japan and China,thence returning by way of Hawaii tothe mainland.

"If 1 member rightly, my lat let-

ter to the Journal was written fromthe land of Holo Pau, eorae time lastfall. When I returned to the Pacificcoast in December after lit months inHawaii and the Orient I felt convincedthat my travels were at an end for awhile. J reckoned erroneously, how-

ever. In May my college days wereterminated when I Joined a volunteerambulance unit of Stanford Universityfor service with the American 'ambu-lance corps in France. Arriving atParis In June we were offered an op-

portunity to drive cars for the Armeed'Orient In the Balkans. We left theFrench capital In July, traveling over-land by rail through France and Italy

' to Tarento, thence by transport to Sa-lonl-

In Greece, and from there byrail and auto camion to our presentfield of operations somewhere In Al-

bania.To avoid ' reference to an atlas, I

may explain that Albania is the Dal-- ,

lean country which lies on the eastern. coast of the Adriatic, south of Monte-- "

negro and north of Greece. The battlefront runs across the country fromthe tea Into southern Serbia. The

. western part of the line is. held byItalian troops and the eastern part bythe Ftencn troops. Including, colonials,and Russians in the employ of the'French government. : The French sec-- ltlon 'of the front continues on intoSerbia. The "English are further tothe east. While the war on the Al-- ;

banian front is far less intense thanthat in France, it certainly Is not dull.Trench systems are less extensive and

V operations generally are more open.All movements are attended by great

;. difficulties In transportation, owing toV the complete absence of railroads. The: country Is very mountainous; it is in-

habited try some 'of the strangest peo. pies on ; the g'obe. In' addition,

is lent to the activity oni the front by the presence of a great

variety of races and nationalities. '

r : Many Nationalities"On the allied aide of the entire Oal-ka- n

front there are at least 26 differ-ent nationalities. In Albania the num-ber is much less, yet In many places,one may - see.; men from four contin-ents.' In the,Armee d'Orient, for ex- -

- ample, are not only" Frenchmen, but; Senegalese, Arabs, Indo-Chines- e, Mo-

roccans the famous Spaht cavalryr man and, Americans. !; The latter arer not numerous, being entirely confinedt to two sections of ambulance drivers

representing the American1 field ser-ric- e.

In one of these sections yourcorrespondent has the honor to serve.There are 25 men in the group, with

v . two exceptions former students of.Stanford University In California. ,:

"Driving an ambulance in, the Bai-- v

kans Is perhaps less exciting than one- might Imagine. In the main, the work

; consists of transporting , malades, orsick men, from ambulance camps" nearthe front to hospitals some 30 miles

7 to, the rear. Dysentery And malariaJy. are rery eommon In this part of the"world, and probably kill -- more men; than the bullets of the enemy.v Oc- -

casionallyf there Is s spell of activityon the fronVduring 'which, woundedmen ' will be numerous. Last month

; the blesses Included numbers of Aus-trian- s

who had been taken prisonersduring a French offensive. The roads

- are bad, ' the grades, steep, and thehauls long so the work Is hard.- - Per-haps the chief danger is derived fromdriving at night through-th- e moun-'- -'

tains. Vv';- - ' vi ' '

' Aeroplane Attacks." "At times aeroplane bombing parties

enliven things somewhat. Last weeka .hostile avion acknowledged my ewlstence by dropping three bombs nearthe road about 200 yards ahead of mycar. The presence of numerous bandsof komatajes, or brigands. In the ro- -

gion adds something to the interest, of-- the work. Four' cars upset duringour first six weeks of service here, 'thetotal damage to the drivers being onecracked rib. Broken springs and axloaare frequent, and the staff of mecha-nics is kept pretty busy, - ,. . ...; The Albanian people are agricultur-ists, prlmarilyr They have no manu-factures to sneak of. and Lh fmeans of- transportation forbid any I

' considerable commercial developmentMany of the men have been to tbe fUnited States at some time or-other- ,'

aifd these constitute the most progres;.' sive element of the : community. In I

addition to the native Albanians, manyRoumanians and ; Turks live In thecountry, and Bulgarians ,were numer- - j

Smifo

ous before the war. Religiously, tnepeople are divided between the Mo-

hammedan and the Greek Orthodofaith. In most towns are to be seenboth the Greek church with cross anithe mosque with minaret. Educationi not extensive, and development generally has been arrested by protracte--political strife and misgowrnment.The southeastern part of Albania within the fast decade has been under therule of Turks, the independent Albsnian eovernment. and the Greeks. Lastfall this section was organized into arepublic of Koritza, with the encouragement and support of the Frenrlimilitary authorities.

