The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-27
.BUTCHERY OF BABES
FrightfuI Turkish. Atrocities
Kept Up and d Intensified.
HORRORS UNPARALLELED
Notwithstanding suItan's cringe Be-.
fore Russian Gar, Massacres, !,
Rapins and Incendiarism Hold
Full Sway in Macedonia. e

Advices from Sofia, Bulgaria, under
dcte of Monday, state that the Turks
arc reported to have massacred all tia
women and children in twenty-five
villages Of the districts of Florina and
Monastir and to have afterwards bum
ed the villages. They are also alleged
to have killed number of prisoners.
With the rumors OF massacres and
the murder Of prisoners in Monastir
now authenticated, the general situa-
ton is considered as fast becoming in-
tolerable. Official and diplomatic cir.
cles alike are. concerIt d. having eyer7
reason to fear that only part Of the
horrors enacted In the interior Of
Macedonia have come to light as yet
The revolutionary committees are
d. ing their utmost to force the hanas
of the Bulgarian government and the
immediate outlook Is exceedingly Eesa
rtous. s.s1t -S zss7ss
1t appears that the Turks have tobs
tanned the upper hand In the .vilayet Of
Monastir and the insurgents are plan.
ming to remove the center OF the acssv-
ity close to the Bulgarian frontiers.
Additional dispatches received n Sofa.
Monday, from the disturbed area are
exceedingly gloomy. From Adrianop1e
comes news which denotes the extern
sion OF the revolutionary outbreak.
from Monastir the news OF Turkish Vic.
tories accompanied by barbarous ex:s
cess. 'ss,
While many Of the reports remain
without confirmation, sufficient anthem.
tic details are forthcoming to canse
the authorities the. greatest anxiety
According to the Sofa Dnavnik; the
TuIks committed unspeakable atroct
ties at Krusheyo.
The mutilated corpses Of nineteen
women and children were found IN one
building; pieces Of bodies had been
thrown into the streets. Fifteen 0f
tue principal merchants OF the town
were killed and their heads exhibited
on poles. sss :: =:
At Monastir the churches were de-
molished, the houses sacked and tbs
town is now in heap Of ashes. The
popu1ace fed to the hills, where they
are in starving condition.
The Dnevnik also asserts that q gens
e-al massacre has taken place n: the
whole vflayet Of Monastir. Nearly al
of the villages have been DESTROYED
The treacherous murder OF eighty ms
surgent prisoners By the guards near
Monastir has made an especially bad
impression In Sofia. y
Many rumors are current OF mass1
| cres In the city Of Adrianopie, but con-
firmation is lacking The situation
| there. however, undoubtedly Is sertons.
The population Is afraid to leave the
houses. The prisons are full and the.
yali has taken private houses TO be:
usea as jails., When the Russian con-
sui protested at the situation, the yali
is reported to have answered that ha
was powerless against that fanaticas
population. y
Reports from Monastir, authenttcaE
ei by the Russian and Austrian con-
s,lis. give horrffying details OF the mas.
sacres and atrocities. At the village
of Armensko the Turks DESTROYED @150
houses cut Of total ct 157 and mas:
sacred every man, woman and child
The women were subjected to the most
| terrible atrocities by the soldiers
Eighty reyolutionaries, captured at
Krusheyo, who were sent In the dires.
| ton Of Monastir in chains, were
| slaughtered by their guards. 6