The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-15
MASSACRE BY BULGARIANS
priests, Old Men, Women and
Children Suffered Martyr
dom After Being Subjected
to UnSpeakabIe Treatment"
is Declared,

Athens. July l2.-From King Con-
stantine. the Greek minister of foreign
aHdirs has received the following
message:
The commander of the sixth divis-
ION reports tina Bulgarian soldiers.
carrying out the orders Of their can
tain. gathered together in the court
yard OF the school at Demirbissar two
priests and over 100 ~notables. WHOM,
thcv massacred. The bodies have been
diS'nterred in order to prove the
crime. bulgarian soldiers violated
S"IN' one OF whom. resisting. was cut
To pieces.
Protest in my name to the repre-
o.nt''teS OF the civilized powers
against the acts of these monsters in
human form. Protest also To tho on
TIRE civilized world and say that 70 nv
r'srrt. l see myself compelled to
wreak vengeance in order to insnira
these monsters with terror and mako
thcn reflect before more
outragcs of this sort.
me ~Bulgarlans have surpassed all
the horrors of barbaric times and
have PROVED that they no longer 800
a right to be reckoned among civilizad
people" Niii-eu
me commander of the seventh di-
VISION reports that the town Of So
res mas been burned with the excen-
Ton OF the Jewish and MUSICIAN
waters Many men. women and
Ghlidren were found murdered or
burned in their homes. Twenty tbou.
sand are without shelter.
ions statement issued by the
MINISTER OF war gives details of crimes
alieged to have been ommitted nv
s"e troops while fleeing
from Il Greek army.
PRIESTS old ,,oc
uren. says the statement, suffered
n,artyrdom after being subjected to
treatment. Incendiarism
was the order of the day. Not q
S'nsie church was respected and tho
savings OF many people we're stolen bv
~buiearlan officers and soldiers"
Power Given TO Russia.
sofia. Bulgaria, July IA tho
~peliserents in the Balkan war have
gwen Russia full power to find =
way 10 bring hostilities to an end
h'ng Ferdinand Assassinatedo
london. July IA Vienna dis
patch to The Exchange telegram
company says:
1t IS rumored here but not confirm
ed that a revolution has broken ont
IN Sofia and that King Ferdinand has
oeen assassinated.'
Ihe secretary of the Bulgarian lea
tion said late tonight he had received
no message from Sofia ipdicatinr .
revolutionary outbreak or that Kino
Ferdinand had been assassinated The
last ofhcial telegram received by ths
iesation was sent from Sofia at a.1a
this evening.
Turkish Troops Ordered to Advance
Constantinople. July 12.-The Tur.
*ish troops at Tchatalja and Bnlair
nave received orders to march for the
r~e-occupation of the Ottoman ter
ritory now held by the Bulgarians
Preparations are being hastily made
Tor an advanc toward the Urgent
line. seAi
Last Hope Destroyed.
july liking Constan-
INES protest to the civilized world
the last hope Of those who heI;areS
tnat Russia would succeed in ind,Ic;no
kne oeihGerents to accept arbitrat;on
ine spectators of the STRUGGLE 49,
peen confident throughout that Serv;s
would prove amenable to the co,tn-
sells or moderation in view OF the an
patIing losses she Staiu in eiectino
the ~BulgariaE.s from Macedonia hnt
were less hopeful that Greece would
listen TO reason. as her people and
army are obviously intoxicated by the
victories over the dreaded Bulgars.
The strength of King C~onstantine's
language and dispatches from Con
stantinople late tonight Indicate that
gar may not mercy b. stripped
pa fruits OF her victory over the
20 diminution OF her own territorv
ior nan is credited with the in
.entlon or annexins a larger strip than
ahe at hrSt proclaimed. lille Turkey