Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-22
FLEET TO WITHDRAW
Russian War Ships Will Leave Turkish Waters.
DANGER OF A CONFLICT ON FRONTIER
Bulgaria Will Strengthen Line of Her Territory Near AdrianOple. Her Army Must Come In Con-
 tact With SuItan's Troops.

tact With SuItan's Troops.
 CoNsTANTINoPLE, Aug. 22.-A high Turkish official said that the porte would never submit to peaceful oecu- patton of the Bosporus and the Darda- nelles. and it could only come after desperate fighting.
 Diplomats here point out that the ycheme for settlement of the Mace donian question outlined by the Inde- pendance Beige could not therefore be approved
 The Turkish authorities have mobil- ized their whole forces in Macedonia, numbering 1s,000 men. A large body of Asiattc troops is ready to move. Twentyfour regiments await their marching orders.
 The Macedonian revolutionary organ izations are preparing heavy assess ments on the rich Macedonians resident tn Bulgaria.
 Bulgaria win mobilize two army divi- sions on the pretext of preventing vol unteers from joining the insurgent bands in Macedonia.
 Official reports say the Russian squadron off Iniada is likely to leave Turkish waters within the next few days, as the Turkish government has given adequate assurances that it will meet all the Russian demaSds. The withdrawal of the war ships will be due chiefly to Turkeys assurances, but also to Russia's desire to avoid step which might appear antagonistic to Bulgaria.
 All the dispatches received from So- fla indicate that the revolution in Mace donia is spreading. The situation is causing intense anxiety in official cir cles: The most alarming news relates 10 an outbreak covering considerable area in the eastern part of the Adrian ople vilayet, where the insurgents have captured the town of yasiliko. They took the chief Turkish officials prison CTS and brought them to the Bulgarian frontier, where they liberated them.
 The Turkish officials, fearing to re- turn to Vasiliko, sought refuge of the Bulgarian authorities, who sent them to a hotel in Burgas, where they are at liberty to remain or depart. The insur- gents have burned the villages behind Vasiliko and attacked Turkish mili- tary post at the monastery of Elijah, south of Tirnovo.
 The eastern part of the Adrianople vilayet is mountainous region, and the villages are few and scattered. It is ~thought that the outbreak is not an or gAnized movement, but it is intended as diversion to draw the Turkish troops from the other districts.
 rThn ponT1ISox donosoTs af tho ofaS& NlJf. break lies in its proximity to the Bul- garian frontier, thus creating a situa- ton long foreseen and dreaded. The sultan is now certain to send consid- .erable force to this territory to sup press the outbreak, which will necessi- tate the strengthening of the Bulgarian troops along the frontier. With the two armies close to each other under the present strained relations the situation becomes extremely delicate. The Bul garian government is taking every pos 6ible step to prevent calamity
 Tn addition to the danger of a colli sion between the military forces there is the no smaller one of popular excite ment getting beyond control and fore ing the Bulgarian government to adopt a belligerent attitude
 According to advices received at the Russian embassy at Paris, Russia vii call home her fleet from the bay oi Iniada, Turkey. within few days ow ing to assurances given by Tewfit Pasha, the Turkish foreign minister.
 HiImi Pasha, governor of Macedonia will be censured and European officer' appointed over the gendarmerie il Macedonia.