The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-27
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ARMED PEACE TN THE EAST.
THE BOSNTdNs MADE DESPERATE BY
THE TURKS MISRULE
The in'urrecticn srreadinx-Turkey Preps~-
Ing 4" Defend her Territory-The Horrible
Massacre OF Christinns I'm Herzegovina.


M"s-"cre OF Christians In Herzegovina.
LONDON, March 26.-A Belgrade despatch
to the Times says: =" In Bosnia tho Turkish
Rcdifs are oil under arms. and tho national
mitin are being armed and drilled. A special
commission OF officers and surgeons has been
appointed TO see that no person liable shall
avoid military service The militia have &C.
ccved Snidcr rifles from Cons,nntinoplc and
in the districts Of Tuzlny. Grashsitza. Bellina,
Zwornik. and Brnckzka they have progress-
cd so far as to compete with the Redif reserves
in drilling. The Scrajevo official journal pub
fishes n list of contributions to the war fund.
mode 10y the Mohammedan population. Money.
shoes, and horses are given to the authorities
for the use OF the newly modified militia. aud
camp cquppage is hold ready for use should
they be called out for active service. The Ule-
mas and dcrvishcs continue to excite wnrlike
fvciinH ny iunatlcnl addresses. Insurgent bands
are appearing in hitherto undisturbed Districts
and as the weatherbocomcs mild enough TO mako
life In the mountains eniurable, those bands
will receive large acccssions from the raynh
population. who are driven to desperation by
the misimlc OF the officials. Letters from Bos-
MIA and Bulgaria assert that the tax gatherers
exact tthes twice. n second batch of eXtortlon-
crs declaring the first were unauthorized. Tho
general tone oi all letters received from tho
provinces gives the impression that nothing is
being done toward reform. The confusion is
becoming moro aggravating every day In con-
sequence OF the pressure of tho military burden.
The Turkish Government II tottering. and il
WIN require somcthing much more eflicacous
than an Indefinitely wordcd diplomatic docu-
mcnt to produce any Improvement In tho con-
ditiOn OF the population"
4 despatch to the Times from Kust.ndic Bull
garia. says During the past week tho
strengthening Of this place hlis been actively
proceeded with Four coast batteries have been
constructed. the old land Notifications repaired,
and new ones erected north of tho town. Foui
battdons of foot and two batteries have arrived
from Consantinoplc. Heavy guns for the
oarthworks are expected on sunday"
special despatch from q lrs-a 10 the Times
says: " Odessa is completely secured against
attack from the sca by about seven hundred tor
pedOes and a series Of furtir4iiuns " II PLAN
ned and admirably armed TOrrcdoos are laid
about five miles oil the hurbOr. - TO rcnior
entrance impossible. The Qualifications ara
armed with about two hundred heavy breech-
| loldcrs and mortlrs. Tn. garrison numbers
10000 mon. but there are large mass y of troops
The Vienna Neuc Ftcie Tfesse says that
| although the alliance Of tin three EmpcrQrs will
| continue, notwithstanding the failr, ofthe pro-
| to,ol negotiations. II Will only he on it, original
| never existed. Tho alliance vns formed rather
| TO prevent than to facilitate Intervention. Only
| one more function can now be exercised by thu
ALLAN -. that of localizng the conflict. should
| A pcra despatch 60 the Times. dated yesterday,
| snys that negotiations between the Porte and
| Montenegro are apparently interrupted tha
Mont"n"grn EnVoys refusing Ia ,tIrErnph ior
| further instructions. being sure vi the Princes
| dot rm nation.
The Ra.usa correspondent Of the Manchester
| Guardian sends further details of the massacrs
| IN Herr" "govina. lie says some OF the penshntS
! VINO took refuge on Austrian territory have
returned 10 their homes. band Of Bashi-
| Bazouhs. five hundred strong, from Vakup and
| PctroyAtz. foil upon tho village of Ochiovo.
| whore returned refugees wcro rebuilding their
| homes and burned the partly restored houses
| and murdered ten Of the refugees with name
| less horrors. The others ned across the from
| tier. From Glamosh have particulars Of an
other butchcry. Greek of the ORTHODOXY
| Church had celebrated his marriage with giN
of the same faith. The bridal procession was
stopped by the Turks. who cut down and be-
| headcd four OF the guests and exposed tho
| heads on poles ut Glumosh. The bride died
from the oilocls OF tine outihg"s inflicted. There
IL no redress for these crimes. Tie condition
OF the rural districts Of Bo-nia and Herzegovina
| is becoming inrou 'iyble in It's distress and
! horror. To leave t.Dsc pruvin - 10 hc pacied
| ~ the Turk after bic peculiar fashion would DO
u grtut political crime.
4 Berin dc.patch says that private intoli-
| ccu," comes irpm Vienna that Gen. lgnateff is
now trying 10 revive the uliiunra Of III. three
/ Emuoror5 and induce them to solve the ql,S-
/ uuu uf tho protocol without the assent OF Eng
! pect .d resolve 10 return Via Berlin