New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-14
DOES IT MEAN REVOLUTION1
BIrLGARIANS ATTACK AND BURN TWO
MUSSULMAN TOWNS.
THE MACEDONIAN REBELLION HAS APPARENTLY
TAKEN SERIOUS TURN-TIIE PORTE MAY
NOW FIND EXCUSE FOR PLACING THE
PROVINCE UNDER MARTIAL LAW

Constantnople Aug 13.-The Vail Of AdrianopIe
has telegra phed to the Porte that. according 10
advices received by him. strong bulgarian Dahd
many Of whom were on horseback. attacheu
Janakl a town In the KIrdjali district, inhap''en
by Mussulmans. The Bulgarians burned three hun
dred houses and killed many OF the villagers Inc
Vail adds that the emanates from the VII
layers, and may be exaggerated.
/. The Vail OF Salonca confirms the report or the
attack and says that IL occurred on August D. He
adds that the band numbered 1000 men. and that
go houses were destroyed by fire. He places inc
number OF the killed at twenty-five.
London Aug la-"The Morning POST tomorrow
will publish dispatch saying that the Bulgarian
village OF Kusterd. the Rhodope district. when
was Inhabited by Mahometans. was attacked ana
burned by Bulgarians. The villagers made a fierce
resistance and many on both sides were killed ami
wounded.
The official reports Of the two Turkish Walls, or
governors of the AdrIanople and Saonica districts.
tend 10 show that the disturbed condition In Mace
donna Is due to n really revolutionary or "autono-
mist" movement. rather than to mere uprsings OF
brigands and outlaws. as has been formerly said
Still IT must no, be forgotten that ottoman dip
lomacy Is very subtle and that the two Walls may
have been ordered by the Divan at Constantinople.
TO exaggerate the Importance OF the reported raid
In Macedonia.
The Turkish Government is we'll aware of the
discomfort prevailing In that province and Of the
necessity TO stfe IL in It's beginning. 1t would be
glad to have pretext 10 use promptly the sixty
four ba ttaons which 1t has assembled near or In
side the disaffeced province. and 10 place 1t under
martial law, with all facilities and apparent mo-
tives to destroy rebel bands their foreign friends
before their strength could be fully developed. This
Motley would be In accord with story which has
been published by Naoum Tufektchief, In regard 10
the assassination OF Stambuloff
Tufektchief who had been accused by the late
Premier as being one OF his murderers explains the
tragical deed as follows. He says that stambulof,
ported him. wanted furnish It with pretext to
crush. It's infancy. the revolutionary movement
which was brewing in Macedonia He sent there
an agent provocateur. certain Spirokostof VINO
was TO inclte a few Macedonians to rise in arms
and begin rebellion. which the Sultan would nave
soon suppressed and which would nave
justified him in keeping afterward the prov;
was held In suspicion by the Macedonian mar IN,
surgents ne had enlisted; they arrested him and
found upon his person check for 4oooo francs and
them went to sofia where they ASA ssinated STAN.
bulon for having sent the agent provocateur and
attempted 10 betray them and their country
and unfounded but the urdoubted fact is that there
are many Bulgarian officers In the ranks OF the
Macedonian insurgents. The latter complain tina,
mentioned In Article q Of the Berlin Treaty. on the
other hand. Bulgaria has ever considered Macedonia
as sister State. which was formerly n portion o.
the Great Bulgaria. and she hopes to take posses
sion OF IT, as she possessed herself OF Eastern Ru-
mea in 1886 Besides that. the Bulgarians are of
Tended because the Sultan has granted them only
had been promised. The thousands Of BulgarIans
already settled In the Turkish province are relying
at least upon the silent assistance OF the Sofia Gov
eminent