Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-07
BESIEGED.
haeedonians Drilling for Posi-,
bic Fight With Turkey.
PEACE OF EUROPE MENACED.
Turkish Concessions Did Not Give
Satisfaction Crisis Began NrIh
Dawn OF Yrar-TurlScy Preparing
for IIu>uIitIes.

Dawn Of Year-Turl,ry Preparing
for IiO>IIIitIcs.
London. April 4.-The FAN Mall Ca
zette's correspondent in Macedonia
writes an interesting story concerning
the present condition in the Balkans.
In connection with the collision between
Bulgarian and Turkish frontier guards
al KuZyl-AgUD. D-IWron JamDuli and
AdriamOple an important sirrtratc puin,
for Turkey if she Ic siI, Il to pour troops
iuto bulgaria, Us it is ih- railroad sta
tiun nearest to the Turkish frontier in
RulguI!aL Territory. hv says:
Grave Consequences cannot be- de-
foyged much longer. The whole province
is armed. ana matters are rapidly dIift-
irG into open revolution. Tn, people are
drilling for the coming ytruggla. Tho
country is virtually in Il state OF 81 =.
Turkish troops have been pouring into
most Of the disturbed districts and ron-
cartrating, and rclnfuvecmauts are az
r.N.ug daily. DetalhmcEts Iaard th"
Oriental railway from Salonj,a to TIE
Servian border and the gdrIlH on towns
arc packed with soldiers.
"1bara g.. a v;l,sr,...,l i,r,,,-....,.r,
thr,urhout tbo lama ta,. r.o',.rtrus
,vao,. ,ra i,,u,pdi,, ,r,.,.. So, ....,,-
c,..l f.alin,r - ,,,,r,., .,.,,.,,, ,,...i,
:. ,f -, ,tsoIuto stau5s,f,I .,.5 -r... Oi-
;o,n,rs arc nranoriog ir ,,,.f,.. ...,f,v
earnest barauva rbe,..,r, ,,.,.,.t,,..,.i. mas,
Bulgaria is at the bottom IF ,hrtr.nh.Cs
IN Macedonia and VIII certainly actively
sIrpo~+ rr. .nv,,.ct,,l. ,i,i,,, ..,,,..,,,r.o.I
nv Er.sian infunuIa l. is ,.iip.,fa5
lh,t 100 eco ,,o, ar, u,l,l.r. arms ready.
fn, action in tho iro,na6i,i, r,nre..i,,,
If Tho coniOs, rebelifno
The attention of the vor,5 has Ia.,
attracted Ga strorpIy to ,ftai.. I'm ~.
Souda,, ana the Orient for >n rorv
months nast LITTLE atton,tou has hool ma In
Ia the Ralkan situatinr-.,,ya,.s. p ,.,an-
ace tn the near. uf E.l,rora. And va, in
Macedo1.ia are all the indications pr -
conflict and the. clash hat,.,a, ,hs 'T,,rl,-
iSh and bulgarian outposts does nor tend
IN lessen the danger Tho urealut rrists :
in Haila, affairs prnys u,lt nf a rf,,-
troyersy bpuuu a few, months hafnr. ,ba
outnrenIy of the Greco-Turllj.h war t,y,
wears aeo, AT that time thn Ru,aar.ag
. M - ..
= nrocra,n of reforms for tho lI.r.6n.
mans Following his usual cu.tom ,ha
sulra, apnoin,ad n commission f., st,iiy
tho ullSiI,p. rs administrative rafnr,,ls
thus GslaAing the entire question. In
Apru lN97. however a reform nr,pra,n
WAS approved by the suItan The aer.-
ruluutsts were relieved If tha fncoun
/ lax ana REQUIRED ia nay orIv tith.. nr
/ tnei., rro1,,ro
Tn. copoassfons fell short ,,r tho 4 .-
manJs Of thn Macaaoniars ar5 v.4,.a ,.n-
/ irctad. Tho Greeks then irtarrer,d in
! Macedonia ana set mn revolutionary
/ ,,,ruitr- at I4,i.s, Tba .rDsh,t ,yas
an unrisire in Maredori4 ,ujrL.,,
oua,la5 b,. Turkish tronn. D,,rfnp tba
/ ,ropress If tba Greco-Trrl;Ieb war Rul-
/ e.rf, .ought fo t,5a an urdra ,6,ar-
! teee i,. anain nrassinp lIacodoriar
,Iai,os imam the Sultan Rands Of rrI.
sari.,,, tronrs crossed tba NIaced,rniar
goran ase@I at cons;a"ltn.p,e D, pie. threat