8.-INTERNMENT OF CIVILIANS UNDER INHUMAN CONDITIONS Inhuman treatment of the interned Greeks in Bulgaria. Many 1916-1918. thousands of victims Internment of priests and teachers. Attempted escape of interned civilians punished with death. Interned subjected to hunger and cold, lacked linen and clothing, reduced by epidemics, many died. Internment utilised as a means of extorting money from Serbian population 9.-FORCED LABOUR OF CIVILIANS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE ENEMY, AND OTHERWISE. BELGIUM German authorities. 1915 June 1915. Sweveghem. 18th Report of Belgian Commission of Enquiry, pp. 76, 77. Holnon (Aisne). German officer. 9th Report of French Commission of Enquiry, p. 24. Unsuccessful attempts to make workmen at the Central Arsenal April-May, Luttre. resume work: 3 persons imprisoned; 190 workmen sent to Germany Similar incidents in other localities. FRANCE That French civilians were subjected to forced labour under severe hardships is clear from the two following documents:1. A proclamation ordering the inhabitants (men, women, and children) to work in the fields every day, including Sundays, from 4 A.M. to 8 P.M., with a total break of 2 hours, making 14 hours' work. "Idlers" were to be beaten if they were children, and to undergo 6 months' imprisonment after the harvest if they were women July 20, 1915.. SERBIA. Greek women compelled by Bulgarians to work in fortification works Ordered to carry munitions and provisions to the front, dig 1915-1918. Various places in Serbia.. Rapport de la Commission Interalliée, p. 33. People taken at a distance; long spells of labour; had to find their own food II. COMPULSORY ENLISTMENT OF SOLDIERS AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF OCCUPIED TERRITORY Bulgarian authorities. GREECE Many thousands of Greeks forcibly enlisted by Bulgarians.. SERBIA Forced Serbian subjects to fight in the ranks of Bulgarians against 1915-1918.. their own country Serbia. Families and villages were held responsible for refusal to enlist (in Eastern Serbia.) Serbian subjects were recruited for the Austrian armies, or were 1915-1918.. Serbia.. sent to the Bulgarians to be incorporated in their forces Austrian and German au- 12. ATTEMPTS TO DENATIONALISE THE INHABITANTS OF OCCUPIED TERRITORY SERBIA Efforts to impose their national characteristics on the population 1915-1918. Serbian language forbidden in private as well as in official rela- Bulgarian schools and churches substituted-attendance at school made compulsory. Population forced to be present at Bulgarian national solemnities. Austrians and Germans interfered with religious worship, by deportation of priests and requisition of churches for military purposes. Interfered with use of Serbian language p. 38. II.-COMPULSORY ENLISTMENT OF SOLDIERS AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF OCCUPIED TERRITORY Families and villages were held responsible for refusal to enlist Forced Serbian subjects to fight in the ranks of Bulgarians against 1915-1918.. their own country Serbia. (in Eastern Serbia.) Serbian subjects were recruited for the Austrian armies, or were 1915 1918... Serbia. Bulgarian authorities. Rapport de la Commission Interalliée, Austrian and German au- Rapport de la Commission d'enquête 12.—ATTEMPTS TO DENATIONALISE THE INHABITANTS OF OCCUPIED TERRITORY serbe, p. 6. SERBIA Efforts to impose their national characteristics on the population 1915-1918. Serbian language forbidden in private as well as in official rela- " Bulgarian schools and churches substituted-attendance at school made compulsory. 37. Population forced to be present at Bulgarian national solemnities. Austrians and Germans interfered with religious worship, by deportation of priests and requisition of churches for military purposes. Interfered with use of Serbian language |