The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-04

ing forces, no one OF the Balkan ma
lions ~ spared Atrocities commit
tod upon the non-combatant Mos
lens In Macedonia surpassed in many
Instances the crimes committed Nv
the race from which the Christian
nations wcro supposed Co have re-.
ceiVod their educationn In the en-
inrcemonts Of cruelty. The batbtr-
Gus acts and inhumnn reprisals per-
formed by B~ulgarians scrvlans and
Greeks against each other would be
Incredible II they were not supported
by unques,ionablc evidence. From
the data supplied by the commission
u IL impossible to argue that one OF
the nations was less violent than the
others In It's CHASTITY warefnrc.
The commission gives three causes
% the war which followed the do
mand Of the allies for autonomy Of
the European ~viiayets. and redivis-
ion according to nationality. These
were the weakness and want Of fore
sight Of Turkey, the poweriessness
Of Europe 90 impose on a constitu-
tionul Turkey the reforms she had
introduced Into an absolute Turkey.
and the consciousness OF increased
strength which alliances gave to tho
Balkan states.
The pccuhatiol ~ Macedonia by
Greeks and Scrvians and the threat
cned dccopitation Of the bulgarian
nation fostered the germs Of discord
among the Balkan allies which had
been stined by treaties. the
terms of which we're iu cptinoutal
dispute Alleged Bulgarian Violations
OF treaties ana Servian tranagressions
followed by mutual demands Of con-
Cossiuns ma extensions OF frontier,
prccipitated n war between the al
lies, which for wanton cruelty and
Wholesale demolition II almost un-
paralleied
The second chapter OF tho report,
under the heading. The Wal ana the
Non-Comhntrnt Population IN q re-
cital of these horrors In 4 review uf
the acts committed by the Greeks
against the Macedonian Moslcms the
commission had AZ It's iosposal doc
uments Of undoubted ~verncity and %
Systematic prescription Of Moslems
which, II found typical OF the Greeks
murderous practices.
Our document rays the report.
gives particulars. village by village.
uf the Moslems who were Killed ana
robbed. our cxpericnce shows that
lists Of this kind IN the Balkans are
usually accurate. In the village 81
all these 'Nccsses seem To have been
the work OF local Greek bands The
most active of thes. bands was he'd
by u priest and % wariike grocer,
Who was n member ~ the bishops
council The Turks indeed. accus.
90 tho bishop 81 directing an these
atrocities.
The burning ~ Villages and the
exodus a the defeated population
Is a normal incident what they have
suffered themselves they inn.ct on
others"
n band. under q ctrtain Dom
cheff, a noted guerilla chief was
said to have burned 3t5 Turkish
houses IN one day. shut up the men
In mosques ~ burned them alive
o. shot them ms they attempted Ia
escape. a volunteer Of the Nacedon-
ian legion who convinced the com
mission Of his reliability. stated that
while marching through Gumuliinn
Nc NV mnonR fifv ~nhifrdefta Bui-
gsuan peasants, the dead body ~ q
woman hnngins on n rrec and anoth-
er with "a young baby on the ground
with their eyes Eougcd out IN
spite of these acts it is the opinion
uf the comm ssion that "a real cf-
tort was undoubtedly made 10 check
the lawlcssness ~ the bands and 10
deal with maraudinf on the part at
the troops"
In weighing the charges made by
the Greeks against the BulEurians.
which have already become familiar
through the newspapers the rcpor,
says:
The Greeks rs usual suppress an
mention of the proyocation which the
inhabitants had given. The Bulgar-
ian cou Is silent as Co the manner
In which their reprisals were carried
out. Both narratives contain mac
~curacies and neither OF them tells
than e part OF the truth"
The commission disproved several
e%xtrayaRant stories OF the torture.
death and mutliation Of certain indi-
viduals Oy nnoing them alive and ia
good health. IL also rejected as In.
heroutly improbable and univcrsihcd
accusations made by some Of the dip
lomatic Representatives Of Greece IN
foreign capitals that the fingers aud
ears Of women had been found In the
pockets Of capt. red Bulgarian sol
diers.
There nevertheless remains. when
these manifest travesties of fact ar'
brushed aside. q heavy indictment
which rests upon incontrovertible evi-
dence."
This incident which consists mainly
OF the events at DoNa;o and DENT
Hlssar, with the burning of SERIES,
Is carefully weighed and investigated