The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
APOLOGY, NOT SUFFICIENT
Murder of Rostkovski Cause
 of Trouble.
me Warlike Movement Is Directed / Against the sultan's Govern
 ment Alone and is Not
 Menace to Bulgaria.
Movement is Directed

6I, Nt the Russian Black Sea fleet has been ordered to sail for Turkish waters.
 Notification of this move has been tel esraphed from Sebastopol to the Rus sian ambassador at Constantinople.
 The dispatch of the squadron Sis in- tended to emphasize Russia's intention of exacting complete compliance with her demands as to satisfaction for the mur- der by a Turkish gendarme, of her con sul at Monastir
 The following telegrams exchanged De- tween the foreign office and Russian rep resentatives abroad show the first steps taken as a consequence of the murder of MT. Rostkovski, the Russian consul at Monastir;
 Apology Not Sufficient. -
 "on August Il. Count Lansdorn. the foreign minister. telegraphed to M. zno- yieff, Russian minister at Constantine ple that neither the Sultan's expression of regret, the visit of Prince Ahmen, the Sultan's son, to the ambassador. nor the expressions of sympathy by the Grand Vizier and other high Turkish dignita- ries was considered to be adequate satis- faction for the murder of M Rostkov- ski. was murdered at Mitrovitxa,' continued Count Lamsdorf ''the Czar took into ac- count the fact that the murderer was an Albanian 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. order ed that no promises on the part of the Turkish government should be accept ed, but that demands should be made as follows;
 Severe Demands Made.
 ".The immediate severe punishment of the murderer; the arrest and exemplary punishment of the person who ,hFed at M Rostkovski's carriage; The tmme- diate production of positfve proofs that the yali or Monastir has besn -aqtiiaAas banished: the immediate severe p1nish- ment of all the civil and military officials responsible for the murder.
 'In addition to these demands Anbas- sador Zinovieff was instructed as means of general pacificat1on in the vila- yet of Monastir to make the following demands:
 "'The immediate severe punishment of all Turkish officials regarding whose out raEeous behavior a report was made by the director of the Russian consulate at Uskub, after making a tour of the vtlayet of Kossoyo in company with the Austrian consul; the reinstatement of Isnlail Hak- |, Xii who was dismissed, but whose em- ciency was endorsed by Hilmi Pasha, in spector general Of Macedonia; the imme- diate release of the peasants on whom, according to the reports of the Russian and Austrian consuls. the Turks perpe- trated atrocities; the instant dismissal and punishment of the ofhcials Of the administration of Salonica- and Prtsrend, whose malpractices have been brought to light and finally that the foreign ofncerS employed in Macedonia shall Immediately enroll fresh gendarmery and police. for the requisite protection of the peaceable population and the introduction of leSls- laute order
 On August F Count Lamsdorf tele- eFaphed to the Russian diplomatic agent at Sofia that the imperial government could not obtain adequate satisfaction for the assassination of M. Rostkovski and therefore had already taken measures to secure redress.
 Appnes Only to Turkey.
 Count Lamsdorf impressed on the diplo- matic agent that 1t was his duty to see that Russia's vigorous attitude towards the porte was not interpreted by the Bull Karian Government or the Macedonian committee as indicating any change in the political program laid down in previ- ous government communications.
 1t would be a dangerous error. added the Russian Foreign Minister, on >the part of the principallty to consider Rus sia's presentation as fostering the revolu- tionary agitation of the Macedonian com- mittee whose continued criminal activity as hindrance to pacification of the vilayets and therefore. to the introduction of reforms.
 From the Russian consular reports il was clear that the peaceful Christian pop. ulation suffered at the hands of the rev olutionary bands as much as they did from the outrages and robberies commit. ted by Turks. All these circumstances concluded Count Lamsdorf. provided the necessity for the more vigorous counter action on the part of the Bulgarian Gov ernment with view to the suppression of the troubles in the Balkan peninsula.