Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-15
YOUNG MEN Are FLEEING TO
join The lNSuRCENT BANDS
-Four Thousand Turkish Troops Sur
round Town of Krushevo, Occu-
pied by Insurgents, Preparing 10
Attack Christian Massacre at
Uskub Feared.

communicated to the Russian and Aus
TRAN embassies, state that the insur-
rectionary movement is increasing
daily. Hilmi Pasha, inspector general
Of the sultan's Macedonian reforms, re-
ports that the young men in all the Bull
garian villages are fleeing to the noun
tains to join the insurgent bands. Many
among the Bulgarian peasantry wished
to remain neutral, but were compelled
by threats to help the revolutionary
committees.
Hussein Hilmi Pasha. who has been
appointed vail of Monastir, reports
similar spread of the insurrectionary
movement in the vilayet of Salonica,
where, he says. the committees are re-
solved on the same campaign of mas
sacre, incendiarism and pillage as in
the vilayet OF Monastir.
Turks Preparing for Battle.
kilograms received from Monastir
announce that the town of Krushevo
is still occupied by the insurgents.
-Four thousand Turkish troops with ar
tillery surround the town and are pre-
pairing to attack. and, If possible, retake
the position. Fighting with the rebels
is in progress In the district of Dibra,
where 1t appears that the Albanians are
attacking Bulgarian villages.
The insurgents continue to devas-
tate the district of Koritza and have
captured important Turkish supplies
OF provisions. More or less severe fight
ing is reported in the districts of Kas-
toria and Florina. Three hundred in
surgents are assembled on the heights
between Glevgveli and Yenije. Twenty
six Mussulman peasants have been mas
sacred in the village of Zivernini, near
Perlepe, by the insurgents. Stringent
military precautions have been taken
In the town of Uskub to prevent threat
ened dynamite outrages.
The mutesarif of Mush, Armenia.
where Kurdish excuses we're recently
alleged to have occurred. has been dis
missed.
Christian Massacre Feared.
garian foreign Office has received very
disQuieting news from it's agent at U.s.
Sofia, Bulgaria. Aug. 13-The Bull
kub. The Mussulmans there are dailv
gathering in the mosques, and it is
feared that massacre of the Christians
is impending. Officials here express the
belief that the Intervention of the DOW
ers alone can prevent a disaster.
The most astonishing feature of the
situation here Is the remarkable quiet
ude with which the people have received
the news of the fresh rising in Mace
donia. The whole outbreak came as a
great surprise even to the local revolu-
tionary committees, which were not
prepared for so early rising. In spite
of the stirring appeals of the commit
tees little or no popular enthusiasm is
apparent, not even among the 10000
Macedonian residents of Sofia. How
long this condition will last depends
largely on the developments in Mace
donna. At present the center of the dis
turbances is Monastir, long way of,
Should the rising spread to the vilayet
OF Uskub and come near to the Bull
garian frontier, it is probable that the
population of Bulgaria will become
aroused.
Fear for New Consups Safety.
Salonica, Aug. 13.-Dr. Mandelstam
the acting Russian consul at Uskub
who has been appointed to succeed M,
Rostkovski. the murdered consul, at
Monastir, reached that town Wednes.
day: Some anxiety had been felt TO,
his safety, as nothing had been heard OF
him since he left his post at Uskub q
couple Of days ago.. The mutesarif OF
the Uskub district refused to give DR.
Mandelstam an escort The consul In.
sisted on proceeding to his new post
and, having obtained an escort from
Hilmi Pasha. he started on his own re-.
fsponsibility across country for Mon.
astir.