Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-09-12
TROOPS OF SULTAN
ROUT INSURGENTS
Force Of Two Hundred With
Cannon Make Attack.
HAVE REcAPTURED vAsILIKo,
Futher Reports Say that 200 Insurgents
at ZeIlnItz, Who Surrendered After
Being Surrounded, Have Been Mas
sacred by Turkish Soldiers. :.

Constantinople, Sept. 11-An Off
ctal dispatch received here announced
that the imperial troops recaptured
Vasiliko, on the Black sea on Sunday
last after the insurgent force occupy.
Ing the place had been attacked by
1000 Turkish troops with two cannon.
The release of Abdul Xader, the nat
uradized citizen of the United States
from Imprisonment at Tripoli, Syria,
and the dismissal of Reshid Pasha,
the valt Of Beirut, are taken to in.
dicate that the granting of the other
demands Of Minister Leishman will
not be long delayed.
ae American consul at Beirut re-.
ports that the situation there is i'm.
proving, thanks to the confidence in.
sDired by Nasim Pasha, who has sue
ceeded Reshtd Pasha.
Rumors Of fresh outrages continue
to reach Constantinople. but these re-
ports are deliberately spread with the
object Of creating the Impression that
the present situation at Beirut was
United States warships. AS a mat
Ger of fact, desperate state of aGairs
is chronic at Beirut Insecurity has
prevailed there for months, practical
ly throughout Reshid Pasha's tenure
of office. The present grand vizier
six months ago asked the sultan to
remove Reshid Pasha, but rne Iarter's
supporters at the palace were too pow,
erful. Reshid Pasha is alleged TO
have made a large fortune by corrupt
administration. He owns extensive
property in Cyprus.
A fresh engagement occurred at
Klissura, Albania, Sept. g. strong
band of insurgents attacked the Turks
who were occupying the town. Rein
forcements were speedily sent to Kills
sura and the insurgents were repulsed
after a sharp fight. Both sides lost
heavily
A consular report from Salonica
says 300 insurgents at KeIinitz, district
of Kastoria, who surrendered after
they had been surrounded, were mas,
sacred by Turkish soldiers.
The Hamideh (Kurdish) calvary reg.
iment was called back, as it was en-.
training for Adrianople. It is believ.
ed this was due to protest against
the employment Of Asiatic troops made
by one of the embassies
Paris, Sept 11.-Reports received by
the foreign office here from Constan.
tinople say there is renewed agita.
tion among the Mussulmans within the
city, and fears are expressed of a pos.
sible MuSsufman attack on the Chris
tian population This agitation fol
lowed the appearance in the Turkish
papers on account of the Bulgarians
dynamiting trains and blowing up the
steamboat Vaskapu. The government
considered that official sanction of the
publication of the news was the best
means to avoid exaggerated stories of
the explosions. AS the government
had vigorously suppressed any men
tion of explosions during the past 20
years, the recent publications caused
widespread agitation.
The official report says the Mussul-
mans are eager to avenge the outragess
and states that the feeling is so in.
tense that If the Bulgarians commit
any further destruction the MussuI
mans are likely to take redress by
attacking the Christian population.
Earnest representations on the sub
feet have been made to the porte,
which has given assurances that all
precautions will be taken and has re-
iterated its confidence that it will be
able to control the situation.