The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-18

commandment. whcrcupon n detachment
WAS sent to search for a Bulgarian
chicc. who was not there. In the course
OF the search the bulgarian Catholic
priest was severely nogged IN the
presence OF Crock officers. Greek
soldier attempted to violate q nun. Ave
Bulgarian women and young girl
were tortured and q large number of
peasants carried on to prison without
reason. The officer In command threat-
ened TO kill Father Alloati on tho
spot and to burn down tho convent
III such things could DO. dono to
Europeans In building under tho pro-
lection OF the French fur" continues
tho report 1t ID not difficult TO believe
that bulgarian peasants Jared incoIn-
parabiy worse. Deniel unfortunately
is Impossible. No verdict which could
be based on tho evidence collected by
the commission could DO more severe
than that which Greek soldiers have
pronounced upon themselves"
DEFINITE AvOWALs IN
LETTERS Try SOLDIIsUS
n serios OF twenty five letters writ
ten by Greek soldiers, containin. dcn-
nitc avowals OF the brutnlities they
hau committed were studied with par
ticular caro- by the commission
Inc commission was unable TO in
FORM Itself fully on the conduct of the
ScrFian army toward Bulgarian non
conbatants. but IL regards the dcsolato
waste of burned villages as Significant
NO moral Judgment Ia vcnturcd upon
The conduct Of tho Balkan races Par
tiai condonement OF their oneuses Ia
round by the commission In tho fact
that the Balkans grew up amid Turk
iSh models OF warfare, the memory OF
which was still an open wound.
In subsequent chapter there Ia an
exposure of the atrocities committed
At Adrianoplo by tho Bulgnrians and
rcprlsals by the Turks. The recital OF
murder, mnssacres. fortunes Dillagc
and unspeakable cruclties IL continued.
Instances include the drowning OF
forty live Turks at Kavagatch by Bull
Sarians, tho, numbering OF 900 people
In and about todosto as n Turkish
reprisal. Greek report states tina,
the Turkish army killed. burned and
disburscd total population of 1880
In the Malgarn district.
In commenting the Bulgarian
SerVian country, the commission says:
The things We have described. hor-
ripie as they are, arc evidence OF an
abnormal condition, which cannot con-
tlnue. Nature herself rcvolts against
such excuses AZ we have observed on
the part OF both advcrsaries"
alter chapter on IL war and
international Law" and IA consideration
OF the economic consequences of tho
two wars. the commission closes It's
report with conjecture as 10 the future
or Macedonia.
What Then, Ia tho duty OF the civil
iized world In the Bulkans," concludes
the report, "especially OF those ma
lions who. by their location und his
tory. are free from international IN
ENGAGEMENTS! 1t Is clear IN the fra,
place that they should cease TO exploit
these nations for gain. They should
encourage them 10 MAKE arbitration
treaties and insist upon their keeping
them. They should set good eSa,livla
by seeding Judicial settlement OF all
international disputes. The conte-
qucnces OF the recent war, economic.
moral and social are dreadful enough
TO justly any honest effort ny any per.
son or by any nation 10 alleviate the
really distressing situation"