Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-09
BULGARIA MENACED
Thousands of Turkish Troops
 In Macedonias
APPALLING SCENES AT NONkSTlR.
SOaa Dispatches Say Fears Are Rife There That the Porte Med1-
 tates aR. Attack on

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 9.-The Mace doniap interior organization estimates that 15O,0O0 women, children and old men are hiding in the mountains and forests of Macedonia. The Turks are burning the forests in the districts of Leren and Kostur and killing fugitives who attempt to escape to the plains. The vlaeh village of Gopesh, three hours distant from Monastir. has been burned by the Turks, who are reported to have thrown several of the inhabit ants into the fire. The Bashibazouks have destroyed the village of Stoilovo, near Malkoternovo.
 Thirteen thousand Turkish soldiers are assembled on the frontier at Pa lanka, Kratovo and Gotschani and are plundering the surrounding villages The population has not complained, fearing that it may be murdered. In the district of Debritsi, vilayet of Mo- nastiF, the soldiers are reported to be naked and hungry and to be robbing all around.
 The general staff of the insurgents has issued a circular ordering the bands not to modest the peaceful Turkish and Albanian villages.
 Famine prevails in the district of Krushevo, and the population is going into the, adjacent districts.
 All reports from the vilayet of Mo- nastir agree in describing the situation as appalling. Between <30,000 and 50,- 900 Bulgarian inhabitants are believed to have been massacred by the Turks, and every Bulgarian village in the villa yet has been destroyed. The refugees in the mountains and forests are dying of starvation by thousands.
 The revolutionary headquarters esti- l mate that 30,000 Bulgarian men, wo- men and children have been killed, while at least the same number of refu- gees are slowly perishing of hunger. The Turks are apparently determined to exterminate the entire Bulgarian population of the vilayet. The foreign representatives at Monastir are de- pendent on information furnished to them from Turkish official sources.
 In government circles here the situa- ton is viewed with increasing alarm. It is reliably reported that the Turkish forces in Macedonia number 100000
 
 force has been assembled merely to crush the rebellion. It is feared that the sultan is meditating an attack on Bulgaria.
 According to telegram from Con gtantinople, the porte has issued an un- conditional order that all European cor respondents must leave Macedonia be- cause they are circulating false news. The ambassadors have been notified of this decision. Boris Sarafoff, the Mace donian leader, is reported to have been wounded in the leg near Dairene.
 The revolutionary committee is about to spring new series of surprises on the Turks. It will issue to the repre- sentatives of the powers a circular note forewarning them of coming events. The note is intended to justify the future actions of the insurgents and will point to the probable total ex- termination of the Christians as neces- sitating the employment of the. same atrocious measures by the revolution arles against the Turks and will con tend that the responsibility for such desperate acts will rest with the pow CTS.
 l The Turkish government is prepar- Ing circular to the powers calling at tention to the attitude of Bulgaria and declaring it is the intention of the gov ernment to pursue armed Bulgarian bands in Macedonia and even into Bull l garian territory.