The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-28
LOCAL GREEK RESIDENTS
Want PUBLIC INFORMED

Bulgaria, but allover the Balkans,
let them place the blame where It
belongs or else pass silently over the
whole tragic subject. Have they|
forgotten the statements Of Sir Ed
ward Grey in the House, OF Com.
mons or the results Of the French
Investigations! Yet Mr.: Pichon,
Ministero OF Foreign Affairs; unquaii-
fiedly confirmed the accusations and
tile protest Of the Greek government
against the Bulgarian army, when,
with the close Of the second Balkan
war, they began in their retreat
The systematic slaughter of the
Greek non-combatants in Macedonia
and the footing and total deyasta:
ton Of the country. The first Sec.
rotary of the French Legation at
Athens, acting under instructions
from the Home Office, visited Series
Doxato and Nigrita Immediately af-
ter execution blythe Bulgarians. His
present report was Of the most re-
voting nature4hundreds of de-
fcnscless' Greeks have been massa-
cred in agmanner that ;fiendish
Tartar ingenuity could have imagin-
ed or executed The Consuls Of
Austria and Italy at .salonica visit
ed Series. and after fpfficial inspec-
tion of the smoking ruins OF, tho
once tlourishing citysand the. ques1
tdoning Of the few Temaining sur
ivivors. confirmed .inYeyery detail the
righteousness of the bitter protest
Of tile Creek government.
Even the few Bulgarian inhabi-
tants of the deyasted area gave testi-
mony to the insane fury of their
eonationalists, denouncing them as
assassins and bandits who. spared
neither non-combatants nor their
own countrymen. ~
"The wholesale and -inhuman
slaughter of the Mohammcdan popu-
lation by the Bulgarian during the
Grecce-Turkish war was officially
confirmed by the British Foreign
Minister. Sir Edward Grey's ac-
cusations were based on the British
consular reports from Macedonia
and Thrace., The Minister declined.
however. to make. public the details
of the matter, contending that con-
sular reports were confidential, and
moreover. that he had refused TO
publish reports from the same con-
suls concerning tho massacres COM
mitted by the Turks, Nowhere is
there even;,a question Of Creek
atrociti&.' :s,,. IN
Forgive us, 3oh, ghosts of the
Huns, Il, in an cntcayor9to describe
the Bulgarian atrocities, we have
wronged you by. comparing their
deeds to the traditions of horror.
you have left to posterity,' wrote
signor Luciano Magrlni, war cor
respondent OF the Messaggero Of
Rome and the secolo Of Milan ar
ter his visit to Macedonia and
Thrace during the second Balkan
war. when ne D6held the remains OF
the towns and Villages burned by
theiiBhigarians andfithc corpses. Of
Greek and Turkish peasants slain DR.
burned alive by the soldiers OF
Fcrdinan. Captain! Cardalc, of tho.
British Royal Nave accompanied
one 'of the. French officials on 'his'
hcartfcndinS mission Of inycstisa:
!tion and reported to his govern
meht SCENES OF, Unparalleled horror.
Tic bulgarian Bishop Of Drama ISL
sued a foreefal protest against the
deeds Of the soldiers Of Tits own
country, willie the newspapers Of;
Sofia areafull of admissions and even
boasts that are llair-raising. y #
whatsoever undertakes to defend
the barbarians DC Bulgaria will ind
himself fact to face with such, Z d
mass OF hideous facts. that he must
find his position either ridiculous Or
untenablc. \
"Thc fendish fury Of the Bulgar