New-York tribune., 1913-10-24
WAR ATROCITIES REPORT
international Carnegie Conn.,
mission Presents Its Findings.
BULGARS MOST TO BLAME
ALI Other Balkan Belligerents,
However, Stained Military
Honor with Dark Deeds.

Paris. Oct. l5.-Troops Of all the war
ring Balkan States committed atrocltles'
according to the evidence gathered by the
international Carnegie Commission In lts
searching inquiry just ended. The con-
clusons Of the commission are to be pup
lshed in book form, with ILLUSTRATIONS
and facsimles of number of the docu
ments on which the report is based In
view of the commissions desire TO pre-
sent an absolutely impartial account Oh
it's Investigations. the text VIII not DC
divided into sections written by lndl-
yidual members. but issued as a whoie'
for which all the members Of the COM
mission take responsibility.
one of the noteworthy tasks was the
minute examination and verfcation by
the commissioners OF the famous packet
of letters from Greek soldiers captureo
bv the Bulgarians, containing horrlole
descriptions Of how Greek soldlerS
avenged themselves" on Bulgarians VINO
fell into their hands. The commission
believes that it has established the du-
thenticity of these letters. Otner docu-
ments testify that the Greeks occasionally
made use of the forbidden dumdum bullet
and show also the misdeeds OF BulsdrianS
and other belligerents. The inquiry oiu
not extend to the Rumanians.
The commission collected material from
every available source. After haN'he
visited the officials. the commission went
TO the scenes Of alleged atrociues anu IN
terrogated at length every class Oh VIII
ness from soldiers who took part IN the
battIes TO women and children who were
spectators and victims OF the nor lio' D
Some of the most important evidence
taken by the commissioners is SAID 10
have been from children.
MANY Hideous Acts.
While il was found that the BuIgariahs
had committed the greatest faults' Ui'
soIdiery Of other nations taking part III
tho war were also guilty OF many hideous
acts The commissioners appear to be Oh
tho opinion that had other oelllgereh's
been reused to such pitch OF iuiS do
were the Bulgarians they Would no'
have acted much better judging from
what happened on certain occasions anu
by letters captured from Greek soluie'S =
In bulgaria. where the opinion is that
bulgaria has been abominably treated oy
the foreign press and that other Oei'ls-
erents have scarcely been blamed lor
,beir nisdeeds. the fullest inquiry was
invited and every possible facility Tor IN
yestIgation was given to the comrHis-
sion. The members were permitted 10
interrogate civilians and soldiers al VIII
and among the soldiers an endeavor was
made TO learn the psychological basis OF
the savagery and hatred shown by the
BuIgarians toward their former allles'
The Bulgarians in their campaign
against the Turks behaved in an eN-
amplarv manner. II would appear that
the Bulgarians who had borne the brunt
OF the war against the Turks were eX-
hausted at its end and thought only oil
going to their homes Immediately. They
had been promised this. When they were
told that their allies had acted In bad
faith and had betrayed them, the Bull
earlan fury burst forth uncontrollably.
Servia lncurs Blame.
Turkey also gave the commission every
facility for inquiry. The government OF
Greece did also, although certain
amount OF opposition was encountered in
that country.
seryia did much to prevent an unham-