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THE KINGDOM OF SERBIA 19
I will quote literally what was said to me by an old Mussulman
of the Albanian village of Ostrec :
" We are a flock
of sheep and must follow him who comes to lead us. You
(the Serbs) have never done us any harm, and they (the
Bulgars) have taken all we had. Of course, we are glad
that you have come back."
BULGARIAN CRIMES IN INVADED MACEDONIA
SALONICA,
February 3, 1917.
In a recent letter I told you that the Bulgars had killed
comparatively few peasants in the Bitolj-Monastir district,
which is to-day delivered from their yoke. But at the
same time I stated that in other localities they had been
less moderate as regards executions. To-day I am in
possession of absolutely reliable information concerning
what the subjects of Ferdinand the Felon have done in
the districts of Veles, Prilep and Porec. I will summarize
it quite briefly, and the reader will be able to convince
himself that the vassals of William of Hohenzollern have
been in no way inferior to their German Allies.
When the Bulgars arrived in the districts aforesaid,
they massacred everybody they met by the way or in the
fields. They formed Commissions constituted by comitadjis
and directed by the subprefects. These Commissions
went from village to village and imprisoned the
notabilities, many of whom were killed, once they were
in prison. The latest massacres were committed on
January 20, 1916 (o.s.). The total number of persons
massacred in these three districts exceeds 2,000, the
greater number of whom were women and children. By
way of example, I will specify the numbers of the killed
for several villages, as follows. In the village of Omorani,
18 persons were killed ; in the village of Teovo, 8 persons,
two of them women, Maria NikuS Stojanovic and Sofia
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