The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-01
Discovery of Enormous Frauds in the Turkish
War Department-The Army Neglected
and Large Sums of Money Squandered.
A Skirmish on the Frontier, in Which
the ROumelians Win Victory.
German Bankers Approve the Scheme for
Holding Monetary Congress-Damaging
Floods in Switzerland by Cable.
THE ROUMELIAN REVOLT.
Turkey Preparing for War-A Skirmish on
the Roumelian Frontier.

the Roumelian Frontier.
LONDON, Sept. 30.-The indications to-day
point to active war preparations by the Porte.
Eighty battalions of the frst-class reserves are
being modified in the districts bordering the
Black sea, at points which will facilitate the
transportation of troops for duty in Roumelia in
the event of the Sultan being compelled to
adopt extreme measures to settle the Roumelan
difficulty. The transportation department is
actively engaged in furnishing means for the
concentration of troops at the most available
points for an advance on Roumelia- Three
battalions of infantry and company of arril
lery, stationed on the island of Crete, have been
ordered to Adrianople
Prince Alexander has ordered number of
armed bands of Bulgarians, who were preparing
to invade Macedonia. to return to Bulgaria.
Two Servian revolutionary chiefs have been ar
rested and informed in a fortress in Bulgaria
A dispatch from Constantinople, received this
afternoon, says: considerable CONSERVATION
prevails in officia! circles over important dis
covery just made by Alb Sahib Pasha, the new
Minister of War Immediately on being installed
in his new position, Alb Sahib Pasha ordered all
the various department commanders to report
the strength of their respective commands, and
their present condition. and detailed several Off
GERS to inspect the various posts. Their reports
have been received, and show that, under Ghazl
Osman Pasha, the late Minister of War, who
was dismissed on Sept %, the army was almost
entirely neglected, and the large sums of money
voted for military purposes were used in other
ways than those for which they were designated
The inquiry has revealed that the Adrianople
army, which supposed to be $4,000 strong
contains not half that number of men. The
| soldiers have no uniforms, and are shoeless
The cavalry is unable to march, owing to a lack
of horses and the necessary accoutre
| ments. Four hundred horses and 1000
men who have been fully equipped
are under orders to march at an hours notice
| Four iron-clads are actively preparing for sea,
| but there are only 600 tons of coal available,
and their departure may possibly be delayed on
| that account.
Yesterday Turkish troops fred on the Rou-
| melian outposts at Mustapha Pasha a town in
| Roumelia, twenty miles north of Adrianople
The outposts were Immediately reinforced, and
| a skirmish ensued, in which the Turks were de-
feated and forced to retreat, carrying with them
l. a number of wounded"
The meeting of the ambassadors to consider
the Roumehan question is expected to be held
at ConstantiIople to morrow. with Count Corti,
the Italian ambassador. presiding.
! During the last two days heavy artillery firing
| has been heard in the direction of Pristlna and
| Djakova. It is believed that desperate fight
has been raging between the Turks and the
Servians