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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 6 Num. 92
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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TERROR IN BALKANS TOLD BY BARBUSSE
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[New York Times, December 11, 1925]
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VIENNA, Dec. 10 -- A black picture of repression in the Balkans
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and Hungary is painted by Henri Barbusse, author of "Under Fire,"
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in a series of speeches delivered here on his way to Paris after
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investigation of conditions in Southeastern Europe.
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He declared that he found that the White Terror {1} exists in
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Bulgaria, Rumania, Yugoslavia and Hungary, and that the situation
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is much more tragic than the West imagines. He urges
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international publicity as the only force capable of making the
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Balkan Governments use more humane methods of treating political
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and ethnical minorities.
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Bulgaria he describes as the most backward and Rumania as a close
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second.
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As to the number of Bulgarians who have "disappeared" since the
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present Government overthrew Stambulski less than three years ago
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his investigations lead him to make the total at least 15,000.
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"Disappeared" he translates as meaning frequent assassination and
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the secret burning or burial of the bodies.
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Despite its promises, Barbusse says, the Rumanian Government did
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not give him any evidence supporting the official contention that
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the Bossarabian peasant uprising was fomented by the Soviets. He
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said he found nothing to prove this.
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In general, he describes the Balkans as countries ruled by
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governments without strong popular roots anywhere, none of which
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permits any real opposition, and resort freely to "torture or
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other savage methods unknown elsewhere in Europe since the Middle
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Ages."
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He declined to be more specific in his statements until he had
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digested the mass of material collected, which he intends using
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in his next book. He denied the report that he personally was
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attacked or maltreated by a Bucharest mob, citing the rumor as an
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example of how news is twisted in the Balkans.
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One improvement Barbusse notes in the Balkan conceptions of
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political power is the fact that he, despite his reputation as a
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Red, was allowed to enter these countries and was officially
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promised help in investigating, although the promises proved to
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be illusionary. He describes the officially helpful attitude to
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the Balkan Governments' fear of Western public opinion.
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Although Vienna throngs with open and secret representatives of
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the "ins and outs" of all Balkan countries whose continual
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plotting and fighting is often brought to the surface by the
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assassination of some Balkan leader here, no incident has
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resulted from Barbusse's denunciations.
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The Viennese warmly applaud his description of conditions.
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The Rumanian Government has issued a statement saying that
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Barbusse's charges are not surprising, as he is "known to be a
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Bolshevist agent."
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---------------------------<< Notes >>---------------------------
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{1} I'm not certain, but the "White Terror" alluded to may
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signify a connection to the "White Russian" anti-Bolshevik
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faction in Russia.
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