The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-09
THE BULGARIAN ATROCITIES.
Twelve thousand Men, Women and
Children Massaered by Turk
ish Troops.
Despairing Of a Successful Issue Of the
War, Servia Has Requested the
Powers TO Mediate In Favor
Of Peace.

LONDON, August S.--There was an
animated debate In the House OF Com.
mons last night on the Bulgarian afro.
cities. The Times says; "Once more
the massacres in Bulgaria have occu-
pied the attention Of the House of
Commons. There can be little doubt
we are On the verge of revelation SUR
passing anything imaginable of civ
lli2ed mans barbaritles. The wild
and senseess destruction Of human
life which modern students Of history
have been dispo ed to look on as fabu-
lous, find parallel in the deeds perpe-
trated within the last few weeks
at a few days journey from our own
shores, In our own age. We must
turn to Ashante or Dohomey for any
thing similar to the ghostly spectacle
now presented by Turkish province.
According to testimony there can be
no reasonable doubt that the helpless
inhabitants Of the district about Tartar
Borgorajik and Phillipoli, men, wo.
men and children, have been slaught-
cred by thousands and their towns and
villages utterly destroyed. II seems
likely that those whom human in
credubili!y has led to suppose that the
accounts were exaggerated, will have
to abandon that superstition. Testi-
mony Of eye witnesses and the admis-
sion Of members of the British EN-
bassy, charged with the investigation
of these massacres, gives reason to be-
lieve there has been nothing less than
general massacre of the popula-
ton against which the Turkish
Government let loose its hounds;
Furthermore there Is the strongest evil
dence that these atrocities have not
been tho work only or principally of
the Circissian settlers, but of Turkish
irregular troops, commanded by duly
appointed officers sent into the cOun-
try expressly to strike terror into the
population.
A Bourkerad dispatch from Barring,
one of the secretaries to the British
Legation at Constantinople, dated
July %, says AT the outset of in
quiry, estimated tie number of vie
tins at fifty, but since | visited the
villages ! hardly dare speak," says
Mr.. Barring, "but my present
opinion, which trust hereafter
to be able to modify, Is that
about twelve thousand Bulgarians
have persisted" We shall see, shortly,
in what direction Burings' opinion
will DO modified, but we fear that IT,
with the prepossessions prevalent al
the embassy, it should be anticipated
that the killed amounts to twelve
thousand, they are likely 10 surpasi
very much that number.
bVNioNi huBusp o'l'J OVhinioh ioD
night on the Somerset and Dorset Rail
road, near Rodstock, between Lon
don train and an empty excursion
train, twelve persons were killed an,
thirty injured.
BERLIN, August S.--Servia, despair
ing of successful issue OF the war, ha
requested the powers to mediate II
favor of peace. The Servians at
tempted to raise war loan In Russia
but 1t proved a failure in consequence
Of the capture Of Gursensovotz.
! VIENNA, August S.-Tagblatt says
Turkey will admit of the intervention
of powers In the case of Montenegro
but will refuse IN that of Servia. Ate
manipulating Belgrade, Turkey wi
order the Skuptscbina to elect ne'
prince,