Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-09
GREECE ASKS JUSTICE
OF AMERICAN PEOPLE
A Strong appeal Comes for Greek
Nation Through Editor VIaslo
Of Atlantis.
ATROCITIES OF BULGARIA.
Greece Does MOI Ask fOr Aims But
Voices Protest Against Wholesale
Atrocities, hiufdsr and Rspiae.

NAecaAess M4f0@f ana AepiAt.
Six months have passed since the
close Of the second Balkan war. and
the Buigarisns are apparently hope
tul that much of the terrible indict-
Dent that was brought against them
1y all Europe has become confused
memory The seem to feel that by
declaring others to be the perpetrs-
tors Of their crimes th " may win be-
lief. To that end they have issued
pamphlets bearing governmental au-
rhorization and have sent them broad
cast. These pamphlets contain labor
ously constructed fabrications, false
adidayits without number. and even
The revival Of charges already dis
| proved. Bulgaria is in the position
Of the convicted criminal who cries
from behind the bars that be is inuo-
cent-the victim Of judicial error or
The conspiracy Of his enemies. Their
trial was as open as the crimes they
committed. They took no care to
cover their traces or hide their un-
! speakable inhumanity. Therefore the
witness were many and the convic-
tion foregone conclusion. We SUBJ
NIT few items from the evidence
/ upon which is based their sentence as
oatcasts from the family of civilized
nations.
The following protest was cabled
by the foreign missionaries in Salon
lea TO the press Of Europe and Amer
lea. It is dated July 20, 1918.
After their first defeat the Bull
garians began, il revenge, a series of
most horrible crimes against the
Greek non. combatants, who were en-
tirely unprotected. Defeated at
Negrita by the Greek army, they turn
ed in fury to the burning and pillag-
ing Of the towns along the line of
their retreat, and the massacre Of
the defenceless peasants In Negrita
open seven hundred persons were
slaughtered, many Of the victims be-
ing women and children. The atroc.
ity was perpetrated by order Of the
Bulgarian army officers. Two days
before the evacuation OF Doirani the
Bulgarians called q counsel, sending
a summons to the Greek Bishop aud
thirty Of the fore most citizers to at
tend. They were all detained by the
Bulgarian authorities, and for many
days nothing further was learned OF
their fate. Later the mutilated bod
les of the unfortunate hostages were
found, not one had been spared. la
| Stroumitza the Bulgarisns paused in
their fight long enough TO kill three
| Greek peasants, a woman and sixteen
Mohammejans They sacked the
stores and threatened a general mas
sacre. Fortunately the Greek Bishop
was able to prevent further butchery
by declaring that he would not be re-
sponsible for the lives Of the Bulgar-
ian citizens Of the town, should the
Greek troops see the SHAMELESS.
At Demir- Hiar the destruction Of
life and property was fiendish. A
| hundred and four men and women
were killed, among them a Bishop
and y priest. The BulgariRns resort
ed to the most revolving forms OF
torture. The body of the Bishop was
found horribly mutilated, his beard
and hair torn from is head. Many Of
ths victims were frigttully dismem-
bered and all Of the corpses showed
unmistakable signs Of hideous Torture
The women and young girls were
| delivered over TO the soldiery. It was
az Series. however, that Bulgarian
savagery reached it height. After its
/ evacuation a detachment was sent
/ back to lombard the town The in
habitants fed panic stricken.
Party of Bulgarian officers and
soldiers. assisted by the local Bull
/ garian authorities and a band Of
| 'frregulars, entered and looted the
city, subseque ntly setting FIRE TO
/ the houes, which they denched with
/ petroleum. The fleeing inhabitants
we're shellec by the artillery In
the town itself nothing was spared.
The Austrian Consul, together with
I the women and children who had
sought refuge in the Consulate, were
1 dragged to the mountains. The Ital-
/ ian Consulate also suffered destruc.
/ sion. The Gags of foreign powers
| we're ignored. The American flag,
flying ever the stores Of the Aneri-
] Gun Tobacco Company, availed doth-
ing. The manager escaped to Salon
/ lea, reporting loss OF nearly mill
/ lion dollars. Every man woman and
child csugnt in the str cts or hiding
within the looted houses was merci-
lessly slain.
About four thousand houses, a
thousand stores, eighteen mosques
ana churches, an the schools. syna-
eogues and hospitals are crumbling
ruins today The losses exceed s8,-
600, 600. Twenty thousand people
| are destitute In the town Of
! DCxato. with population Of about
three thousand. two thousand FIVE
hundred were killed and the village
reduced to ashes The farms Ell over
the district are wiped out and no one
can de termine the number Of muir
/ asred peasants. The Bulgarian army
has lett behind it a trail OF utter de-
vastation and misery. This protest
was signed by Rev. Edward B. Has
kell American Missionary: Rev. NJ.
I Brunan. Of the German Evangelical
Mission; Rev Ukoubanian, OF the
Armenian Evangelical Church; Rev.
n. Sayopoulos, Of the Greek EvaDgel-
icsl Church. "