Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-11
BUTCHERED $4,000.
Bulgarian Women and Children
Slain by Turks.
Many Thousands OF Aged and Help.
less MacedoniRns Fled to the
Mountains, Where they Are
StarvIng-War OF Exter-
nlInatIon In Progress.

Sofia, Sept. 9.-The Macedonian
Interior organization estimates that
100000 women, children and old men
are hiding in the mountains and for
ests of Macedonia. The Turks are
burning the forests in the districts
of Leren and Kostur and killing fugi-
tives who attempt to escape to the
plains. The Vlach village of Gopesh,
three hours distant from Monastir,
has been burned by the Turks, who
are reported to have thrown several
of the inhabitants into the fire. The
Bashi Bazouks have destroyed the
village of Stoilovo.
Thirteen thousand Turkish soldiers
are assembled on the frontier at Pa
lanka, Kratovo and Gotschani, and
are plundering the surrounding vii
lagos. The people have not complain
ed, fearing that they may be murder
ed. In the district of Debritsi. vilayet
of Monastir, the soldiers are report
ed to be naked and starving and to be
robbing all around.
The general staff of the insurgents
ias issued n circular ordering the
bands not to molest the peaceful
Turkish and Albanian villages. The
order concludes:
"There will always be plenty of
time to take such measures"
Famine prevails in the district of
Krushevo. and the population is go
ing into the adjacent districts.
All reports from the vilayet of Mon
astir agree in describing the situation
as appalling. Between 10000 and 5O.-
600 Bulgarian inhabitants are be-
lieved to have been massacred by the
Turks and every Bulgarian village in
the vilayet has been destroyed. The
refugees in the mountains and for
ests are dying of starvation by thou
sands. At present it is impossible to
obtain precise figures. The revolu-
tionary headquarters estimate that
10000 Bulgarian men, women and
children have been killed, while at
least the same number of refugees
are slowly perishing of hunger. In
official circles these figures are re-
garded as an underestimate and Off
cials incline to the belief that the
number of the massacred exceeds 5O,-
600. The Turks are apparently deter
mined to eXterminatc the entire Bull
garian population of the vilayet The
actual details of the happenings out
side the town are not available.
In government circles here the situ-
alton is viewed with increasing alarm.
1t is reliably stated that the Turkish
forces in Macedonia number 100000.
1t is considered impossible that such
force is merely to crush the rebel
lion. 1t is feared that the sultan is
meditating an attack on Bulgaria.
According to n telegram from Con-
stantinople the porte has issued an
unconditional order tnat all European
correspondents must leave Mace
donia because they are circulating
false news. The ambassadors have
been notified of this decision.
London, Sept. "a Sofia dispatch
to the Daily Mail, dated September
8, says that the revolutionary com
mittee today will issue to the repre-
sentatives of the powers a note fore
warning them of coming events. The
note is intended to justify the future
actions of the insurgents, and will
point to the probable total extermin-
alton of the Christians as necessi-
tating the employment of the same
atrocious measures by the revolu-
contend that the responsibility for
such desperate acts will rest with
the powers.
a Monastir dispatch to the Daily
Mail says: "Vice Consul McGregor
tells me that the porte has informed
Hilmi Pacha that it has received
threat from the Macedonian commit
tee that the insurgents intend to
murder a British consul or journal
ist, or an American missionary. Vice
Consul McGregor notified the Turkish
authorities that he will hold them
responsible for any murder by either
the Turks or the Bulgarians."
Salonica, Turkey, Sept. 9-Twelve
battalions of Turkish troops are re-
ported to have surrounded large
revolutionary band near Ostrovo, 30
miles from Monastir. Fighting is
proceeding.
Umpire Wright's DecisIon.