The Washington times., 1903-11-08
Think Sultan Would Soon
Begin Campaign of
KepriSalS.
WILL NOT ABANDON WAR
lnsurrection Ceases Temper
arily on Account Of Sc
verify of the Climate.

$ SOFIA Nov. Now that it seems
practically certain that Russia and Aus
tria will "a the porte an ultimatum.
demanding that the Macedonian reform
scheme proposed by the two nations
shall be carried out without any further
temporizing. the attention OF Europe is
again attracted TO the Near East.
Il seems likely that Turkey Will have
10 yield. as Great Britain Is outspoken
in favor of the joint proposition. and,
while Germany would ike TO oppose it.
1t does not seem likely that the Kaiser
would care o take a positive stand in
the matter at present. However. there IS
not much chance OF any permanent adj
vantage resulting from the new reform
Plaza. as the Insurgents are only resting
and have not abandoned their campaign.
Spurn Reform Plan.
Ia this connection a number OF the
leaders of the instruction have been
interviewed n reference 10 their plans.
Al are outsDoken in their statement
that nothing but absolute independence
viii be satisfactory. The reform plan.
they say. viii simply mean that the total
determination OF the MacedOnians will
be postponed for time. until the eyes
of he civilized world can be diverted
from the Sultans domain. Then. they
claim, a campaign of reprisal would be
begun which would only end when the
last Of the male Inhabitants OF Mace
donla had been put 10 the sword.
Probably the best posted OF the Mace
domains at present in the field, always
excepting Boris SarafofT, is Christie To-
hernopeen. who six years ago resigned
from the Bulgarian army TO accept q
commission with the Macedonian com
mittee- At first simply '@Teotnik," then
district commander. he was finally given
a command md has caused the Turks
so much trouble that a price has been
put on his head.
Fight Cold and Hunger
Speaking Of the abandoning oS the
guerrilla war. he said:
'Our brave men are suffering too
much from cold and hunger to be able
TO continue fighting at T. sent. They
are now literally starving in the noun
tains. and only a few days ago. when
my band was camping on q Pirin Sum
init. four Of them died from the cold.
The men are hungry, ragged. exhausted.
and forced 10 sleep on the snOw-covered
ground witlsopt even a fire to warm
them. After six or eight days band
is exhausted 5snd is compelled 70 return
10 winter quarters."
II is. therefore. no wonder that we
have decided 10 do Iao more until spring
Besides. the Turks can readily trail the
band from its prints IN the snow and
make the pursuit hot that all are
compelled 10 separate and fly for their
lives.
Turks Are Legion
Another circumstance that makes the
continuation Of operations against the
enemy hazardous Is the enormous num-
Der OF troops concentrated by the Turks
in all of the important parts Of the ter
ritOry.
Under such circumstances IL is i'm
possible for = large party OF patriots TO
operate without being at once discov-
cred. surrounded and dispersed. And If
they should retreat 10 the inaccessible
mountain gorges. they would run the
risk Of perishing from hunger. because
the villagers are now watched by the
Turks and g. Is almost impossible for
the soldiers TO get anything from them
Our bands have no baggage trains with
them; they have only what they can
carry in Znapsacks-"