"At this time the presence here oflarge lodies of troops changes the gen-

eral complexion of things. Food Fuy-plie- s

are scarce, and prices are veryhigh. Ravitaillement. or supplies forthe troops, is brought into the countryby automobile transport, the normalnative production being insufficienloven for the natives, many of whommust im supported by the military au-

thorities. As a result, large gangs ofmen, women and children are employ-ed at road work, for which labor theyreceive both wages and rations. Sofar as an observer can see, the Frenchauthorities treat the natives withscrupulous fairness and generosity.At times, when an attack is contem-plated, the civil population is marchedto refugee camps well to the rear,pending the completion of the action.

. Balkan Future Hazy"As to the future of the Balkan

states, and of Albania in particular, noone may fairly profess to have a Verydefinite idea. Austria Las declared aprotectorate over northern Albania,and Italy has taken similar action Inregafd to the southern part of thestate. The existence of the Republicc. Koritza, ostensibly under Frenchprotection, further complicates thesituation. Certainly there will bemuch wagging of diplomatic tonguesand much scratching of statesmen'sheads before anything like a perma-nent and just Bolutlon is achieved, iwill not muddle this simple narrativeby interpolating my own opinion.

"Typographically, Albania is hardlyon the map. I believe that a fewsmall papers are printed in the coasttowns, but in the interior there existonly a few smalT job offices, employingonly, natives. Before arrival 1 had anidea that there might be a few realoffices In Sal oniki, Greece, the greatcenter for allied operations in theBalkans, a city which recently burned.Iywas disappointed. There were nolinotypes in town and the caseswere manned by Greeks and SpanishJews. The single English newspaperthere, the Balkan' News, Is publishedby government employes and solelyfor the convenience o the troops.

"Between pounding' the keys of alinotype and driving an ambulancethere is some difference. First, in thematter of the wage scale. Just nowI am earning the .munificent sum ofeight sous per da.'. For this sum 1 canbuy one egg, if there is-- any, on themarket As for houns.we are liableto be called out . any time; thoughthere may be days when there is lit-tle or nothing to do. Officer "are nomore exacting than proofreaders andforemen. ' Dues are nil. On the wholeIt Is rather . a happ"y, carefree 'life--one

can have as many friends, and ofas many different nationalities, as hecares for. Of course in time it willbecome rather boresome. Food is suf-ficient, but " not - in great variety, theshort ration of sugar being ratherpainful. ; The . government tobaccocomes from Algeria; occasionallysome philanthropist In the statessends a few cigars or cigarettes andthere is real oy in camp. ,i'TThe. length of my; stay-in-

. the Bal-kans , is cointlneent. on many things.The American field service is now inprocess :of absorption bythe UnitedSlates army, and Unay find myself inthe automobile service on the Frenchfront" before many months.' The bestthing one ever gets outthere is mailfrom home, and I'd be mighty glad tohear ' from any of the friends; of yes-teryear,' who may care to write. Ad-dress: S.'S. AmeTicaln 10, Convols Au-tomobiles,' Armee .d'Orient,: Par B. C.SL, Marseilles; France", - "

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MmeMu Star-Bull-eti

SOLDIER WRITES

ABOUT FUNERAL

OF LATE QUEEN

FftKSXO. Cal., Dec. 9. An accountof the funeral of Queen Liliuokalani of

Hawaii is contained in a letter receiv-ed by Faye Kilpatrlck of Hughsonfrom VTylie Kilpatrlck. with the 91stambulance corps, stationed near Ho-

nolulu, ft reads:Tth Ambulance Company.

"Sohofleld. Barracks."Hawaii, Nov. 23. 1917.

"Last Sunday I. went down with 'sev-

eral others in an ambulance and joined the throngs of onlookers at the funeral procession of Queen Liliuokalani

said the customary things that onlookers are expected to say and rereived the customary impressions. J

thought I was lucky to see a pageantthat was something more than a makeshift representing a dead past. Thisone was real, portraying a period fastpassing away, and the actors werethemselves the ones who had lived thelife portrayed. The thing that madethe pageant effective-w- as that it wasnot intentionally at all, but just as-

sumed that characternaturally."The urilliant colors and costumes

of the native dres3 which I had hitherto associated only with advertisements or displays for tourists' benefitbegan to seem less artificial as an-

cient natives men in flowing robesand women in dark dresses with redbands slowly trailed in a long linewailing their chants in native tongue.No repression here even with thecynical- - world looking on. The colorand decorations were gorgeous. I didnot tlnk color in a funeral wouldseem fitting, "yet in the big out of doorsetting it did not seem out of place.Natives of the younger generationshowing the influence of Americansemphasized the transient quality.

"The bodyfuard of the queen menwho had been associated with her inher reign were a picturesque aaai- -

tion to the scene In flowing red andyellow robes. The military side wasstrongly marked, for the processionamilitary class who form so largepart of the island life were sure to attend to that. The 2nd Infantry, 4thCavalry, 9th. Field Artillery clatteredthrough the streets.

