FIENDISH TREATMENT OF MAYOR OF ATHENS.
(KEUTER-S TELEGRAM.)
(Received December 8, 9.40 a.m.)
LONDON, 7th December. There is information of a dastardly at--tack on the septuagenarian Mayor of Athens. His house was fired on from the residence of Prince Yegsilanti, Master of the King's Horse. The Princess, who is a Hungarian, was seen encouraging the soldiers. The house was.broken into, and the soldiers spat upon" the Mayor, wounded him with a - bayonet; beat him with their rifle butts, partly tore out "his beard, and dragged him into the street. The Princess stood at a window clapping her hands. The Mayor was taken off for examination. There are shocking accounts of the condition and treatment of General - Corakas, who is described as resembling a corpse.
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 138, 8 December 1916, Page 7
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