New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-18
Carnegie Balkan Report
Bares Blood Lust of
Three Armies.
SOLDIERS LETTERS
BOAST OF HORRORS
Commission Pessimistic as to
Possibility of Any Last
ing Peace.

The Balkan commission OF inquiry OF
ho carnegie Endowment for 1nterna-
,,onal Peace made public it's report yes
,srdav-Pcace Sunday After an inquiry
,,,o causes. circumstances and results Of
,he Balkan wars OF 1912 and 1918 the com
mission is pessimstic rs to the possibility
~ immediate peace among the Balkan
nations.
on every hand the commission dis
covered evidence OF cruelties. Atrocities
admitted oy the Christian nations on
,fosler1 non-combatants in Macedonia
we're found to surpass the outrages the
Chrlstlans sought to avenge.
In Macedonia the commission found that
the bands, who left trail OF horror.
were led by a priest and warlike
grocer. who was member OF the
Bishops council. Women and infants
were not spared. nor were their deaths
painless.
Charges Of inhumanity. brought by the
Greeks against Bulgarian troops in Greek
territory. were found to be exaggerated,
but there remains" says the report, "a
heavy indictment which rests upon incon-
,rovertible evidence" In every case. the
commission found, the lawless acts COM
mitted by the Bulgarians were reprisals
for acts committed by the Greeks.
Regular troops OF the Greek army are
said 10 have gone mad with the blood
lust, and villages which did not even OPP
pose their entry were made TO pay a
heavy toll In lives and suffering. In one
Instance the barbarous conduct OF Greek
regulars. in charge Of three officers. was
witnessed by Europeans.
Fifteen wounded Bulgarian soldiers had
taken refuge in the Convent OF Paliortisi.
and there. under the protection Of the
French flag. were being nursed by the
nuns Father Alloati reported the pres
ence OF the Bulgarians TO the Greek com
mandant
detachment OF Greek soldiers was
sent 10 the convent. their ostensihle pur-
nose being TO search for Bulgarian
chief He was not there. During the
search the Bulgarian priest was logged
in the presence OF Greek officers. insult
was offered 10 nun by Greek soldier.
i've Bulgarian women and young Girl
were tortured and a number of peasants
taken away as prisoners.
The commission had under considera-
ton twenty-five letters written by Greek
soldiers, in which the writers boosted OF
the atrocities they had committed.
What. then. is the duty Of the civilized
world i'm the Balkans" concludes the re-
port. especially Of those nations who by
their location and history are free from
international entanglements? 1t is clear
i'm the first place, that they should cease
10 exploit these nations for gain. They
should encourage them 10 make arbitra-
ton treaties and insist on their keeping
them. They should set a good example
by seeking n judicial settlement Of all in
ternational disputes
The report, which contains seven chap-
ters and a preface by DR.. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler. is the work of the following
members of the commission:
DR. Josef Redlich, of the University OF
Vienna, Austria; Baron d'Estournelles ole
Constant and NJ. Justin Codart. lawyers
and members OF the Chamber of Deputies,
France; DR.. Walter Schucking, Of the
University Of Marburg. Germany; Fran
els w. Hirst, editor of THE Economist"
and Dr. II. n. Brailsford. Great Britain;
Professor Paul Milioukov. member of the
Russian Douma, and DR.. Samuel T. Dut-
ton, of Teachers College. New York.