The daily Gate City., 1914-02-06
Greece Asks for Justice

- AOSkAN
led the prisoners to separate into three
groups, men. women and children. say
ing that the men were to die first and
1.-THE rest were to witness the execr-
Itions- The professor was convinced
that the only way to avoid slow death
by torture was to provoke the un-.
reasoning fury of the Bulgarian Of
ficer and precipitate general mas
Isacre. He therefore stepped forward
Idefantiy, crying: We refuse to be
separated; if we must die we will die
together. The Greek soldiers are fol-
lowing close: they will avenge us, and
then Austria will demand an account
from you for your treatment Of her
representative There was hesita-
ton on part of the officer. and finding
THAT his words were taking effect he
assumed an air of prophetic inspira-
tion, exelaimdng Those whom death
oyersha0ows see visions and have d.
vine revelations; tell you God is
coming down from heaven with a
torch in his hand; he flies above the
mountains to the north: he pansss
and with the burning brand sets fire
to house, it is your house; woman
and her children are crying aloud in
agony: they are your children; the
Lord speaks with great voice, Ven
Z; geancs is mine. The superstftious
so1diery were awed and began to
whisper together; the professor turn,
ed quickly to his companions and in
a low voice inquired if any OF the
i women had taken their jewels with
them: in their fight many had gotten
together their more portable valu-
ables, which they at once relinquish-
ed. Spare our lives the professor
i continued and take this booty with
it perhaps you may buy absolution
for your sins Fear stricken. the sol
diers accepted the compromise, and
under the escort of the Austrian con.
sui ths whole company was permit
ted to return to Serres that night.
From Mr. Rene Puaux, war cores
pondent of the Paris Temps, we quote
!; the following -:
Greek headquarters at Hadji-Bey-
lick. July Is, 1913-I spent two days
J in Doxato. TIN kilometres south OF
Drama, and interviewed many OF the
survivors, including French couple.
a Mr.. and Mrs. B. vaflette, who re-
lated to me in detail the events
J which eliminated in the burning OF
the town and the murd,sr OF thou.
!, sands OF inhabitants. The Bulgarians
arrived on the 18th inst. They placed
Gordon about the estate OF Mr. Val
!, lette, with the intention OF arresting
, his Interpreter. oyersser and the fam.
lily servants, all Of whom were
} Greeks. Mr.. Nallette dispplayed the
French flag over his doorway and
, protested against the violation OF his
sisrights az nonpartisan foreignsr
, Meanwhile the main body OF the Bul
{ garian soldiers opened fire on the
town with four cannon; in less than
/ quarter of an hour the shattered
houses began to collapse. and at noon
the artillery fire ceased During the
bombardment two Bulgarian sentriee
!. were detailed to guard the gate oi
, Mr.. Vadlette's estate. Later they were
. replaced by two cavalrymen GNp
T sizes, OF whom Mr.. yallette employed
) over a hundred, sought shelter under
! French protection. The soldiers sougf1t
: to persuade these employees to go tt
> Doxato, and furthermore affirmed thai
. they had received orders to remove
. the persons OF the Greek servants II
8 thu town. Finding resistance useless
. Mr.. Nallette determined. to accom-
pany his employees. ordered two o
, his carriages to be prepared ans
/ went with th:m. He was compelled
. to leave his Greek servants with the
j. Bulgarian authorities in Doxato, blt
/, i pushed on at once to Drama and de
manded an interview with Mr.. Dov
!, ref, the Bulgarian governor, whs
seem I'd greatly agEtated, dedlA1int
that great disaster has happene.
and that he must at once give aid Il
; the victims and orders fcir the dis
posal of the dead. Mr.. Dovreff pro
> ceeded at once to Doxato, and, hay
u ing given directions, returned ono
! more to Drama, accompanied by tn,
vice governor, Bacheff NakoR, tl1l
! sub-goyernor of Doxato and the pres.
dent Of the municipal council Dun
I ing his stay he ordered the releas
$ of Mr. Vail sites servants. Two day
later ! arrived here with the Gree
I. army The ruins OF Doxato were still
smouldering When the inhabitant
found themselves. at the mercy OF tn
g Bulgarians thsy fed any and every
where for safety. many of them seeH
ing refuge on the estate of Mr. Val
g lette. More than a thousand wer
t, overtaken. however. and Slain with
g out pity. We found the road. to Do,
/ ato literally sarewn with hundreds o
" sorpses, among which the distracte
o survivors were searching for tllei
2 dead. Many Of these poor wretchks
a copp,cd ntnIl1y ufrr,aHod 1,v oc,.f-r a