The Terrible Turk.
PERSECUTION OF CREEKS. FURTHER MASSACRES. [By Electric Telegraph —Copyright! ■[United Press Association. ) Sofia, May IS. According to official reports, the persecution of Greeks in Eastern jThrace is renewed with extreme vigor. 1 Crowds of Greek peasants from De|motica who have arrived at Dedeagatch {report that their wives and children ! were massacred. Others crossed to Marimga in boats, The Turks firing volleys at them. Many were drowned .
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE. REPORT ALL BELLIGERENTS GUILTY OF ATROCITIES. Paris, May 18. The International Committee despatched to the Balkans by the Carnegie Fund declared that although [the Greek Bishops of Djiran, Kavalla and Serres were erroneously reported to have been massacred, hundreds of villagers were wantonly destroyed, and many civilian and military prisoners were butchered, while all the belligerents in the second war were guilty of atrocities.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 23, 19 May 1914, Page 5
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136The Terrible Turk. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 23, 19 May 1914, Page 5
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