The Stricken Land - Serbia as We Saw It #233230

We have been requested by Colonel Dr. Borissavljevitch, President of the Serbian Red Cross, to publish the following letter. He has asked us to do so knowing that we have attempted to tell our English friends something of the suffering - of the martyrdom - of a gallant little nation that we, in England, are but just learning to appreciate at its true worth. He knows that it is our most earnest endeavour to promote a closer understanding; he knows that what we describe is what we have seen with our own eyes, and that we, better than most, have reason to appreciate the crying need that prevails among the stricken people of a stricken land.<br><br>Here is the appeal as it has been handed to us by Colonel Borissavljevitch:<br><br>"To the Friends of the Serbian Nation:<br><br>"The history of the world knows no greater tragedy than that which has befallen the Serbian Nation.