It will be, after the war,
my unique and greatest desire to do this for the Serbs.'
"Oh, great friend of Serbia! Thy clear-sighted spirit was to have but a
glimpse of one of the most essential necessities of the Serbian people.
Thy frail and fragile body has not permitted thee to enjoy the pleasure
to which thou hast devoted so much love. For the well-being of this dear
people thou hast given thyself entirely, even thy noble life. What a
misfortune indeed for us!
"May Heaven send thee eternal peace, so much merited, and so much
desired by all those who knew thee, and above all and especially by all
those Serbian hearts who have found in thee a great human friend."
Dr. Inglis wrote every week to the committee. In the letters written
towards the end of September we are aware of the anxiety about the
future which is beginning to make itself felt.
"Last week Austrian aeroplanes were 'announced,' and the
authorities evidently believed the report; for the Arsenal was
emptied of workmen--and they don't stop work willingly just now.
So--as a Serbian officer said to me yesterday--'Serbia is exactly
where she was a year ago.' It does seem hard lines on our little
Ally....
"Well, as to how this affects us. Sir Ralph was talking about the
various possibilities.
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