The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Bulgarians the Worst in Re-
cent War, Says Car
negie Commission
IMP PARTIAL INQUIRY
INTO CONDITIONS
Bulgars Under Greater Pr0vOcation
Than Others-Invited the Fullest
Probe, But Servia Attempted
to Block Investigation

Paris! October 23.-Troops OF all the
warning Balkan states committed gross
atrocities, according to the evidence
gathered by the international Carnegie
commission in it's searching inquiry
just ended.
The conclusions of the commistX(
are to be published in book form
Illustrations and facsimiles of a &,$
Der of the documents on which
port is based In view of the ~ is
sion's desire to present an 80 tely
impartial account of its inv<1 alton.
The text will not be divide 60 Sec
tions written by individyA lembers
but issued as a whole. hieh all
the members of the co sion take
responsibility.
One of the noteworthy tasks was the
minute examination and verificiation
by the commissioners of the famous
packet of letters from Greek soldiers
captured by the Bulgarians containing
horrible descriptions of how Greek SOL
diers avenged themselves" on Bull
garians who fell into their hands.
LcttcfS AIt. AulHeHtlC
The commission believes that it has
established the authenticity of these
letters. Other documents testify that
the Greeks occasionally made use of
the forbidden dumdum bullet and show
also the misdeeds of Bulgarians and
other belligerents. The inquiry did not
extend to the Roumanians.
The commission collected material
from every available source. After hav-
ing visited the officials, the commits
sion went to the scenes of alleged afro
cities and interrogated at length every
class of witnesses from soldiers who
took part in the battles to women and
children who were spectators and VIC
tins of the horrors. Some of the most
important evidence taken by the COM
missioners came from children.
While 1t was found that the Bull
garians had committed The ereotest
faults, the soldiery Of other nations
taking part in the war also were gull
ty of many hideous acts. The commits
sioners appear to be of the opinion had
the belligerents been reused to such
a pitch of fury as were the Bulgarians
they would not have acted much bet
ter. judging from what happened on
certain occasions and by letters cap
tured from Greek soldiers.
In Bulgaria, where the opinion is that
Bulgaria has been abominably treated
by the foreign press and where the bel
Hgerents are scarcely blamed for their
misdeeds, the fullest inquiry was in
vited and every possible facility for in
vestigation was given to the commits
sion The members were permitted to
question civilians and soldiers at will
and among the soldiers an endeavor
was made to learn the psychological
basis of the sayagery and hatred shown
by Bulgarians toward their former al
lies. The Bulgaria in their cam
paign against the Turks behaved in an
exemplary manner
Reason of Bulgarian Fury
1t would appear that Bulgaria, who
had borne the brunt of the war against
the Turks, were exhausted at its end
and thought only of going to their
homes mmediately. They had been
promised this. When they were told
that their allies had acted in bad faith
and had betrayed them the Bulgarian
fury burst forth uncontrollably
Turkey also gave the commission
every facility for inquiry The gov
ernment of Greece did likewise, though
certain amount of opposition was en-
countered In that country
Servia did its utmost to prevent an
unhampered investigation and ne in
quiries were permitted except in the
presence of a Seryian military attache
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