Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-07-16
FERDINAND SLAIN
IN SOFIA REVOLT?
Report Says BuIgar Ruler Killed
During Riot.
GREEKS APPEALS TO WORLD
King Constantine Plans to Wreak
Vengeance for Massacres of De-
fendiess Citizens-Hope for
Peace Fades.
GREEKS APPEALS TO WORLD


Ferdinand, car of the Bulgars, has
been assassinated in an uprising at
Sofia comes In an unconfrmed dis
patch from Bucharest by way of
Vienna, which is received here with
reserve. A mob is said to have
stormed the palace and the govern
ment Offices. Then the rioters fought
the troops, the dispatch continues,
and in the battling many were killed.
The newspapers having been sup
pressed, nothing was known until Fri
day evening by the people of Sofia Of
the action taken by Roumania, and
the war ministry steadily issued re-
ports of victories in the field.
Bulgars in Retreat.
Belgrade, July 14.-Semi-ofhclal
word reports that throughout Friday
along the entire front from Saitchar
to Radovitch, distance of about 800
miles, the Bulgarians were compelled
to retreat, holly pursued. Near Kot-
chana feeble attacks by the Bulgarians
were repulsed. At other points Bull
garian detachments we're crushed and
in one instance fourteen batteries
were captured. Teh Bulgarians, IN
able to rally, abandoned their wound
ed
Contact has been established be-
tween the Servians and Greeks on the
ACCOMPLISHMENTS line, as the result
of which Macedonia has been practi-
caIly cleared of the enemys rtoops.
Accounts received from Uskup re-
port terrible barbarity On the part
of the Bulgarians.
King Promises Vengeance.
Athens. July 14.-Promising to be
revenged against Bulgaria, King Con-
stantine of Greece issued state
ment repeating his charge made last
week that the Bulgarians had mas
sacred two priests and 100 other citi-
zens of Demirhissar. The kings
statement is as follows:
1.-The commander of the Sixth Divi-
sion reported that Bulgarian soldiers,
carrying out the orders of their cap
tain, gathered together in the court
yard of the school at Demirhissar two
priests and over one hundred no.
tables, whom they massacred. The
bodies have been disinterred in order
to prove the crime. Bulgarian sol
diers outraged girls, one of whom,
resisting was cut to pieces.
Protests to Powers.
II protest in my name to the rep
resentatives of the civilized powers
against the acts of these monsters
in human form. l protest also to
the entire civilized world and say
that, to my regret, l see myself COM
PEELED to wreak vengeance in order to
inspire these monsters with terror
and make them reflect before COM
hitting more outrages of this sort.
"The Bulgarians have surpassed all
the horrors of barbaric times and
have proved that they no longer have
right to be reckoned among civilized
people"
1t is semi-officially announced that
the Greek government has replied to
the Russian proposal for the cessation
of hOstilities that peace must be con-
cluded on the battlefield. The pro-
posal was supported by Great Britain
and France
Peace Hopes Destroyed.
London, July liking Constan-
tines protest to the civilized world
against Bulgarian atrocities destroys
the last hope of those who believed
that Russia would succeed in inducing
the belligerents to accept arbitra-
ton.
New Roumanian Invasion.
Sofia, Bulgaria, July 14-Another
ROumanion column of troops occupied
the village of Tchifut on the Bull
garian frontier, between Sillistria and
the coast, and is now advancing on
the town Of Bazarjik (Dobritch).
An official statement has been is
sued by the government as follows:
THE Greeks daily publish calumni-
Gus statements accusing the Bulgar-
ians of massacres and incendiarism
In this connection it must be pointed
out that the Greek troops killed thou
sands of Bulgarians at Kilzish and
Dorian and burned their villages. A
number of the refugees who sue
ceeded in escaping have already ar
rived at Sofia. This is in addition to
the monstrous action aaginst the Bull
garian GARRISON at Saloniki."