"More interesting than that was th8participation of a company of Japanese pallors. A ship has been stationedin Honolulu since the new treaty. Oneinteresting incident though in an unexpected way. Before the troops hadfallen in, the Japanese and Americansoldiers were lounging in the park, thelatter, of course,, smoking Bull Durham. But strangely, the Japanesewere not smoking, until suddenlycommand was given, and as if bymagic, every one of them produced acigarette case. A second commandand puff, all cigarettes were simultaneously lighted and the Japaneselounged back at ease.

The appearance of the nationalguard regiments was worth noting.You know the guard here is composedalmost exclusively of natives, Japanese and Chinese. There seems to beno troublein recruiting them for service. It gives you a raffrer queer feellag, a shock in fact, to see the UnitedStates uniforms coming down thestreet and then, on nearer view, theirbrown and yellow faces. When Ser-geant Chinn Lee gives a command inpigeon English or when LieutenantKalouwen orders 'Wikiwiki' (hurryup) a middle westerner is apt to rubhis eyes.

"WYLIE KILPATRICK.'

U. i BRIEF IN

DRAFT APPEAL

MADE PUBLIC

WASHINGTON. In a brief madepublic recently asking the SupremeCourt to dismiss cases attacking theconstitutionality of the selective draftlaw, the government asserts thatpower conferred upon Congress to de-

clare war carries with it authority tocompel, military service ei'her at homeof abroad. Compulsory draft is ' declared to have been a normal methodof raising armies ever since this government was established, the legalityof which has been repeatedly upheldby the courts. The situation In Rus-sia Js pointed to, without mentioningthe name, as a demonstration thatthere can with safety be no absolutefreedom In civilized societies.

"If the argument against this lawupon constitutional grounds be notfrivllous," . says the brief, "then thatadjective has lost its legal signlficmce."

The cases now before the curt "In-clude nine appeals from Minnesota,Georgia and Ohio, in which personswere convicted of either failing toregister on June 5 or of attemptingto block the operations of the act byurging others of draft age not to com-ply with it. Among the cases arethose of Emma Goldman and Alexan-der Berkman, convicted in New Yorkafter having made speeches opposingthe law. Argument on them prob-ably will begin Tuesday.

"It is true that the law providesfor the restraint of the liberty of thecitizens to a certain. iextent," the briefsets forth. "Yet to protect mosttruly the liberties of people who livetogether In communities, it is plainthat some governmental organizationand some exercise of governmentalpowers are necessary. There is noabsolute freedom in civilized societiesOur own history prior to the adoptionof the constitution and the present experience of one of the allies vividlyfchow moreover that the governmentwhich exercises least powers may bethe Instrument of tyranny in the handsof domestic disturbers as well as thefacile tool of foreign conquerors.

"Illustration, may be cited withoutnumber to show that in order to pro-tect the liberties cf the people as a

hplo the Individual citizen may In- -

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TRAOS

cidentally or temporarily he restrainedof his liberties. Yet military service,cited as an extreme example of re-

striction of personal liberty Is onlytemporary Incidental to the securitynf the citizens as a whole, and onlyS3 lar imposed as is necessary forthe purpose. The few who are com-pelled to serve do so that the manywho remain at home at the presenttime and the generations who come inthe future may enjoy those blessingsof freedom which this governmentwas established to tecure."

The brief characterizes as "unfounded" the contention that compul-sory military service is contrary tothe spirit of democracy and says thatwhile occasions fr.r the draft in thiscountry have been infrequent, "it hasbecn.tttorted to without flinchiBJwuea i he emerjencyarpse

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IN II. I ARMY

IS 1,360,000

FRANCISCO. latest of-

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of them are still in the train-ing camps. Many of them are not yetdisciplined troops, fully equipped andarmed for battle.

To lead them there are over 100.000J officers as many as there were prt--

jvates nine month ago.j The whole military establishment,with the marines and the auxiliaryforces thrown in. numbers a millionand a half. The expansion that hastaken place is as if Grand Rapids hadgrown in eight months to be virtuallyas big as Philadelphia.

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But many of this number were reen-listment- s.

The highest total engagedat any one time was reached in thelast year of the war. On March 31.1865,. the Union army, comprised 980,-00- 0

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When Great Britain entered tie warIt was with a much smaller .vj. Thsfirst expeditionary force numberedbarely a hundred thousand. ;Th rKaiser called it a contemptible littla Varmy. .'Yet without Its work aOIqni,Paris migh have fallen. On huo ,

dred thousand men, and the encour V'.

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Marine workers in the port of "NetrYork were warned by their leaders notto quit work until the national com- -

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