The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-02-18
GREECE ASKS FOR JUSTICE
From "The Atlantis" q National DAILY


cles in succession, it will be needless
70 recapitulatc the indictment against
Bulgaria. But we will briefly sum up
The nature Of the evidence as follows:
l. Confederation of the accusa-
tons of Greece against Bulgaria by
eye Witnesses Of the atrocities. Those
who iIdorse the assertions OF Bulga-
ria admit that they we're not in or
near the seat of war.
2. Those who exposed the Bulga-
rian atrocities were present either at
the time, or Immediately after the acts
which called forth their protests. They
were personal witnesses who saw the
smoking ruins of the pillaged towns
and the thousands upon thousands of
mutilated corpscs. 1t was not until
peace had been declared that any
charges were preferred against the
Greek army.
3. Bulgaria uttered no denunca-
tion Of tho Greeks until after peace
was declared. Greece, it will be re-
mcmbered, called the attention OF the
whole world to the Bulgarian atrocities
at tl.o very outset Of the war, and in
Vlted the foreign correspondents to
como at once to the front and witness
the horrors perpctrated by her bar
barous enemy
4. Bulgaria offers an excuse for her
singular silence concerning the at
rocftes at the time when she now
claims they were committed. Accord
ing to her present statement, she was
cut off from all communication with
the outer world during. the war, and
consequently was unable to register
her protests against Greece. This is
obviously lie, for it is the incontesti-
BILE fact that during the who.o war, Mr..
Bourchior, the official Press Bureau,
and the notorious Lieutenant Wagner,
or the Vienna Reichspost), were cx-
ccedlng busy sending out war rcws,
though they managed 10 color it to
\ suli 'hGir desires, al | 10 minimize the
facts of rout and defeat. There was
nothing whatever to prevent Bulgaria
from protesting or for calling for dis
interested witnesses to any Greek
atrocity,' had any Greek atrocity oc
enrred.
5. The foreign witnesses who
described the Bulgarian horrors, com
mitted during the second war, number
more than thirty with tho Geek army
ana over twenty with the Servian
troops. Bulgaria's indictment, brought
Mter the close of the war, was signed
by TWO Journalists who never left So
I.JF
nounced the Bulgarian atrocities were
two foreign Consuls. two Vice ConsuIs
NINE war correspondents, represent
Ing almost every nation of Europe: n
french diplomat. an officer Of the
british Royal Navy, the heads of five
eorc1gn missions and many residents
ana travellers Of all nationalities. in
cluding Americans
o. Bulgarias savage bLoodthirsti-
ness was demonstrated and authcnti-
Gated before the outbreak Of the war
with Greece. OF the rs foreign cor
RESPONDENTS attached to the various
armies embroiled in the war with
Turkey II united in accusing the Bull
Garlans OF wholesale slaughter of Mo-
hammedan non-com batants and the
torture and massacre OF Turkish pris-
oners OF war. These charges we're
omcialiy confirmed in the House of
commons by the British Minister of
foreign Arairs, Sir Edward Grey. on
the strength Of the evidence submit
ted to him through consular chan
nels. Nowhere Is there mention OF the
slightest stain upon the honor.of the
Greek army. The journalistic 8Upport-
ars OF Bulgaria. the only four who did
not bring charges against her, we're
ddeutanr Wagner, Bourchier, Wallis,
and Marsh.
4. Tens Of thousands OF Greeks,
Turks, Jews and even Bulgarians fled
Uom the districts where the Bulga-
fiaf army was operating, seeking ref
hge from their dcpredations, while
not single refugee during the sec.
ond war sought Bulgarian protection.
They knew better than to trust such
tiends.
s. The ruins OF Serras, D3xato and
Nigrita and dozena OF other Greek
villages, burned and looted by the
Bulgarians, are still standlng-a
ghastly monument to Bulgarian van
guilt,
.. On learning that their districts
had been allotted to Bulgaria by the
treaty Of peace, the inhabitants OF Mel
onico and Strumnitza burned their
towns behind them and sought Greek
territory. They were not only the
Greeks of the province, for 5000 Bull
garians emigrated with them. Greek,
Turk. Jew and Bulgarian, they all
knew the terrors of Bulgarian occu-
patton and fed from 1t as from the
plague.
10. The Greeks are Caucasions,
they belong, de facto. to the European
group Of nations. They have behind
them glorious past and before them
on ideal Of nobility and honor. The
Bulgarians are Mongolian Tartars, as
uncivilized at heart and as grossly ig-
aorant as their ancestors, the ploda-
tory nomads, and inclined by nature