Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-15
CAR SENDS FLEET
To Enforce His Demands on
Turkey.
FOR CONSUL'S MURDER
APOLOGIES NOT CONSIDERED
ADEQUATE SATISFACTION.
Actual Murderer and All His Accom-
plices Must Be Punished
by Death.
FOR CONSUL'S MURDER

ST. PETERSBURG, August ia squad
of the Russian Black sea fleet has been
ordered to sail for Turkish waters.
Notification of this move has been tele-
graphed from Sebastopol to the Russian
ambassador at Constantinople.
The dispatch of the squadron is intended
to emphasize Russia's intention of eXacting
complete compliance with her demands as
to satisfaction for the murder, by Turk
ism gendarme, of her consul at monastr.
The following kilograms exchanged be-
tween the foreign office and Russian repre-
sentatives abroad show the first steps
taken as a consequence of the murder of
NJ. Rostkovski, the Russian consul at Mon
astir
What Russia Demands.
On August IL Count Lamsdorff, the for
eign minister, telegraphed to M. Zinovieff,
Russian ambassador at Constantinople,
that neither the sultan's expression of re-
gret the visit of Prince Ahmed, the sui
tan's to the ambassador, nor the ex-
pressons of sympathy by the grand vizier
and other high Turkish digntaries was
considered to be adequate satisfaction for
the murder of NJ. Rostkovski.
When NJ. ST Cherbina, the Russian con-
Sul was murdered at MitrovitZa, continued
Count Lamsdorff, the czar took into account
the fact that the murderer was an Alban-
ian whose tribe was in rebellion against the
government. The outrage at Monastir,
however, was of quite another character
and called for the severest punishment. The
czar, therefore, ordered that promises
on the part of the Turkish government
should be accepted but that demands
should be made as follows:
The immediate severe punishment of the
murderer; the arrest and exemplary pun
ishment of the person who fired at M. Rost-
orrf1 fnxai duct fiTr
of positive proofs that the vail of Monastir
has been actually banished; the instant Sc
we're punishment of all the civil and mill
tary officials responsible for the murder
In addition to these demands, Ambassador
Znovieff was instructed as a means of gen.
eral pacification in the vilayet of Monastir
to make the following demands:
Punishment of officials.
The immediate severe punishment of all
Turkish officials regarding whose outrage
Gus behavior report was made by the
director of the Russian consulate at Uskub,
after making tour of the vilayet of Kos
sovo in company with the Austrian consul; i;
the reinstatement Of Ismael Haiku who
was dismissed. but whose efficiency was
indorsed by Hilmi Pasha, inspector general
of Macedonia; the immediate release of the
peasants on whom, according to the reports
OF the Russian and Austrian consulS, the
urhS ptTpelrdteQ atr0cltleS. the instant
dismissal and punishment of the officials of
the administration of Salonica and Pris-
rend, whose malpractices have been
brought to light, and finally that the for
eign officers employed in Macedonia shall
Immediately enroll fresh gendarmeries and
police for the requisite protection of the
peasant population and the introduction of
legislative order
On August II Count Lamsdorff teIe-
graphed to the Russian diplomatic agent at
in Ia
not obtain adequate satisfaction for the
assassination of NJ Rostkovski, and there
fore had already taken meas to secure
redress AS on the occasion of the murder
of Consul st. Cherbina the suppression of
the insurrectionary movement among the
Albanians was demanded. so on the present
occasion demands had been presented to
the ottoman government for the severe
punishment of all the military and civil au
thorties guilty of atrocities against the
Christians.
Carrying Out Old Program.
Count Lamsdorff impressed on the diplo-
matte agent that it was his duty to see
that Russia's vigorous attitude toward the
porte was not Interpreted by the Bulgarian
government or the Macedonian committee
as indicating any change in the political
program laid down in previous government
communications.
1t would be dangerous error added the
Russian foreign minister, on the part Of
the principality to consider Russia's present
action as fostering the revolutionary agita-
ton of the Macedonian committee. whose
continued criminal activity was a hindrance
to the pacification of the vilayets ana
therefore. to the introduction of reforms
From the Russian consular reports II was
ciear that the peaceful Christian population
suffered at the hands of the revolutionary
band as much as they did from the out
RACES and robberes committed by Turks
All these circumstances, concluded Count
Lansdorf. proved the necessity for the
most vigorous counter-action on the part of
the Bulgarian government with view to
the suppression of the troubles In the Bal
kan peninsula
The widow of NJ. Ros- kovsli in inform
ing Hilmi Pasaa, the inspector general of
Macedon1a, that she would not accent the
indemnity of $4,000 offered by the porte
Tor the murder of her husband said she
did not want Turkish charity She bas 70
turned the decoration of the order of the
Nishani-Shopakat, bestowed on her by the
sultan, and also her husbands Turkish
decora tions.
A steamer has left for the DardaneI,es N
embark All Ria Pasha. the dismissed vail
poll.
No information can be obtained here con-
corning the Russian embroglio with Tur-
key. The State Department has not been
advised by it's diplomatic officers upon this
affair, and there are members of the
Russian embassy at present in the CAPT.
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