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Show THE BULGARIAN MASSACRES. The Herald has probably given sufficient of the copious reports of tbe Loudon correspondents descriptive descrip-tive of the atrocities in Bulgaria to satisfy its readers, The official correspondence cor-respondence to tbe British foreign office from its diplomatic agent in Constantinople is published, and fully confirms tbe worst phases of tbe newspaper descriptions. Of the outrages committed by the bashi bazouka, or Turkish religious teachers, teach-ers, those at Batak excelled in bar barity all others. We reproduced a short time since a view of the repulsive re-pulsive scenes witnessed at that village vil-lage sometime in July from the pen of an English correfe poo dent. Tbe official documents received add something some-thing to tho details. The surrender of Batak was made by the inhabitants inhabi-tants aller a solemn promise by tbe Turks that if the villagers gave up their arms not an hair of their heads should be touched. After the surrender sur-render the bashi bazouka demanded and received all their money and then slaughtered all tbe inhabitants like sheep. About 1,500 persons took refuge in church. Baffled in all attempt to fire it from the outside, tbe bashi bazouks finally climbed to the roof, tore ofl' the tiles, and threw burning pieces of wood and rags, dipped in petro'cum, among the thickly-packed mass of human beings belaw. At lni tlm Hiinrs wors forced onen and the massacre was completed. The inside of tho church waa burned. The only survivoi of thiB slaughter to be found was an old woman, she alone remaining alive out of a family - of seven. G Mr, Baring continues: I visited this place on tut olat of July. Hardly a aorpso bad been buried. Where a man fell there he now lies. In the streets at every step lay human remains re-mains rotting aud sweltering in the I sun. The stench was overpowering. , Five thousand in all were killed here, aud about eighty girls were carried off. The surviving inhabitants live iu wooden huts outside the village, in great misery. To Achmet Agha and his men belongs tbe distinction of having committed perhaps the most heinous crime that has Btained the history of tho present century. Nevertheless he has been decorated by his government, as havo also several sev-eral other leaders in these cruelties. The report concludes that there was undoubtedly a revolution which had to be crushed by armed force, but government is to blame for calling out bashi bazouks. for liid it sent reg ular troops earlier the bashi bazouks would have been unnecessary. The manner in which the rising was suppressed sup-pressed wns inhuman to the la?t degree, de-gree, fifty innocent persons suffering tor every guilty ono. Tbe Turkish justification of these outrages is the insurrectionary programme pro-gramme sid to have been adopted by the Bulgarians, which the Turks claim, and Baring, British aeut, believes be-lieves to be authentic. Tnis programme pro-gramme provides for a general and simultaneous rising of a large number num-ber of village!", all of which named are to be burned, and the railways were to be destroyed. The govern- I raent stores were to be seized, all Musselmen who reflated were to be killed, as well as ail Bulgarians who refused to cooperate. |