Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-29

Grammes range, passes over fine
plain to Perlipe, or Priipe, a Bull.
garian town OF considerable size, tine
fruit gardens surrounding which are
noted for the quality and flavor Of the
small, luscious peaches they produce
in nrofusion. From Perlipe there is a
road through defile opening in a
fairly open country TO Gradsko, on the
Salopica- Uskub railway, and another
across tho bills to Kuprili, or Valessa,
several stations north Of Gradsko. with
mixed population. The country to
the westward of the Monastir. Periipe.
Valessa road, though Bulgarian in
greater part, has a large and unruly
Albanian Ghega population, who per.
petfate atrocities Oh the Christian in
hahitants and rob thor fields and
Hooks N UGH after the manner of the
kurds With the Armeniaue in Asia.
Arriving at Uskub, on the Vartiar,
the country opens out into a plain and
undulating country that stretches away
to the Servian and Bulgarian frontiers.
Uskub or Skopia, as it is called by the
Iurss, is an ancient city, and datcs
back to the Roman occupation; traces
OF which are to be seen In the walls of
the old fortress aud in the acqueduct,
still 10 fair preservation. Though no
longer fulfilling the purposes of it's con-
struction, thanks to the incurable mis-
government of the Turk and his in
capacity to appreciate civilization in
any form.
With the military instinct that still
survives, however, the Turks have con.
structed redouhts and batteries round
uskub and have converted it into
another Plevna. The population here
begins to change character, and the
Bulgarian aud Serb meet. The railway
going north from Uskub passes through
u tunnel under range of hills on the
other side of which the Servian and
slayo Albanian population begins.
THESE bills form the northern limit of
Macedonia.
The town of Mitrovitza, which is the
terminus of the railway from Salonica,
is picturssquely situated at the junction
of the oitinitza with the Ibar, one of
the main tributaries of the Serviau
Morava. that discharges into the
Danube below Somendria. On the north
side OF the town are the gorges through
which pass the road leading to Noyi-
Bszar, close to the Servian frontier
the capital OF the administrative dis
trict known as the Sandiak or Novi.
Bazaar, tongue OF territory running
north separating Sorvia from Montane-
gro. In order TO prevent the possibility
OF Servia and Montenegro coming to-
gefher at any moment on this territory
tho Austrian government obtained the
right at the Berlin congress to main.
tain conjointly with the Turks equal
garrisops at certain strategic points on
tha roads passing across Novi-Baz
from Servia TO Montenegro These
points are Pievlie, Priepolje and Bielo-
pole, anu glance at the map will
Snow now eiFectually the purpose of
DOCKING the ruads is accomplished by
their occupation. This question has
been one of the many thorns in the
side Of the Sultan, but the only remedy
he might have applied that could have
removed them he failed to use. and tho
Austrian occupation has now every an
pearance of being permanent. Civilian.
tion can only gain by the substitution
OF any government for that of the
Turk throughout Novi- Bazar and Arna-
out country. Right would give it 10
Sorvia and Montenegro; might seems to
Indicate Austria as the future pos
SCISSOR.
The Bulgarians have considerable
forces concentrated south OF Sofia at
Dubpitza Samakuy and arBazardjik.
From the first named, Dubnitza, a
road leads west to Kostendil, on the
road TO Uskul; and other leads due
south to Diuma, on the Turkish side of
the frontier. down the valley of the
Struma as far as Nevrekop, and from
there across the mountains by Lissa
and Drama to kayala, on tho a egean,
opposite the Island of Thasos, an an.
panage Of the Khedive of Egypt,
through the frat Khediye. Mahmoud,
whose personal property it was. The
English government 30 regards it to-
day. and Thasos is hardly ever without
the presence Of one or more English
ships OF war. i movement from
Dubnitza by this road, besides being
assisted by Evolutionary bands, could
Unsupported by regular movement by
the IoadH leading across she Dsspoto