Evening journal., 1903-08-31
REvOLUTIONISTS
SPREADING RUIN
Two Uprisings Reported
From All Parts of Eu-
ropean Turkey
ADRIANOPLE PARTIALLY DESTROYED

ton OF the city of Adrianople, the most
important interior city in European
Turkey, is in ashes. and that three
other sections are burning. An uncon-
hrmed report says that the insurgents
have blown up the barracks of the
Turkish troops at Adrianople. The
Turks are committing wholesale mas
sacres. The authorities have lost all
control. and the inhabitants are panic
stricken.
Adrianople is city of 81 900 inhabi-
tants, and is a military and CONNER
cial centre 1t is situated at the head
of navigation on the Aiasitza river and
is on the railroad canning from Sofia
to Constantinople. II is 100 miles from
Constantinople and 20 miles from the
Bulgarian frontier.
The rebels have blown up the bar
racks at Demetika and the garrison
wasr rmassacred. -Four thousand Alba
mans are pillaging the villages in the
districts of OlSrida and Krushevo. The
latter district has been deserted by the
population, who have Joined the insur-
gents in the mountains. In Okrida the
Turkish forces have been largely in
creased The insurgents have blown up
the lighthouse at Vesiliko. and now oc-
cupy all the principal points along the
Black Sea coast -
A telegram from Leren says the rail-
way station at Ekschi was blown up, a
.nulhber of officials being killed and the
railroad torn up for a distance of $50
Reports from Constantinople say that
Te0 medical and. veterinary students
and'army cadets have been given their
diplomas. and commissions without
having passed the usual examinations,
and have, been drafted into the Third
army corps!
Dispatches received from Constan-
tihoBe. salcnica, .AIonastir and Adri-
anopleA reveal an equally unsatisfac-
tory condition of affairs in Macedonia.
From Salonica come reports of new
risings. At Monastir the insurgents
are said to be masters OF the situation.
Telegraiqs from AdrianoDle declare
that the insurgent bands are continu-
ing their ravages.
At the moment that the porte is ask
ing Belgium to supply. officers for the
Macedonian gendarmeric. the Swedish
ambassador at Constantinople has no
titled the Turkish government that un-
less they receive their pay immediate
ly the Swedish officers now at Uskub
will leave the country. It IS said that
the Servian diplomatic agent has notl-
fed the porte that two divisions of the
Servinn army have been mobillzed
without any hostile intention as re-
CARDS Turkey. but they viii be sent to
the frontier to prevent Albanian in
cursions into Servia-
A new outbreak is reported to have
occurred in the environs of Salonica.
and several slSirmishes have taken
place between Cievgyeli and Salonica.
and there has also been a fight near
Edidjevarda both sides losing heav-
ily In the district between Kastoria
and Florina, south of Monastir. the
insurgents have destroyed all the for.
titled residences the of wealthy beys.
A notorious brigand, named Abdul
Mediid recently delivered a harangue
to the inhabitants of Tetovo, telling
them % prepare themselves to slaugh.
ter all the Bulgari-ns upon the first
appearance of revc .utionary bands in
the neighborhcc
Many wounded Turkish soldiers
have been taken to Salonica from
Uskub, Seres and Monastir. The Tur.
lzish troops are reported to be greatly
discouraged and many deserters have
been thrown into prison.
According to one report the Hodja
(teachers attached to a mosque) in the
vilayet Of Kossovo. are preaching that
the time for a holy war has come and
that the people must be ready to kill
the Christians in the vilayet Insur-
gent bands are said to be in complete
control of the districts of Demirhissar
and Kitscheo and the chief mountain
passes in the vilayet of Monastir.
The total strength of the bands In
the vilayet OF Adrianople is estimated
at 5000 men. The insurgents have
blown up the barracks at Ghioktope.
near Malkoternovo killing 60 soldiers.
They also attacked and set fire to the
! Turkish camps at Egripalanla, Kra-
too and Kotcheni. A great panic en-
sued, the troops firing into each other.
Reports are in circulation at Bel
grade. Servia, that the monastery Of
St. Prochev, on the Seryian frontier.
was attacked Saturday night and en-
tirely demolished by the Turks and
Albanians.
The situation in Macedonia is said
to be one of the utmost gravity. The
insurgents are everywhere increasing
in numbers and holding their own
against the Ottoman soldiers. Anar-
chy reigns supreme, the vast Turkish
army being completely out of control
and eating up the country. In a few
weeks famine must ensue. causing un.
told misery. Any outrage in the citv
Of Salonica now would turn the Turks
into soldiers and the populace into
wild beasts. The country west of the
river Varda. towards the vilayet of
/ Monastir, is expected to rise daily.