New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

all in accord in showing that the
policy of determination of the nom
Bulgarian elements is openly toler-
ated and encouraged by the official
organs Of the Bulgarian govern
ment.
"When the Bulgarians began, in
1915, the invasion of the land
Of their neighbors, administrative
bodies were kept in the rear of the
armies and were Immediately es-
tablished in the occupied cities.
The various departments were in
trusted to comitadjis, who had ac-
counts to settle with the popula-
ton that had formerly chased them
from their land. The prefectures
of the police were still more unfort-
innate.
Convict Made Police Chief
Gin Nish, ST. Ivanoff, liberated
convict, was made chief of the
police; he had been sentenced sew
eral times for swindling. The pre-
feet Of Monastir is the son of
General Boyadjieff, drunkard and
swindler. The general himself had
disowned his son and expelled him
from his house because he was in
corrigible.
"Shortly after the establishment
of the Bulgarian authorities in the
occupied territory, at the order of
the Bulgarian government, the pill
Laying of Serbia and Dobrudja be-
gan. The public libraries have been
looted. All books of value were
carried to Bulgaria. A commission
of Bulgarian literary men and scien-
lists were sent to the occupied coun-
tries to investigate and take along
with them all scientific treasures to
Bulgaria. The Bulgarian press,
since the occupation of Serbia, has
been full of communications an
nouncing the arrival in their
country of captured trophies The
topographic, geographic and his
torical museums in Sofia are full
of objects carried out of Serbia and
Rumania.
"But the climax of injustice was
reached when Radoslavoff intro
duced law authorizing the Bull
garian government to take posses
sion Of all Serbian property, real
estate and chattels the owners of
which were absent.
Schools and Churches Invaded
"The Bulgarians invaded the
schools, the churches and the con-
vents. The instructors were driven
out and the priests prosecuted. All
the property Of the public schools
was confiscated. A ban was placed
by the invader on Serbian national
customs and traditions.
Bulgaria Drafts Serbians
Later came new violation of
international law, perhaps one Of
the most monstrous-the Bulgarian
government decreed the forced
drafting of Serbians into the Bull
garian armies.
against Rumania the Bulgarian
government has been conducting a
dishonest campaign of propaganda
and spreading rumors Of Rumanian
atrocities. My information on this
subject, based on authentic sources,
is reliable.
"The stories Of Rumanian atroci-
ties had been concocted in accord
with Berlin and Vienna in the hope
of counteracting the deplorable eff
fects of the atrocities committed in
Northern France, Belgium, Serbia,
Poland and in all places thro ugh
which the imperial troops have
passed"
Controlled by Germans
After laying bare Bulgaria's guilt
in planning her part as Germany's
aid in the German war for the
domination of the world and Bull
garia's barbarian acts in Serbia, he
points out how completely Bull
garia has now been subjected to
the German militarists. He says:
"When Bulgaria entered the war
the Central Empires hurriedly
placed their hands on all the agri-
cultural resources Of that country
Economically, Bulgaria is to-day
completely under German domina-
ton. The system Of provisioning is
controlled by the Germans, in the
German fashion, who leave in the
country only the minimum quantity
of food necessary and which is OBJ
tainable only by means Of cards.
"From the military point of view,
Bulgaria does not exist as an indie
pendent state. The Bulgarian COM
mandcr in chief hos ;ptr,rc%oJ my