, 1877-12-25

TUE hUAA1ll4 oF TUE RUSSIANS IN BULGARIA
Military CoF7tsuoadsaes london 71m<s
do say that the Russian arn,y was exccp
tionalty humane when compared with othe,
arnltes that have seen iu the Geld, aud, pcr>
haps, lees than any other deserves to be
branded ~ cruel. On the march from tho Dan.
ubo towards Tifnova, when the Village Of Batak
was occupied By the Dragon Dhgads Of the
Duke Eugene Of Leucltcnberg, SOMA shots
wore fred from house at Russian soldiers
and officers walking IL tho street. Tho l..cu
who did the deed wcro taken captive, treated
with ele,ucncy aud kindness, and sent next tlay
TO tho rear to be judged by military law. Egsry
day armed men Wcfo captured ttl clft dress and
brought to headquarters lur rxntnlnatiop. With
ono accord they put tue stranXs and suggestive
question: "What death aru Ne to dtei'' to M
aixa7s replied: ero Chrhtiaus, I as1 doa't s;t
kill prisoners, ~ u take Us fur Turks i''
At firnova there ikmaincl few Turks,
who were treated With special kindness, allI
and ait TINT might come In. The aoialers wcro
not efrll qu4rttrrd upon the tphabitants md
dntthk the tnahy hours that elapsed beluro au
orderly Government waa eet uu In tbs tow1,,
there wa not only ao cruelty, but no parade Ut
conquest. FFom the villages around eams mass
Of frightened Turkish man, women, and chill
dren, whom the Russians scceiscd and fed, be-
cause they Ind ded from the Bulgarian peas
ants or tlls Bulgarian cruelty will speak
hereafter. At present, let us talk only Of The
Hussiah1.
At kezanllk ! very fcw Cosascks entered
sonIe Ut the Turkish houses aud sskcd for
money, ,"hGh was g!scR to thrm; but complaints
weFu luadc At ourc to tho authorities, aud q
prompt end wn put to Ill such irregularities.
GUILD ncycr trace stugle net Of barbYr1tY uu
the part Vt tho husstans.
Yet men we're not ashamed to coma to me
with such tsiYtal complaints u that 4 Cuasnck
h1t nhtctt41 MI n in hA afr ! Il
certainly have ku01n Vi any really cruel ex-
ccsees had They occurred, Just a. dfl know OF
aush s1ectscs % tho part 1f the buigaraans.
. on sl.o day whtM the sh!pka Pass was taken
sccn strange spectacle. Within ! coup1s Of
hundred ysrls were two groups Of meu; uu this
silH Turks, on that Rutalahs. Tito Turks werg
prisoners, guarded with all care, but treated
bcing supplied with foot! and water. Tho4e Of
them who were wounded were under tho hands
81 Russian surgeons, who were dressing
to wounds with eysfy care. And thcra
ther hsd no Russian wounded to attend to. Not
Que. Every nian who had fallen undcx the tra
OF tho Osnani! the day before, when the attack
bad been ropulsel. !sJ In that other group.
ldlc4 had been .ub}sSte1 to torture snI u,utiia.,
tton OF thu Aioss tlsottinR kind. Thei1 goIn-
sadcs, uen OF the Sans race, and even Of tho
same bri0ade, looked on the awful spectacle,
tuEne0 AWAY, an4t WILL nllhEI14 HI2th 1hl grief
In their hearts, washed thu wuuuds VI the
men who h2d donc that terrible deed
Thts il no heAr4xv tals. 1 taw it, And
tho scene was depleted BY Fteurh and spsnish
artists who bad arrived that day, too laso 10 90
the gallant lighting OF the Russian ttrTailleufx,
but not too lata u record their terrible fate or
the grand fosocaransu VI their comrades Yet
Il that time and since the favorts expression 10
England laA bcen that with regard 10 cruelty It
was !" atx Ut QUO aud halt I dozen Ut the ot4er,H
ueliahucn lore talr play. and their recognition
Of tho quality Of mercy Ia the kuyaiau CHARACTER
Il only 1 4uG4tton Of tlme.
might quota Instance upon Instance Of Rus
stan kindness snd merry, might describe ln de-
.a1l ho" tue prisoners who, In great numbers,
delivered them selves up to the Cosaaeks aud