The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-08-22
MACEDONIA N SERIOUS EAF'
TuRkIsH oovERNMEnr TRYING
TO MAKE REFORMS.
They Are Charged With Most Horrible
Crimes BY Bulgarian Governments
In its Note 70 the Powers-VIIlases
Destroyed-People Driven Away
Turkish Authorities Take no Action.

Sofa, Aug, Is.-The Bulgarian gov
eminent has presented q memorandum
TO the powers setting out at great
length the condition Of affairs during
the past three months in Macedonia
since the Turkish government under.
took 70 inaugurate the promised re-
forms. The most precise details,
dates. places and names OF persons
arc given in the memorandum, the
whole constituting q terrible cate
CORY OF murder. torture. ineendiarism,
pillage and general oppression CON-
mitted by the Ottoman soldiers and
officials.
These particulars were obtained en-
urely from Officiai sources. such as the
reports OF the Bulgarian consuls and
agents Of the Bulgarian government,
and In many instances the reports
made by Turkish authorities. The
Bulgarian government guarantees the
absolute truth Of every statement, and
challenges the porte 70 disproye q
single charge made in the memoran.
dun.
The memorandum begins by stating
that during the past three months the
Ottoman government has taken a
series Of measures with the alleged
Intention Of inaugurating the era Of
promised reform and OF assuring peace
and tranquility TO the bulgarian popu-
lation Of European Turkey. but which
have had the contrary effect Of furth.
or eHaspeTaiing this population and re-
ViTing the revolutionary movement.
Instead Of proceeding solely against
persons guilty Of breaches Of the pub.
Tic order the military and civll au.
thorities have sought every possible
preteKt 10 pcrRecute, terroriEe and
ruin the Bulgarian inhabitants alike
In the large cities and in the small
villages. Wholesale mAksacres, indi-
vidual murders. the destruction Of
villages. the piIlaging and setting Ere
To houses. the arrest. III treatment, tor
ture. arbitrary Imprisonment and ban
lshmeni, the closing and disorganIEing
~ churches. and schools, the running
u merchants. the collection Of tAxea
for many years in advAnee-such pro-
oeedinga. the memorandum says. are
the acts Of the Ottoman adminIstra.
ton q Monastir. Usknb and DORIAN.
ople.
The memorandum next relates in de-
tail a number Of such cases In each vii.
layet. Beginning with the viIlayet Of
saionIcA Il states that the town Of
Salonica Itself the Bulgarian profes.
aors Of the university. the students
and sbopkeepers. in fact all the intel.
ligent BulgAriAns in the city. have
been cast into prison. One hundred
and twenty soldiers entered the VII
lage OF GornA RIhnltea. May ls. and
tortured 60 death ave men and two
young women During the hrst three
weeks AZ July. 25 villages In the dis.
irict Of TisFesch were subjected 10
the dcpredations Of the Turkish sol.
diors and Bashi Bazouks. The VII.
layers were beaten and tortured. the
women violated and the houses plund-
cred. while the administration authori.
ties took no action.
Turkey Buying Guns.
conNtantinople. Aug. l7.-The OF.
toman government has concluded ne.
yutla,ions with the Krupp works for
the supply Of 80 batteries Of quick
ere artillery guns. each constituting
six guns.
st Petersburg. Aug 1.-THE Rus.
sian press docs not lay emphasis on
the dispatched q division Of the Rus.
sian Black Sea feet 10 Turkish wa.
ters, merely repeating the oficIal
statement without comment
British Ambassador Busy.
cons,antinople. Aug. 1.-THE Brit.