Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-19
THE BALKAN WAR.

Further reports from kastorla say the
city is burning and that the massacre OF
its population ESTIMATED to have num-
bered 10, 900 persons) was indescribably
terrible. AS was stated yesterday, the
Turks slaughtered, indiscriminately,
BuIgariaps and Greeks-men, women
and children.
A Turkish war balloon is reported to
have been seen lowering for the last three
days close to the Bulgarian frontier in
the vicinity of Haskoyo.
A severe fight has occurred at Ulavit-
"a, in the mountains of Kratovo, between
1000 Turks and so insurgents. 1t con-
tinued for eight hours. The insurgents
used bombs, with deadly effect About
100 Turks are reported to have been
killed and many were wounded. The
insurgents had two men wounded.
A fight is also reported to have taken
place at Rupel. Paso, near Seres. In
surgent bands recently surrounded and
annihilated whole company of Turks.
The bands then fed to the mountains.
Three battalions of Turkish troops have
been sent from Salonica to pursue them.
A small body of peasant refugees near
Frcsba, who were starving in the noun
tains, started to seek for food. At Ma
kaletz they were met by Turkish SOL
diers. who killed them all and horribly
mutilated two women.
Three hundred Bulgariars have been
killed in fight between insurgents and
Turkish troops between Okrida and Di-
bra. The Bulgarian dead included many
officers, one of whom wore a Russian
decoration.
A battalion of redifs attacked the
Christian gendarmes at MitrOvitza Sep
tember 16, and several of the latter
were killed and wounded. The rest Of
the gendsrmes took refuge at the Rus
sian consulate, where they are besieged.
The situation at Mitrovitza is extremely
critical.
The Bulgarian villagers who are op-
posing the Turkish forces in the neigh
borhood of Melnik are estimated to
number 1000.
The German government holds in
view four points in the Balkan situa-
ton:
First-Does Russia regard that the
time for the breakup Of European Tur-
key has arrived?
The German ministers have been un-
able to penetrate Russia's ultimate in
tentions, and note with displeasure the
concerted attacks of the st. Petersburg
papers on Germany. which is described
as being in the background and taking
pleasure in the extirpation Of the Slavs
in European Turkey.
Second--If Prince Ferdinand is per-
suaded that his throne is dependent on q
war with Turkey, then war is certain.
Every effort should be made to tran
quilize Prince Ferdinand's mind.
Third-The meetings ofthe sOvereigns.
attended by their foreign ministers, are
expected to clear up the obscurities of
the situation and enable German states
men to forecast the future. The En-
perors of Germany and Austria met at
Vienna yesterday. The Car meets
Emperor Francis Josef September 20,
and will then visit the King Of. Italy.
Events are expected to remain quiet un-
til after the Doth unless Bulgaria refuses
to wait.
Fourth-The project for an Austrian
Russian joint occupation Of Macedonia
has been wholly abandoned, and there
is not the least likelihood of a renewal
of the proposition.
Despite the fact that the Balkan situa-
ton has grown worse, Turkish funds
rose again on the Bourse yesterday.