The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-06

Turks themselves were obliged to bow
 before such magnanimity, unique in
 the history of warfare. The Tanin,
 the official organ of the Young
 Turks notorious for its hatred to. it's
 neighbor. was nevertheless constrain-
 ed to admit the extraordinary nature
 of this evidence of uprevengeful hu- manitarianism. The highest praise
 was voiced in the Constantinop1e "Il5-
 dam." While the war was at it's
 height Ahmed Djavid Bey wrote as
 fo11ows:--st It is due to-sthe fact that
 the Greeks are civilized people,
 We see before us the savage Bull garians, race without humanity, without honor, without civilization. Compare their deeds with those of the MongoIians. You will find them more Inonstrous. The BuIgarians have walked rough-shod over every princi- pie of mercy and humanity-the fun damental pretentions of their pretend :. ed Christianity. They have violated every law, written and unwritten.
 Their first attack is always directed against women The Greeks, on the other hand. have shown themselves to be as humane as their allies are saw age. Greece has shown herself intel ligent and moderate. She has ex-, tended her protection to the Moham= medans, and became the guardian of their lives and property. She return
 ed to their custody the Mosques desc crated by the Bulgarians. Her states
 men have openly declared that relig- ious, differences shall not be consider ed in the Administration of justice.
 they have even appointed True Be-
 lievers to Government positions. By such great-hearted tolerance, Greece
 has won the favor of Europe and the admiration of the Turk
 Let us turn from the consideration
 of Greece in her role of tt protector of the poor" and ask a simple question:
 Why does not Bulgaria demand thai the enormous loot of the war be turn ed into the national eoffers for use in the present crisis instead of allowing it to remain in the clutches of the of ficers and men enriched by these i'll gotten gains? It is useless fo reply that the spoil does not exist. What, became of the treasures taken from hundreds of churches and mosques,
 officially and unofficially a,ppropriat- ed? What became of the contents of the 4,00e houses of Serres, sacked clean prior to their burning? Where went money, jewels and objects of
 price stolen from all the other cities, ians? For weeks treasure laden trains were running from the seat of war to the Gepots and store houses or Sofia. Has all this vanishedSin thin air? Where goes to-day the money extorted from the inhabitants of the
 
 extortion, yet would deny its yield. We quote from the {. Politilxa,'' of Sofia
 an article published only a few weeks ago." From every city, town or will 1age through which our regiments have passed an enormous quantity of
 vaiuables and money has been seized or stolen and ssnt into Bulgaria" The tsNarod, = also published in Sofia. makes similar charges against officers
 of the. Bulgarian army, and inquires. If these worthies have been decorat- ed for their heroic evp lofts. i'fss l The Bulgarian commander Of the garrison stationed at Senres, 6. Jam golf, in an open letter published by the Sofia Press'i and addressed to the Minister of War, accused his felS l low officers of footing in Macedonia when they were allies of the Greeks 1 in the war with Turkey. Jangof specifically charged that by order of Colonel Ovtsaroff, chief of staff of the seventh division of the Bulgarian ar-
 my, two whole carloads of valua bles were stolen from the inhabitants of Serres and sent to Bulgaria. The col tlector of the district tried to seize the shipment at the railroad station,
 but was forcibly restrained from any interference. Colonel Ovtsaroff is
 further charged by Jangon with hav- ing. assisted by the field doctor of the seventh division, .extorted from the Mayor of Doizani, himself a Bulgar- Ian, the sum or 2,6S0 Turkish pounds,
 CT over $13,000. Major Cocovtseff and Lieutenant BIesnakoff, it was stat ed, had footed the Eski Diane (the old mosque) of Serres, taking from It thirty-six antique rugs of great value
 For the reception of the Crown Prince Boris of Bulgaria, then expected to i join the army at Serres. Jongof goes on to relate, tthe best furniture and decorations were communicated from the inhabitants in order to fit tingly furnish the royal residence. The
 Grown Prince postponed his visit whereupon Colonel Popoff, comman- ] der of the F'orty-ninth Regiment with the connivance of Lieutenant Stveft, l military Governor of Serres, removed all the valuables to their own resi- ] dences and subsequently shipped them i to their families in Sofia. When at l length the Prince arrived second contribution was levied from the in habitants, which, after the departure
 of the royal guest, met with the same ! fate the frst.''