The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-25
BLOOD FLOWS IN THE BALKANS
MASSACRE or CHRISTIANS rs
REPORTED AT ADRIANOPLE.
B0lgarians Capture Town North Of Where
Russian Fleet Anchored and Put Many
to Death-M Military Party GlamOrs for
war on Bulgaria Buy Ing Ammunition.

Special Cable Dispatches to THE SUN.
LONDON, Aug. 25.-A despatch 10 the
Times from Sofa says that travellers ar
irving there from Adrianople state that a
massacre of Christians took place there
Saturday and Sunday. One account says
that the gums Of the fort opened fire on an
insurgent band, which had military out
post in the neighborhood. A panic fol-
lowed and the Mohammedan population
fell upon the Christ ians.
The foreign Consuls protested to the
Vail, who declared that he was unable to
check the Mussulmans.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The angry excitement
of the Mohammedans at the execution OF
the murderers Of the Russian Consul at
Monastir, the submission shown by the
Porte to the Russian feet and the general
attitude Of concession marking the present
Turkish policy are the gravest indications
in the Balkan situation. All Turkish mill
tary circles clamor for war against Bull
caria.
The mobilization Of troops continues on
large scale. 1t is reported that the Min
lister Of War has signed contracts with the
krupp and Mauser firms for 200 cannons,
100000 rifles ana lOO, GOO, 900 cartridges at a
cost of $l2, 500 900
The insurgents are reported to have capt.
ured the town Of Vasiliko, north OF Iniada
Bay, where they killed the garrison, con-
sisting Of fifty men, and also 100 of the
inhabitants. The government employees
in the town were taken prisoners.
The insurgents are now said to be attack
ing the important town of Kirkibse. The
telegraph wires are cut and the result
of the fighting there cannot be learned.
Reports from Sofia say that insurgents
have annihilated an entire Turkish regi-
ment at Chagonasko, near surovicovo,
ana that at Bulankdera. near Mako Tirrovo,
seventy-five insurgents defeated Turkish
battalion.
The Turks have bombarded and de-
stroyed the monastery OF st. Constantine,
near Loaengrad, where fifty insurgents
had fortified themselves.
Other reports from Sofa state that the
Turks have massacred all the women and
children in twenty-five villages in the dis
tricts Of Florina and Monastir. They
afterward burned the villages. Prisoners
say the Turks levelled $50 houses in the
village of Armesko and massacred every
man, woman and child in the place.
The women were subjected to terrible
outrages. Eighty insurgents captured
at Monastir were bound together and sent
toward Monastir. On the way the guards
slaughtered every one OF them.
1t Is reported that the streets of Krushevo
are strewn with dead bodies which the
people are afraid to bury lest they should
incur the suspicious of the Turks.
VIENNA, Aug. PA despatch from
Constantinople to the Neus Freie Presse
says that an attack was made by band Of
Bulgarians on the Turkish town of Urgas.
The Government buildings were blown up
with dynamite.
There WAS severe fighting, and ii IL re-
ported that 200 persons were killed. Troops
have been sent from Constantinople to the
scene Of the fighting
The Bulgarians carried out the operations
under the eyes of the commander Of the
Russian feet, which was anchored near by.
SOFIA. Aug 24-The Turkish Govern
ment has organized a special co urt at
Monastir to try captured insurgents. The
court is made up of four Turks, one Of
whom liz president; two Greeks and one
Albanian. The tribunal will be in the nat.
ure OF criminal court and not court
martial