The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-09-18
HUMAN SLAUGHTER GOES ON
5000 CHRISTIANS IN MACEDONIA
MURDERED BY TURKS.


Before Seen--suItan Has Over Co.
600 Soldiers on Bulgarian Frontier
One Engagement Reported.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 14.-With the
arrival of new and sensational and
wholesale massacre of Christians in
Macedonia, the situation here is hour
fy becoming more alarming. If the
latest messages, which state that 5000
Bulgarians have been slaughtered in
the districts of Okhrida and Leren,
should be confirmed, no doubt exists
mat the government will be forced to
order the mobilization of the army.
according to information brought to
the revolutionary paper Autonomye,
force of Albanians, assisted by Turk
ish regular forces acting under Or
ders direct from the Yildiz Kiosk,
massacred the entire Bulgarian Chris
llan population of the Okhrida and
Leren districts.
Fearful descriptions are given of the
sights there, the soldiers slaughtering
men, women and children in every d.
rection, displaying barbarism never
before witnessed. The number of
killed is not stated in the courier's dis
patch, but according to reports from
other sources, the total number of the
victims will reach 5000.
Official circles are so far without
| information regarding the reported
massacre, but in view of the charac.
ter of the latest advices from Mace
| donna, it is feared the news is only too
| true. Rumors are current that at a
council of the ministers it was decided
to mobilize Immediately the first and
second army divisions.
This is officially denied, but we'll in
formed persons do not doubt that the
caDlnet, which is meeting in council
daily, is seriously considering such a
measure.
A deputation of leading professors
and resident professional classes wait
ed on the ministers and urged the gov
eminent to order immediate mobiliza
ton. Minister Pretoff said the minis
try was unable to admit OF such a mea
sure at this time.
The Turkish government is believed
to have at the present moment no les!
than $4,000 soldiers in the village T.
Adrianople, large bodies of them with
in 10 to Is kilometers of the Bulgarian
frontier. Confronted with such a stu
ofi ic {hof p,,lD wiz II
be amply justified in moulilzing tn,
first and second army divisions, tn
headquarters Of which are at Soft:
and Philiopollis, and which compris
the forces nearest the Turkish from
tier.
The government appears to be firm
ly resolved to avoid giving Turkey tn
slightest pretext for declaring hostil
ties, and is doing it's utmost to restrain
the war fever. Sofia and the countr
generally are outwardly as calm as il
the most peaceful time, but the Blu
garians say this calm is more to b
feared than at any other time.
An engagement is reported to hav
occurred between force of insul
gents and Turkish troops at Suipindc
in which not a single revolutionist wa
killed, while the Turks lost heavily.
!: kilograms from Burgas say the Blu
garian population is fast disappearin
r from the district of Losengrad, an
t that everyone unable to escape to tn
t Bulgarian frontier is killed. Five hui
8 dred fugitives, who have arrived a
s Burgas from Tekengea, report that tw
! men, one 100 years old and the othe
:. IS, were impaled by the Turks. TIL
n war Office here is greatly concerne
I over the increasing number of deser
ers who join the insurgents.
Later Reports.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 15.-The A
y bantam and Turkish troops containe
}, in the vilayet Of Adrianople appear
= be pursuing their usual tactics Of burr
h ing and plundering the villages an
killing the peasants instead of maxim
an attempt to break up the Insurger
bands. Very little news is flterin
through from Monastir, but all report
agree that the position Of the Chri
d tians is desperate. The Turks ar
IS making a clean sweep Of the Who'll
Bulgarian element.