The sun., 1919-07-26
BULGAR BRUTALITY
COST $4,000 LIVES
Population Of Eastern Mace
donna Cut 100000 Dur
ing Occupation.
REPORT REVEALS HORROR
Every; Conceivable Torture
Employed, According to
Allied Commission.

PARIS, July 75.--Bulgarian oppression
to Eastern Macedonia curing the period
OF occupation of that territory resulted
in the reduction OF the population BY
nearly 100000 and the death Of $4,000
inhabitants In the course of three years
Of hunger and illtreatment, according to
the report Of an interallied commission,
just submitted.
This commission, comprising delegates
Of the British. Belgian. French, Serbian
and Greek Governments. appointed to
inquire into charges of violation OF the
rights Of nations by the Bulgarian
armies In Eastern Macedonia, found that
at the time Of the Bulgarian invasion
the population totalled so5.ooo inhabi-
tants and is now reduced to $4,000. In
addition to the $4,000 who died, the re-
port states, about $4,000 were deported
to Bulgaria. 10000 to $4,000 emigratsd
TO Bulgaria to escape famine. about
Il, 900 OF the deportees and emigrants
died in Bulgaria, and between 5000 and
10, 900 Of the $4,000 Mussulmans enrolled
In the Turkish and Bulgarian armies
have not returned.
The Bulgarian starvation policy was
organized and carried out by devious
means. the report continues. and cruel
devices were employed to suppress the
Hellenic element The deportations are
declared not to have been prompted by
reasons of safety, but of desire for
determination, more than one-quarter OF
the men deported dying in consequence
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lures. The Bulgarians are also charged
with plundering, all manner Of specula-
tion, the demolition of buildings and the
carrying away of chiidrep with view
to denationalizing them.
The Serbian Official Information Blu
reau in this city yesterday gave out
summary of the report of the Inter-
allied Commission, which investigated
the violations of The Hague Convention
by the Bulgarian forces during their oc-
cupation of Serbian territory. Whole
sale massacres of prisoners of war, sys-
t. matte murder and torture OF civilians
including women and children, the tor
ture OF whole populations by methods
more barbarous than those Of the Span
ish Inquisition. are charged TO the Bull
garians In summing up Its nndings
the commission reports:
The Bulgarian crimes exceed the ordi-
nary infringements of international law.
They are crimes Of common law. such
as assassinations, murders, blows
wounds, violences, violations. attacks on
personal liberty. pillages. extort'ons'
fires. &C. The entire Bulgarian regime
bears criminal mark"
Examples are given of lieutenant
who alone killed ten to fifteen persons at
one time, of another lieutenant Nho
bcasted that he had personally kllleo
more than 900 people. and OF several
other officers who gave orders for massa-
ores.
In the case Of civilians. priests were
the most numerous victims, the number
OF clergymen slain exceeding $50. The
hatred of the Bulgarians for the Serbian
| Church." says the report, was OF
beastly savage nature. They profanee
the affairs, stripped the nuns, outraged
the priests and monks"
| After the priests the fury Of the in
vaders fell upon professors. schoolmas
tiers, judges. lawyers and merchants, Wit
were murdered indiscriminately.
The report Is signed by delegates
the French, British and Serbian Gov
ernments.