The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-22
Women Left SfdrUing in Ter
rIfory Bef5Oeen Adr1aH0ple
and fbe CoaSf, Where the
Men Volunteered En- MaSSe
PRESIDENT w. r. HARPER
PRAISES ABDUL HAMID
Thinks Turkey Has Pro
qreSSed Since PreSenfRuLer
Ascended The Throne.
Macedonian Rebels Scored

BURGHAS. Eastern Roumelia. Sept
s2.-Fugitives from the disturbed dis
tricts OF Macedonia and Adrianople are
hooking here for protection and safety
There are now fully 5000 fugitives in
the neighborhood. and more are coming
in daily.
They report an awful state of affairs
in the districts which they left. The
territory between Adrianople and the
coast, they say. has undergone total
change. This Is the district where the
insurgents call to arms recently re-
suited in the male inhabitants voiun-
teering en- masse. Lately. however.
heavy Turkish drafts have arrived. and
the district is in a reign Of terror
Women Left Starving
The men have gone to the hills. while
the women have been left in a starving
condition in the villages, or in the
woods surrounding their homes The
Turks have obtained possession OF near
u every point They are moving de-
tachments OF from / 500 to 1000 artillery
and cavalry from the south TO the north.
/ from thence TO the frontier and then
eastward. in an endeavor TO inclose the
insurgents. and cut of their retreat
The women in the districts surround
ing the villages of Gramitokoff. Bursari
and Konaka. driven to desperation 5y sas
state of affairs. took the offensive thsrn-
selves and BIZ slrillful maneuvering s1c-
ceeded in drivirS their cattle and sheep
ana all portable articles into Bulgarian
I territory. where they are for the time, AZ
least. safe from moIestation- Before
leaving their homes they destroyed al
the grain
Thousands Of Fugitives-
Two thousand fugitives are now rest
ing in the village of Urum Yenikoi. in
Eastern Roumelia. and 1000 others N
the Roumelian village Of Tekenje. =
large number is also in other villages n
that district.
Four thousand women and children are
reported to be starving in the woods
along the border. Assistance IRON
Burghas and other places is entirely IN
sufficient to keep them alive
Beyond Comprehension
CHICAGO. Sept. 22-.-Turkey IS =
progressive country
sultan Abdul Hamid is a remarkable
man. man of great ability"
I'VE understand neither the country
nor the ruler
These are few OF the messages that
President William R. Harper, of the
University Of Chicago. brings back TO
Chicago on his return from Constan-
tinople after many heart 20 heart
talks with the sultan
''The Turk does not deserve all the
! opprobrium that has been cast upon
: him" said Dr. Harper. The Turkish
government is in bad position Abdul
Hamid is a remarkable man, man Of
great ability.
, "a Progressive Sultan"
The Turkey Of today cannot be COM
pared to the Turkey of twenty nine
years ago. when Abdul Hamid came TO
the throne. For instance, OF all the
> educational buildings l saw in Europe,
the finest improved are those the Sui
tan has erected at Scutari for medical
college purposes.
DO you think" Dr. Harper was
u asked. that the reported atrocities
against the CHRISTIANS JUSTIFY the ih0e1
ference OF the Christian nations IN
Turkish sffairs?"
THAT Is a question / cannot now dis
cuss." was the reply My sympathies
have undergone a great change as re-
: suit % my visit TO ConstantinoDle-
was there when the American hee'
reached 22irut. and ! must say that out
o war vessels inspired great respect
Scores Macedonians.
Il want to say" broke in Major Henry
Rust. who accompanied DIR. Harper
= that ie Turks have more genuine cuss-
edness in them than the Macedonian'
10 have. ! would not want a Turk for 4
neighbor"