The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-08-15
Warships Start for Ports
of Sultan to Enforce
Demands.
SEEKS SATISFACTION
Murder of the Consul at
Monastir by Gendarme
to Cause Trouble.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

st. Petersburg, Aug Is.-A squadron
OF the Russian Black Sea feet has been
ordered to sail for Turkish waters. No,i-
hcation of this move has been telegraphed
from Sebastapool to the Russian ambas-
sador at Constantinople
The dispatch of the squadron is in
tended to emphasize Russia's intention of
exacting complete compliance with her
demands as to satisfaction for the murder
by Turkish gendarme of her consul at
Monastir.
Text Of kilograms.
The following kilograms exchanged be-
tween the foreign office and Russian rep
resentative board show the first steps
taken as consequence of the murder of
M. Rostkovoski, the Russian consul at
Monastr.
"On August II Count Lamsdorif, the
foreign minister, telegraphed to NJ. Zino-
vief, Russian ambassador at Constanti-
nople, that neither the sutan's expression
OF regret, the visit of Prince Ahmed, the
sultan's son, to the ambassador. nor the
expressions of sympathy by the grand
vizier and other high Turkish dignitaries
was considered to be adequate satisfac-
tion for the murder of NJ. Rostkovoski."
Taken Into Account
"When NJ. St. Chberina, Russian con-
sui, was murdered at Mitrovitza," con-
tinued Count Lamsdorff, "the czar took
into account the fact that the murderer was
an Albanian whose tribe was in rebellion
against the government
The outrage at Monastir however,
was OF quite another character and called
Tor the severest punishment. The czar,
therefore, ordered that no promises on the
part OF the Turkish government should
be accepted but that demands should be
made as follows:
The immediate severe punishment of
the murderer; the arrest and exemplary
punishment of the person who fred at NJ.
Rostkovoskps carriage; the immediate pro-
duction Of positive proofs that the vail
OF Monastir has been actually banished
the immediate severe punishment of all
the civil and military officials responsible
for the murder.
Means Of Pacfication.
I'm addition to these demands, Ambassa-
dor Ziniovieff was instructed as a means
OF general pacihcation in the yillayet of
Monastir to make the following demands:
THE immediate severe punishment of
all Turkish officials regarding whose out
fageous behavior a report was made by
.th director of the Russian consulate at
Uskub after making tour of the villayet
OF kossovo in company with the Austrian
consul; the reinstatement of Ismael
Hakki, who was dismissed, but whose eff
cheney was endorsed by Hilmi Pasha, in
spector general of Macedonia the mmedi-
ate release of the peasants on whom ac-
cording to the reports of the Russian and
Austrian consul, the Turks perpetrated
atrocities; the instant dismissal and pun
ishment of the officials of the administra-
ton of Salonica and Prsriend, whose NAL
practices have been brought to light, and
finally the foreign officials employed in
Macedonia shall Immediately enroll fresh
gendarmes and police for the requisite
protection of the peaceable population and
the introduction of legislative order.
To Secure Redress.
"On August IL Count Lamsdorif telc-
graphed to the Russian diplomatic agent
at Sofia that the imperial government
could not obtain adequate satisfaction for
the assassination of M. Rostkovoski and
therefore had already taken measures to
secure redress. As on the occasion of
the murder of Consul St. Chiberina the
suppression of the insurrectionary move
ment among the Albanians was demanded.
DO oii tHc present occasion demands had
been presented to the Ottoman govern
ment for the severe punishment of all
the military and civil authorities guilty
OF atrocities against the Christians.
Count Lamsdorff promised the diplo-
matte agent that it was his duty to see
that Russia's vigorous attitude towards the
porte was not interrupted by the Bull
garian committee as indicating any change
in the political program laid down in
previous government communications it
would be dangerous error, added the
Russian foreign minister, on the part of
the principally to consider Russias pres
ent action as fostering the revolutionary
agitation of the Macedonian committee
whose continued criminal activity was a
hindrance to the pacifcation of the Val
layets, and therefore, to the introduction
of reforms.
From the Russian consular reports it
was clear that the peaceful Christian pop
ulation suffered at the hands of the revo-
lutionary bands as much as they did from
the outrages and robberies committed by
the Turks.
"All these circumstances" concluded
Count Lamsdorff, proved the necessity for
the most vigorous counters action on the
part of the Bulgarian government with
view to the suppression of the troubles
in the Balkan peninsula"
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