A MASSACRE.
BULGARIAN PEASANTS SHOT. SERIOUS DEVELOPMENTS POSSIBLE. (BT CABUB—PSHSS ASSOCIATES—OCmi-aSE* i'THI TUTiS-" ) (.Received August 20th. 7.30 v-.rz-} SOFIA, Acgsr. 1?. Serious developments in the B&lkjuai are possible as a result of aa enquiry conducted by a Cbmmissicro appointed !>y the League of Nations -£U> deaths of 17 Bulgarian tvasacts. vfcic-a occurred on July :36th, when a Grw&. Lieutenant Dmctkis. sxrested £7 Bulgarians after the explosion of a bois© in the small village of TkriL* ck tba 0 rook side ot the Graco-Bulgariaa border.
SOFIA, Acgsr. 1?.
Lieutenant Doxakis took ti<» captives to the mountains ar.d stibsctrascft* ly reported that" the Bulgarian Irregulars attacked his escort. Fntier cover of the atciek the captives tried to escape and the escort tired, killing 17. The others escaped. •
The L'-xijtuo of Nations Cfcamirsias. consisting of Greek, Bulgarian, English and Belgian members. unanimously reported that there was no attack wiaaever. Consequently tho •*rerf merely massacred.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18157, 21 August 1924, Page 9
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151A MASSACRE. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18157, 21 August 1924, Page 9
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