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WAR THOUGHT TO
Be near AT HAND
Only Question Of Days Is General
Impression on Turko-Bul-
garian Frontier.
SULTAN SAID TO Be MASSING
10000 TROOPS near BORDER
Five Hundred Turks Reported Killed
by Insurgents In Recent Fight
Less Hopeful Feeling of Amicable
Settlement of Situation Porte's
Reply to Bulgarian Proposal.

London, Sept. 23.-A dispatch from
the town of Guitchevo, on the Turco-
Bulgarian frontier, to the Daily Mali
reports that great excitement prevails
in the district because of skirmish
which occurred between Turkish and
Bulgarian troops Saturday on the
mountain range which forms the Dor
der line. The general impression is
that war is only a question of few
days, and the people are removing
their property from the frontier dis
tricts to places Of safety. The dispatch
adds that Turkey is massing 10000
troops in and around Palanka. ten
miles from the Bulgarian frontier.
The Turkish frontier officers, says
a dispatch to the Times from Kubnitza
Bulgaria, report that the insurgents un-
der Gen. Zontcnieff. have been de-
feated with great slaughter near Mel
mix, and great number of Bulgari-
ans were massacred in the neighboring
villages, several of which are burning.
Insurgents Use Dynamite.
Sofia, Bulgaria Sept. 23.-It is report
ed here that 500 Turks have beer killed
with dynamite while fighting against q
body of insurgents in the Kresna de-
file.
Less Hopeful Feeling.
Sofia, Sept. 23.-The unfavorable re-
plies of Austria and Russia to Bull
garia's last note and the fact that none
Of the other great powers has yet re-
piled, coupled with the allegations
that one of the powers is encouraging
the military party at Yildiz Kiosk,
tend to create less hopeful feeling
here. There is, however. no percepti-
BILE change in the situation. Various
reports are in circulation regarding
negotiations between Turkey and Bull
garia looking to a solution of the
Macedonian difficulty.
The Dnevnik says Turkey has pre-
sented a note to Bulgaria asking for
the latter's assistance in reaching a
peaceable solution. Bulgaria replied
that Turkey must end the massacres,
withdraw her frontier forces, guaran-
tee peace and protection to the vii
layers desiring to return to their
homes, amnesty the political offend
ers and introduce such governmental
reforms as will pacify Macedonia and
Adrianople.
According to information received at
revolutionary headquarters from Mon
astir, 120 persons persisted in the flames
of their burning villages near Kas-
torfa, more than 1900 bodies of WON
on and children are said to be lying
unburied in the fields and on the road
sides around that place.
Reply of the Porte.
| Constantinople, Sept. %. - The
porte, after several meetings at the
Yildiz Kiosk to discuss the Bulgarian
proposal that an international com
mission be appointed to deal witt
Macedonia has dispatched a reply
pointing out that it considers thu
mission intrusted to Hilmi Pasha
the inspector general, to be equivalent
to the commission proposed by Bull
garia and adding that if the Bulgarian
government is powerless to reestab
lish and maintain order among it,
population it's suzerain is Away,
ready to come to it's assistance.
Refugees Fleeing.
| Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 2S.-Ten thou
sand refugees from the district O
Losengrad arrived at Burgas durin,
the last three days. according to Off
i ciel advices.