Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-03
WAR HORRORS TOLD
Greeks, BuIgars, Servian and
Turks Accused of Massacre.
Soldiers Shown to Have Burned Men
Aiive-Appeal 10 Made 70 Nations
BY Commission Of Inquiry Of
Carnegie Endowment

Carnegie Endowment
New York.-Atrocities inflicted on
defenseless men, women and children
by Turks, Bulgarians, Greeks and Ser
VANS during and after the Balkan
wars of 1912 and 1918 are recounted
In detail in q report made public by the
Balkan commission Of inquiry Of the
Carnegie endowment for international
peace.
The document tells Of the annihila-
ton of one entire population Of 1b.-
$50 persons, Of the burning Of men
alive by hundreds, of the violation Of
the widows. Of the hanging Of women
to trees. Of the butchery Of men In
groups Of 900 or more and of the
gouging out of the eyes Of babies and
their mothers.
After pointing out the effect Of the
atrocities Of the people that survive.
leaving moral and social chaos, tho
commission contends there IL small
chance of lasting peace In the Balkans.
It closes its report with conjecture
a. to Macedonia's future. and says:
What, then. is the duty Of the CIV
ilized world In the Balkans, especially
of those nations which by their loca-
ton and history are free from interna-
tional entanglements?
1T IL clear in the first place that
they should cease to exploit these ma
tons for gain. They should encourage
them to make arbitration treaties and
insist on their keeping them. They
should set q good example by seeking
q judicial settlement of all information
al disputes.
The consequences of the recent war.
economic. moral and social, are dread
full enough to justify any honest effort
by any person or by any nation to ale
viate the really distressing situation. %
The report IL In seven chapters and
clears up much of the mystery of
atrocities reported while the Balkan
nations were involved in strife, either
with the Turks or among themselves.
Everywhere the commission found des-
olation, wretchedness and social and
moral disintegration.
In this indictment brought by the
commission against all contendins
forces no one of the Balkan nations ID
spared. Atrocities committed on non.
combatant Moslems in Macedonia sur.
passed in many instances the crimes
Of the dark ages.
The barbarous acts and inhuman re-
prisals performed by Bulgarians. Serv.
ians and Greeks against one another
would seem incredible II they were NOT
supported by unquestionable evidence
The commission gives three causes
for the war which followed the de-
mand Of the allies for autonomy of the
European vilayets and redivision &C
cording to nationality. These were
the weakness and want Of foresight oi
Turkey. the powerlessness Of Europe
to impose on . constitutional Turkey
the reforms 1t had introduced into an
absolute Turkey. and the conscious
ness of increased strength which Il
lance gave the Balkan states.
The occupation Of Macedonia By
Greeks and Servians and the threat
ened decapitation of the Bulgarian ma
ton fostered discord among the Bal
kan allies which had not been stiflet
by treaties. the terms Of which wer<
in continual dispute.
Alleged Bulgarian violations Of
treaties and Servian transgressions
followed by mutual demands for con
cessions and extensions of frontier
precipitated . war among the allies
which for wanton cruelty and whole
sale demolition II almost unparal
leled.
In commenting on the Bulgarian
Servian country the commission says:
The things we have described, hor
rible as they are. are evidence of n
abnormal condition which cannot con
| tinue."
The report. with q preface by Nicho
las Murray Butler. is the work of tn.
following members of the commission:
DR.. Josef RedIich. professor of pub
lie law in the University Of Vienna
Austria.
Baron dEstournelles de Constant
and M. Justin Cedart. lawyer and mem
Der of the chamber Of deputies o.
France.
DR.. Walther Schucking, professor o.
law at University of Marburg. Ger
many.
Francis w. Hirst. editor of tn,
Economist and DR.. H. N. Brailsford
journalist, Of Great Britain.
Prof. Paul Milyoukoff. member o
the Russian domain.
Dr. Samuel T. Dutton. professor II
teachers college. Columbia university
New York.
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