The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-04
Proclamation that Says .Thc Hour for
Battle strikes" and that Tyranny
VIII soon he mt m End.
SEVERE FIGHTING REPORTED
MANY REBELS AND TURK SAID TO
HAVE BEEN KILLED.
Address by the sultan in Which HS
Says He Desires the Welfare of
All His Subjects.

SOFIA, Bulgaria.. Sept. "a special dis
patch from Ria. near the Turkish from
tier. says "A courier has arrived there with
a copy of the proclamation of a general
instruction which has been daily awaited.
The document is addressed TO ''Our breth-
rem in Macedonia and Adrianople," and be-
gins by congra~t ulating them upon the ne
role fight they have already waged. The
proclamation proceeds:
Armed only with your own strength
against "a nightly empire. against pitiless
foes with the power of your right hand and
the might of your spirit, you have shaken
the hateful Ottoman dominion. A hundred
thousand cf the Sultan's soldiers and an
innumerabln intidel mob were unable TO re-
sist your advance.
You have sacrificed everything before
the altar Of liberty Your villages were
burned. your homes pillaged, your children
massacred and your sisters, wives and
mothers violated. A succession of valiant
champions has persisted i'm the struggle
ard dyed the fatherland with their dear
blood. but with greater zeal you have en-
braced the fight. Your smoking hearthS
have strengthened your manliness: the
cries OF the children and the means of the
women exasperatcd your souls. From the
breasts of the fatherland came new cham
pions. replacing those who have persisted.
The holy flag of liberty Eaves more proud
ly over the dear fatherland. Your enemies
are rendered speechless before your hero
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New days have come. One more heroic
stroke and the centuries of tyranny will
fall to the ground in commissions of death.
The dawn of liberty peeps already above
the Macedonian horizon, and awaits this
stroke to shine with its full brilliancy on
the Macedonian land. Prepare yourselves,
then. for this stroke. Be at your posts.
The hour for the battle strikes. The cry of
liberty or death will break the chains OF
slavery and bring the triumph of Justice
Tn proclamation is signed From the
supreme central government"
More fighting is reported from Debre. The
Turks attacked the revOlutiOnaries at the
village of Dambeni and both sides suffered
heavy losses. A company of Albanian
troops passing through the valley of Kits
chero was slaughtered by revOlutiOnaries
The Turkish troops recently made an at
tempt to take a pass occupied by insurgents
through the valley of Sateska river but
were defeated with great loss.
A council presided over by Prince Ferdi-
nand and attended by the premier and the
ministers of interior. war and justice, was
held at the Palace of Euxinigrad. near
Varna, to-day. The announcement of the
result of the deliberations is anxiously
No definite news was received to-day re-
gardfng the operations OF the insurgents
across the frontier. Bands varying in
strength are daily passing over the border.
The insurgent general staff has issued a
proclamation throughout Macedonia asking
for the support of the whole population and
pointing out that the revolutionaries are
not lighting for a neighboring power but
for human rights.
The Sultan has ordered the Vail of
Salonica to see that all the troop trains are
proceeded by pilot engines. The Turkish
railroad officials are said to have notified
the Porte that the roads will not convey
soldiers without prepayment of the cost of
their transportation.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 3.-Ofhcial re-
ports say that the Turks on ~reoccupying
Klissura, Albania. killed 200 insurgents. IL
is also said that the inhabitants of the
coast villages are returning to their homes.
SALONICA, Sept. 3.-Hilmi Pasha, in
spector general of Macedonia has tele-
graphed Fort MOnastir that a Bulgarian
band was defeated on Sept. l, between Kills
sura and Kastoria, with heavy loss. The
remainder of the band is pursued by the
Turks. Another band was defeated the same
day near VenezianOgratsko, and thirty of
the insurgents were killed.