Saturday, July 6, 2013

Gloated Over Wounded Foe.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 6, 1913:
Disgraceful Scene at Belgrade When Dying Bulgars Arrived.
    LONDON, July 5.— A disgraceful incident marked the arrival at Belgrade to-day of 1,384 Bulgarian prisoners of war, according to a dispatch from the Servian capital.
    The prisoners were marched through the streets in the presence of immense crowds of Servians, who closed in, cheering wildly at the rear of wagons loaded with wounded, lying three deep, many of them apparently dying. Even this did not stop the enthusiastic outburst of the mob, and the correspondent adds that peace between the two nations is impossible after this.
    Although no exchange of views has taken place between the European powers, it is understood that there will be no intervention in the Balkan, conflict, the belligerents being left to fight out their quarrel, as was the case during the recent Turkish war.

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