Evening star., 1913-07-13

says.
1T is rumored here, but not confirmed.
tnat revolution has broken out in
Sofia and that King Ferdinand has been
assassinated. -
The secretary of the Bulgarian legation
said late tonight that he had received no
message from Sofia indicating revo-
iutionary outbreak or that King Ferdi-
nand had been assassinated. The last
official telegram received by the legation
was sent from Sofia at 9:14 this evening.
NO Hope of Arbitration.
King Constantine's protest to the civil
lied world against Bulgarian atrocities
destroys the last hope of those who be-
lieved that Russia would succeed in in
ducing the belligerents to accept arbi
tration. The spectators of the struggle
have been confident throughout that Ser
via would prove amenable to the counsels
of moderation in view of the appalling
losses she sustained in ejecting the Bull
garians from Macedonia, but were less
hopeful that Greece would listen to rea-
son, as her people and army are obviously
intoxicated by the victories over the
dreaded Bulgars.
The strength of King Constantines Ian
guage, and dispatches from CONSTANT
nople late tonight. indicate that Bulgaria
may not merely be stripped of the fruits
of her victory over the Turk, but pos
sibly may have to submit to diminution OF
her own territory, for ROumania is cred
tied with the intention of annexing
larger strip than she at first proclaimed.
while Turkey is joining hands with Ser
via and Greece and has already ordered
her troops to advance.
Beyond briefly chronicling the unopposed
advance of the Roumanians Sofia main
EilQncn
operations of the Servians and Greeks.
Constantine Protests Barbarity.
ATHENS, July liking Constantine
has sent the following message to the
Greek minister of foreign affairs:
1.-The commander of the sixth division
reports that Bulgarian soldiers. carrying
out the orders of their captain. gathered
together in the courtyard Of the school at
Demirhissar two priests and over one
hundred notahles. whom they massacred.
The bodies have been disinterred in order
to prove the crime. Bulgarian soldiers
violated girls, one OF whom, resisting,
was cut TO pieces. ..ssi +.
Protest in my name to the represent
atiees of the civilized. power against
the acts of these monsters in human
form. Protest also to the entire civil
lized world and say that. to my regret,
see myself compelled to wreak vengeance
in order to inspire these monsters with
terror and make them reflect before COM
mitting more outrages of this sort
THE Bulgarians have surpassed all the
horrors of barbaric times and have proved
that they no longer have a right to be
reckoned among civilized people
Seres Burned and Sacked.
The commander of the seventh division
- hoe 1aar
burned with the exception of the Jewish
and Mussulman quarters. Many men,
women and children were found murder
ed or burned in their homes Twenty
thousand persons are without shelter.
long statement issued by the minister
of war gives details OF crimes alleged to
have been committed by the Bulgarian
troops while fleeing from the Greek
army.
Priests. old men. women and chill
dren" says the statement, suffered
martyrdom. after beng subJected 10 un-
speakable treatment. Incendiarlsm was
the order of the day. Not single
church was respected and the savings OF
many people were stolen by Bulgarian
officers and soldiers.
1t is semi officially announced tnat the
Greek government has replied TO the
Russian proposal for the cessation OF
hostilities that peace must be concluded
on the battlefield. The proposal was
supported by Great Britain and France.
1t is reported that the Greek troops
today occupied the town of Druma to the
northeast of Seres, hitherto held by tie
Bulgarians They are also said to have
taken possession of the port of Dedeag-
hatch on the Aegean sea-
Daneff Repudiates Responsibility.
SOFIA. Bulgaria. July 12-Premier
Daneff today repudiated the responsibility
Of Bulgaria for the occurrences In the
Balkans.
Speaking in parliament the premier said
Bulgaria had had ample opportunity for
finding a cause for war in the Servian
provisations. but she did not desire war.
The question OF who had provoked the
present hostilities would. he said. be de-
cided by proper inquiry, but the facs
that the Bulgarian troops were scattered
along the entire frontier and from the
Danube to the Aegean sea clearly proved
that there had been no generalization on
the part of Bulgaria.
Pointing out that he had accepted Rus
sia's offer of mediation Immediately it
had been proffered, Premier Daneff said
that as early as Wednesday he had or
dered the suspension of operations.
He had instructed the Bulgarian troops
",
while those in Macedonia had been order
ed &c remain on the defensive and hold
their positions. He had thus not only
accepted mediation, but had put an end
to the sanguinary conflicts SO far as 1t
lay in his power to do so.
The premier declared that he saw moth
ing TO justify the incursion OF Roumanian
troops in Bulgaria. Bulgaria, he said, re-
pudiated ali responsibility and eagerly
submitted her case to the judgment Of
Europe.
Another Roumanian column OF troops
today occupied the village of Tchifut, on
the Bulgarian frontier between Silistria
and the coast, and is now advancing on
the town of Bazarjik CDobritch). which is
oyercrowded with refugees from the sur
country. consisting mostly of
old men. women and children.
Bulgarians Abandon Wounded.
BELGRADE, July IA semi-official
statement reports that throughout Fri
day along the entire front from Saitchar
to Radovitch, distance of about 300
miles, the Bulgarians were compelled to
retreat. hotly pursued Near kotchana
feeble attacks by the Bulgarians were re-
pulsed. At other points Bulgarian de-
tachments were crushed. and in one in
stance fourteen field batteries were cap
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