New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-26
..,sisrs Taught Methods
JpIsrbarism by Ex-
ample of Leaders,
,sOpORESM OVER 80
lIN'lSSO SOUTHERN SLAVS
,..ss Given Right to Stay
go. .'.,i.,s at Will-BishOps
and Priests Shot.
Nv L. EHRLlCH.

..,,ndcut % TIC Now A''N
esAl "a Tho london Standard
I,s,.' Sent o5.-Assertions of Aus
as.-., ...r.rs brought here offer con-
=. .roof that the fault for the al"
u''i ss.i I, acts Of savsgery which
So -. and arc still being practised
~, - -.r,v rests not only with sol
J., also with officers. Through
\. various ranks Of the Austria"
ne military authorities have
conviction that prisoners are
W : ,be crucllcst possible man
'r S.yviaus. who will perpetuSte
s,r captivity n,;r col.
,sstrisn officers warned 'NC'r sol.
vs., ,nsrd against food and wat''
- ,sem by Serbs, as they might
~. -. noison. Austrian soldiers were
- into methods Of ba,bsrism by
y, own officers.
So ~ instance Of this is cited
Sb.ndzc,. If the 26th Bat
This colonel himself killed all
.,,,s and prisoners brought 70 h'm
l.a,,,srt Ber,itch, of the 2Sth Bat
m.ssacred seven inhabitants IN
80, Captain Koksda, Of the 7sth
...,io, and Captain Witch, OF the
:. P,ttaliOn. regarded very Servia1
2.r Of the third army as a voiun-
:, and ordered all Of them shot'
InstiEatOrs O. Arson.
,.-mandsnt zeyfert, of the 95ta
,.s,Fon, and Captain Fite, of the
n Battalion. were the main insi'
.,,rs Of arson. having ordered a geH-
barning Of houses wherever they
,,,,s.d Commanders OF the 4th and
M bat,alions ordered their men 10
-,ro, everything that belonged 70
,7ians or bore Servian names. Raw
Ia. commander Of nc 18th Corps,
,.z,d has soldiers to lynch pariT
msn,v-four unofeneing peasant
rilans Of both sexes, the majority OF
NON we're Of advanced age.
Austrian .oljierg gilleG Servian
unded. The Austrian medical corr%
pick up q sill wounded Ser
IN Along the whole front Servian
svt7ss we're compelled 10 fight in the
one lines as a., 'rians and Hun
rasns against their own brethrea.
Fr the slighte.t offence they wee
sa They we're not allowed to call
snsslyes Seryi S. but merely Slsvs
hastion they we're always placed on
IL first line. Behind them followed
ls,uiar troops with artillery.
Inhabitants Ct the southern part CT
4, Austro.Hu?gauan monarchy are
yng under a l,igr Of terror. TIL
blowing heartre. ding a-count Of the
aiaitiOn Of the southern Slays has
ss given to me by we'll known
HihOr:
The whole OF the Siavonic popula-
ton in the domiuions Of Emperor
lrneis joseph is weighted down WITH
arrblc anxiety. As Austria has kept
la borders rig.Ily closed no news OF
ny hrd has penetrated. and thou
A,is Of gendarmcs are frightening
uaH and children with al! sorts OF
.Fiss,c lies. The mmor finds ac-
a'.saca that Auu-Christ has come. and
%, al Slavs and those who hold IT,"
'7hOdox faith az approaching their
a., hour.
Suicide by Wholesale.
q herzegovina and Dalmatia the
a.a hideous destit1uor is met everv-
'isTe Every day parents, unable -
aish their children die of hunger,
unit suicide. Occasionally whole
Aailies 90 together TO voluntary
aih. At Mostar, capital Of Herze-
@lna, many persons have drowned
l'nsslyes IN the waters Of the Ne
is,ya
~ foodstufs. including horses,
we sheep, goats and pigs, have been
'laseated by gendarmes, and the new
arrest has been destroyed. Towns
,"e the appearance Of being deserted.
Alhy houses stand empty. and all
-ass between the ages Of fifteen and
lA.y have been either modified or
sa1 TO prison. Only Catholics and
.-.SsulmanS may meet together, but
I" N groups of more than three per-
"la. People found iI the streets after
I n are executed. For men belong
IS 70 the orthodox faith especially
III enc Is short and sharp. No in
~ IS made and no defence accepted.
..y IRE summaTily shot. Gendarmes
~, .'e me right to kill any Sergian. to
I'm tney may happen to object.
4'eh these measures of terror are
y. SO slgniican. Of TIE spirit which
mates the Austrian government as
.. " Treatment Of the tribunes of the
s.sgle. .Evelts taking place in the
,-plte Of the Hapsburg at the present
,s.' s save no parallel la any war in his
Y. Z Not only have Seryian. Croatisn
NJ ~ even Slavonic societies devoted 20
,jV literature or sport been dis
~ ,euI out pupils Of secondary schools
~ colleges have been taken prisoners
s,eat numbers and sent 10 fort
bs.ss SsNch are in danger Of being
%s,Daroed by the Scrvians.
C,GIlyIng the captiveS are hundreds Of
~ ,ngile priests and bishops. Some
y oeen imprisoned and others shot