Turkish Atrocities.
■GREEK WOMEN' AND CHILDREN MASSACRED. HUNDREDS OF VILLAGERS KILLED. By Cable—PreS9 Association—Copyright Received 18, 10.35 p.m. f , , feol.a, May 11. Aoearding to official reports, the persecution of Greeks in Eastern Thrae* is renewed with extreme vigor. Crowds of Greek peasants fro ru Dcmotica who havo arrived ct Bed'eag.itch report that their wives and children were massacred. Others crossed to Marimga in boats, the Turks firing volleys at them. Many wore drowned. Paris, May 18. !
The International Committee despatched to the Baikans 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 'ere. butchered, while all the belligerents in the second war were guilty of atrocities.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 297, 19 May 1914, Page 5
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131Turkish Atrocities. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 297, 19 May 1914, Page 5
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