Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-31
TURKS FIGHTING HARD
Kill Third Of Rebels in One
Battle.
GENERAL REVOLT NEAR
PREPARATIONS FOR TT THROUGH
OUT MACEDONIA
0aribaldi Does Not APPROVE Rebellion
Because Due to Austro- Russian
Inudences.
GENERAL REVOLT NEAR


Inuhences.
Cablegrams received last night from sa-
lonica, European Turkey, say the Bull
garfan insurgents sustained severe re-
| verse at Smilovo, 1000 Of them being killed.
The insurgents to the number Of 1905 occu-
pied a position on height, which was
stormed by six battalions Of Turkish troops,
| commanded by Servet Pasha.
After losing 1000 Of their number the Bull
garians fed in the face Of the heavy Turk
ish artillery fire. The Turkish losses were
insignificant.
The Bulgarian insurgents, on capturing
the town Of Neveska, seized the arms and
ammunition of the garrison. levied a contri-
button of 5000 on the town. and then
withdrew to the mountains The Turkish
troops on their arrival bombarded the
town. but, receiving no response, they en-
tered without moiesting the inhabitants.
Swedes Not Paid.
I Dispatches from Sofia. the Bulgarian cap
ital. yesterday say that at the moment that
the porte Is asking Belgium to supply off,
GERS for the Macedonian gendarmerfe the
Swedish ambassador at Constantinople has
notified the Turkish government that unless
they receive their pay Immediately the
Swedish officers now at Uskub will leave
the country.
The Dnevnik says the Servian diplomatic
agent has notified the porte that two d.
visions OF the Servian army have been
modified without any hostile intention as
frontier to prevent Albanian incursions into
Servia.
Battling Near salonica.
A new outbreak is reported to have oc-
CURED in the environs of Salonica and sew
eral skirmishes have taken place. and there
has also been a fight near Edidjevarda,
both sides losing heavily. In the district
between Kastoria and Flirina, south of
Monastir. the insurgents have destroyed
all the fortified residences of the wealthy
beys.
The total strength of the bands in the
vilayet Of Adrianople is estimated at 6OOO
men. The insurgents have blown up the
barracks at Ghioktope, near Malkoternovo,
killing sixty soldiers. They also attacked
and fired on the Turkish camps at Egripal-
anka. KratovO and Kotcheni. A great panic
ensued. the troops firing into each other
CONSTANTINoPI4E. August 3o-It ap-
pears that the report by the Austrian consul
at Uskub that detachment Of troops dis
charged their rifles at the Austrian consul
ate there arose from the simple circum-
stance that party Of Albanian reservists
on leaving Uskub station in a train fired
in the air. as is their custom, on joining the
colors. and the Austrian consulate happened
to be close to the station.
Improving in Monastir.
Constantinople dispatches state that in Of
fetal circles it Is claimed that the situation
in the vilayet of Monastir is improving and
the troops are gaining the upper hand. A
flying column as being forced to fight the
bands in the Adrianople district, where the
military authorities are requisitioning
hoitses almost everywhere, giving vouchers
payable after the restoration of order.
Precautions have been adopted to protect
the Russian embassy and consulate, owing
to the receipt of anonymous letters threat
ening them with destruction.
Sympathy in Servia.
Cablegrams from Belgrade say that a
crowd of thousands of people gathered in
the theater square yesterday afternoon and
demonstrated in sympathy with the Mace
domains. Several well-known politicians
spoke. They condemned Turkish misrule,
appealed to the Servians to assist the Mace
domains in their struggle for freedom, and
declared that Servia, Bulgaria and Montene-
gro ought to occupy and rebuild the Turk
ish empire
The meeting adopted a resolution calling
on the government to intervene on behalf of
the Macedonians
Preparing for Revolt.
A cablegram to the London Times from
Sofia yesterday says: Preparations for the
approaching instruction in northern Mace
donfa are making rapid progress. but
day for the outbreak has not yet been
fixed.
All the members Of the insurgent bands
in the districts OF Melnik, DUMAS, Razlog,
Petritch and Demir-H issar have signed an
oath to die for liberty.
In addition to the reserves already called
out all the Bulgarian reservists In the from
tier villages have received notice to hold
themselves In readiness for mobilization.
A special correspondent of the Times,
wiring from Salonica, says great interest
is being taken there in the fate of Kills.
sura, Albania 1t appears that the insur-
gents occupied the town some three weeks
ago. They have levied a tax on the inhab-
itants, but have molested nobody. 1t is
stated that they have been reinforced and
are under the well-knOwn chief Tchakala-
rolf.
Fears for Klissura.
About ten battalions of Turks marched to
attack the town. but the result Of the move
ment is unknown. As was the case at
Krushevo. the majority of the Inhabitants
are Greeks and Wallachians. and their
share krushevo's fate.
Salonica. being the great center of all
Macedonian commerce, Is suffering untold
loss from the present hopeless anarchy.
Trade Is practically at an end. prices are
I rising. and. In spite of the exceptionally
good harvest. a serious famine In the in
terror Is thought to be inevitable.
The cry for European Intervention grows
daily stronger. but no confidence Is felt in
the good intentions OF the Austro- Russian
combination. : feG
Only Wedding Joke.
The, Sofia correspondent Of the Times tele-
graphs that it is explained that the Beirut
affair was merely a wedding party indulg-
ing in feu de joie. andrthe shots were not
directed with design against the United
States vice consul. Mr.. Magelssen.
The Turkish embassy in London. in a
statement issued to the press. declares the
reports Of the murder of Vice Consul
Magelssen at Beirut to be absolutely
false"
A dispatch from constantinople dated
August 20. to the Exchange Telegraph
Company says 1t Is understood that after