The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-24
WILL REPORT ON
HORRORS Of THE
WAR IN BALKANS
international Carnegie Com
mission Reach Conclusion
Troops of All Nations
Committed Atrocities.

PARIS, Oct. 23.-Troops Of all the
| warning Balkan states committed gross
atrocities, according TO the evidence
gathered by the International Carnegle
commission in its searching inquiry
| Just ended.
The conclusions of the commission
are to be published in book form, WITH
| illustrations and fac-similes Of a num-
ber of the documents on which the re-
port is based. In view Of the commls
| sion s desire to present an absolutely
impartial account of its Investigations
the text will not be divided into sec
| tions written by Individual members,
| but issued as whole, for which all the
| members of the commission take re-
sponsibility.
| One of the noteworthy tasks was the
minute examination and verificaton by
| the commissioners of the famous
packet of letters from Greek soldiers
captured by the Bulgarians, containing
horrible descriptions of how Greek
soldiers "avenged themselves on Bul-
| garians who fell into their hands.
Dum-dum Bullets.
The commission believes that it has
established the authenticity OF these
letters, Other documents testify that
tho Greeks occasionally made use OF
| Al -. l,,, In or
shows also the misdeeds of Bulgarlans
and other belligerents. The inquiry
did not extend to the Rumanians,
The commission gathered matter
from every available source. After
having visited the officials the commits
sion went to the scenes of alleged
atrocities and interrogated at length
every class of witness, from soldiers
who took part in the battles to women
and children who were spectators and
victims of the horrors. Some OF tho
most important evidence taken by the
commissioners came from children.
All Are Guilty.
While it was found that the Bull
garians had committed the greatest
faults, tho soldiers of other nations
taking part in the war also were
guilty of many hideous acts.
The commissioners appear to be of
the opinion that had other belliger.
fury as were the Bulgarians they
would not have acted much better,
Judging from what happened on Ger.
tain occasions and by letters captured
from Greek soldiers.
In Bulgaria, where tho opinion is
that Bulgaria has been treated
abominably by the foreign press and
their misdeeds, the fullest inquiry was
invited and every possible facility
| for investigation was given TO the COM
mission, The members were permitted
| to question civilians and soldiers at
will, and among the soldiers an en-
deavor was made to learn the psyche
] logical basis Of the savagery and ha
| tired shown b. the Bulgarians toward
their former allies.
Uncontrolled Fury.
The Bulgarians, In their campaign
against the Turks, behaved in an ex-
| emplarY manner. 1t would appear
that the Bulgarians, who had borne
the brunt of the war against the
| VI 49, were cAuduSlBu db lUS enQ and
thought only of 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 Bulgariaus burst
forth uncontrolably.
Turkey also gave the commission
every facility for inquiry. The gov
ernment of Greece did likewise, al
though a certain amount of opposition
was encountered in that country.
Servla did its utmost to prevent an
unhampered investigation, and no in
qulrles were permitted except in the
presence OF Servian military attache !
Produced Bad Impression.
This attitude reduced the commits.
sion s work in Servia practically TO
nothing and produced bad impress |
sion on the commission, which in other
| places, where it was allowed freedom |
to investigate learned that faults were
committed by all the belligerents.
| Baron 'Estournelles de Constant Of |
the commission says that "the report !
distressing story of msdecds in the
Balkans, which. after ALL do not nrove
so much against the bellieerents as
| against war ITSELF
The report will develop fully tho
economic aspects of the war, and will |
uatc nuSh 70 Say also about the |
wonderful possibilities of deveiopmemnt m
which lie before the Balkan peoples.
The members Of the commission were
! Baron D 'Estournelles de Constant and
Justin GODDARD, member of the French
chamber of deputies. for France Pc |
fessor Paszkowski of the University of
Berlin, for Germany; Professor Franc;s
Tram Dutton Of Columbia university
for America; II. N, BraiIsford for
| Great Britain; Herr Redlicb imror;or dor
counselor for Austria, and NJ Ne.
lonkoif, liberal leader in the drna
| for Russia. ""''a' |