The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Discredits Bulgarian Reports

To the Editor of The Age Herald.
A press dispatch dated September ,
from Sofia, the Bulgar capital alleges
proof of Greek atrocities
This story is a plain msstatement OF
facts and is in line with the usual habits
and policies of Bulgaria.
1t says that Bulgars captured a mail
bag of the Nineteenth Greek regiment
and they found in the mail sack letters
written by Greek officers and soldiers
stating that they burned every village
they captured from the fleeing Bulgarian
army.
The article further says that out of 1900
prisoners the Greek captured at Nigritaw
only Al remained in prison and every
where we went we left no root of this
race.
These statements are deliberate and
malicious falsehoods. The Bulgars did
not capture the Nineteenth Greek regi-
ment
l have many American Greek friends
in this regiment and hardly week passes
that L do not hear from some of them
and it would be impossible for me to re-
ceive letters from that regiment if they
were in Bulgarian prisons. Common
sense would not permit the Bulgarians 20
allow Greek prisoners to send letters to
America or anywhere else.
The Bulsars must submit better evil
dence than this. and if they are manu-
featuring facts they should be very care
fu in mentioning the names of officers
and soldiers and the members of regi-
ments
| insist these statements are absolutely
untrue About the 1900 prisoners at NiSfi-
taw The record shows that these pris-
cners were among the very first the Hell
lenic army sent to Greece
The war is about over and Bulgaria has
lost, and it would be best for all con
oerHed if ner excellent press bureau ct
Sofia and Vienna would take a really
needed vacation
The luster of her victory at Adrianople,
where she was ably and gallantly as
sisted by $1,000 servan troops and 60
heavy cannon of the Servian army, has
been largely diInmed by the ferocity of
held wild and turbulent soldiery, espe-
cially in the atrocious massacres they
committed, and in the name of humanity
and for the sake of peace Bulgarian pa
pers and Bulgarian agents should let this
awful past pc dead forever.
Bulgaria has been convicted in the eyes
of the world, by disinterested parties,
of many foreign consulates who witnessed
the results of her lawless soldiers.
King Constantine. the commander-in-
chief of the Greek army, personally called
in these disintcrested men and they unan-
imously rendered verdict of guilty
against Bulgaria These facts should he
convincing to all Americans and Euro
peans and the fair newspaper press of
these continents should discountenance
the Bulgar press from attempting to de-
stroy the prestige of the Greek army. 1t
won its splendid victory over this insc-
lent and arrogant foe, by force of arms,
by superior organization and above all.
being magnanimous to them after they
had beaten them to standstil when
they had literally. routed and demoralized
them.
The Greek government gave them terri
tory in Macedonia in fact, gave them cJ
miles of sea coast on the Aegean sea
when Bulgaria was begging and pleading
to all Europe to keep the Greek armies
out of Sofia.
/ contend this is generosity the Bull
| gars would not have practiced If their
armies had been at the gates of Athens.
| They should thank Greece the balance
of their lives and congratulate them
| selves that the creek King and his in
vincible army did not occupy and keep
| their capital. Very truly,
THOMAS S. HUTCHINSON.
| Brigadier General Tennessee National
| Guard. retired: late Of the Greek army
| in the Epirus campaign OF Fort Beanie.
| 18th Greek Infantry and eight batteries
| of field artillery.
| Chicago, September s, 1919, COS Schiller
| Building.