The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-22
FLEET TO WITHDRAW
RUSSIA SATISFIED TURKEY WILL
GRANT DEMANDS.
FEARS TO OFFEND BULGARIA.
VISIT OF SHIPS LIKELY TO EN-
COURAGE INSURGENTS.

mobilization of Bulgarian Army De-
MED - Situation in Macedonia
Causes Increased AIarm-Insur
gents Had Left Izrushevo Before
Turks Arrfved-Began lombard
ment without ProvOcatlOn-SheIIs
Destroyed $50 Houses and 2I5
shOps-PilIage and Assaults Took
place Later.
Paris, Aug 21.-Official advices saw
the Russian squadron off India Is
likely to leave Turkish waters within
the next few days as the Turkish gov
eminent has given adequate assur-
ances that it will meet all the Russian
demands. The withdrawal Of the war
ships will be due chiefly to Turkeys
assurances, but also to Russia's de-
sire to avoid a step which might APP
pear antagonistic to Bulgaria.
Mobilization Denied.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 21.-The current
rurnors of the approaching mobilization
of the Bulgarian army are semi-offl-
cially denied.
Turkish waters is declared here to be
an encouragement of the revolutionists
in Macedonia. There is increasing
alarm in regard to the situation.
Turkish Officia1s Taken.
Sofia, Aug 21.-All the dispatches re-
Ceived here to-day indicate that the
revolution in Macedonia is spreading.
The situation is causing intense anxi-
ETY. in official circles.
The most alarming news relates to
an outbreak covering a considerable
area in the eastern part of the Adrian
Ople vilayet, where the insurgents have
captured the town of Vasiliko They
took the chief Turkish officials prts-
oners and brought them to the Bulgari-
an frontier, where they liberated them.
The Turkish officials, fearing to return
TO Fasiliko sought refuge of the Bull
gartan authorities, who sent them to a
hotel In Burgas, where they are at lib
erty to remain or depart.
The eastern part of the Adrianople
vihyet is a mountainous region, and
the villages are few and scattered The
strength of the insurgents is unknown
1t is thought that the outbreak is not
an organized movement, but is intend
ed as a diversion to draw the Turkish
troops from the other districts.
Close to Frontier.
The peculiar danger of the latest
outbreak lies in its proximity to the
Bulgarian frontier, thus creating a Sit
uation long foreseen and dreaded by
the Sofia government. The Turks are
now certain to send a considerable
force to this territory to suppress the
outbreak, which will necessitate the
strengthening of the Bulgarian troops
along the frontier.
With the two armies close to each
other under the present strained rela-
tons, the situation becomes extremely
delicate. The Bulgarian government is
taking every possible step to prevent
a calamity, but the officials express
the greatest concern.
The insurgents completely burned
Vasiliko and also twelve villages in
the neighhorhcod. The Bulgarian on
Gals arr ited the insurgents whc
brought the Turkish officials ar Vas
ilko to the bulgarian frontier.
Severe fighting is reported to be pro-
ceeding near Gehgele, with heavy losses
on both sides. The Ola Dnevjnjk says
that all the Turkish vilayets in Mace
donia will be in full revolt Aug. % and
that the revolution is spreading from
Salonica into the district towards
Sores.
story of KrushevO.
salonica, European Turkey, Aug. 81.
The correspondent of the Associat-
ed Press at Monastir sends the follow
ing dispatch under yesterdays date:
When the Bulgarian hands entered
Krushevo they occupied the Greek
quarter hosting their flag over
Greek house. The Turkish troops ar
rived Aug. u. All the Komi-
tails had already gone except about
400 local men. Although no shot was
fired from the town, the Turks COM
menced a bombardment which was
continued through, Aug. 10. The shells
destroyed $50 houses, 215 shops and all
the fine, large Greek and Vlach wal
lachian) houses. The Greek church
and school were destroyed. The Bull
garian quarter escaped.
PiIlage and Assault.
The Turks entered the town Aug. IA,
pillaged all the houses, assaulted many
of the women, stripped many persons
naked, and killed about 300 local Bull
garans and also some sixty innocent
Greeks and Vlachs.
About 5000 people are homeless,
and starving The material damage
done amounts to several million
frances The Turks Aug. 10, mas
sacred 200 Bulgarians who surrender
ed at village near Monastir.
A Woman Their Leader.
London, Aug 22.-According to a
Belgrade dispatch to the Daily Mail,
the Turkish troops, under the pretext
of pursuing revolutionary bands, have
destroyed more than half a dozen viii
ages, massacring the women and chill
dren. The male inhabitants fled to
the mountains and joined the insur-
gents, who are especially numerous in
the Chogani mountain range, where
there are also many women under the
leadership of a female teacher named