Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-15
AMERICAN STOUTLY
DEFENDS BULGARS,
NOT ATR0C|OUS
Missionary Woodruff Sees No
Ground for Charges of Bru-
tality Against Soldiers OF
Ferdinand.

(assOcintcd PrcSs Correspondence
London, Sept. is.--one OF the
f'nnchest defenders on the Rulgar-
ians In the present controversy over
tho question Of alleged atrocities ia
L. u. Woodruff. the veteran Ameri-
can missionary who recently present
cd a statement 10 the British foreign
Office on behalf ot bulgaria.
4 Mr. Woodruff was the nfst foreign
or. outside the Bulgarians permitted
to enter Adrianopie after tho surren-
/ der Of the Turks He waiked In 40
dawn over the SCARED battIenelds. and
for weeks afterwards he was IN active
charee Of the relief work I'm the Turk
lsh cholera camps. He was constant
q In position 60 see who was re-
sponslnlo for any atrocities IN Adrian
ople and its neighhorhood. and he
absolyes the Bulgarian authorities
from any blame FOR the Isolated out
RIGGS which took place.
Coming To London with n commit
tee of native Bulgarian ana English
missionaries 10 present statement 20
SIR Edward Grey, which was desired
by The British foreign office In its
N'Ah % NfNWAANNh tN' i-lhH~ AAtWIM
line fixed by tho conference Of Lon-
don. Mr. Woodruff took advantage Of
the occasion 10 tell tho English for
cign minister something Of the Bul-
eaFian side Of she atrocity charges
SIR Edward was so Impressed by the
assertions Of the American that ne
tequ. sted him 10 supplement them
/ with a written account Of his personal
observations.
a summary 81 hls statement to Sir
Edward Grey follows. when / en-
tered the city the streets OF Adrian
ople were f"ec from any excitement
or disturbance, with the exception Of
few scatterlng shots which learned
afterwards had been fred al some
Turkish officers who sought 10 escape
from a house where they had been
hiding. There waR an air OF relief and
happiness on the faces OF the people.
for even 30 the stubborn defenders the
bulgarian occupation was "a relief
from impending starvation.
Il was surprised al how little dam
age had been done 10 the city by the
hnmhardment. only twelve civilians
I having beon Killed ! saw no fezzes
being knocked from the heads of
I Turks ana J know that when some
one complained Ia General Vazun that
his soldiers were snatching the fezzos
from the heads OF citi1eHs. he issued
an order that any soldier found euliiy
OF such an action be- promptly snot
The European Turkish soldiers
were released ~ soon az the lists Of
their names We're submitted. The
others we're started as soon MS possible
on the road 10 Buigaria and after the
column had passed several bodies
wero found These were prisoners
who had hecn sho, az grim necessity
Of war hecause they either would not
or could not keen up.
'Thc Turkish officers were sent 20
tho bca hotels n Phllippop0lls and
sofia The soldiers we're given bread
as soon az Il could be procured MANY
Turks died IN the cholera camps from
hunger because of the indlncrencs
and lack Of Organization 81 their irl-
lows on acgount 81 the danger ol
Infection the Rulgarians passed the
bread across the limos 90 selected orr
deflies Dui the supplies did not a.