The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-28
PREPARE FOR WAR.
Turkey and Bulgaria Both Mar
shal Their Forces.

London, Sept. 2S.-Whilst there Is lit
tie fresh news this morning from the
Balkans, it appears from the dispatches
received here that both Turkey and Bull
garia are actively preparing for the pos
Sibilty of war. The correspondent OF
the Daily Mail at Monastir comments
on the skillful disposition of the TURK
iSh troops for delivering a quick blow
against either Servia or Bulgaria. There
are ten thousand soldiers in the vilayet
of kOSSoVo, seventy thousand men with
300 guns in Adrianople vilayet, $4,000 in
Monastir vilayet and 40 900 in Salonica.
the last mentioned force forming a hugs
reserve.
A dispatch from Sofia to the Times
says that document. purloined from
I1ilmi Pasha'S archives and which has
fallen into the hands of one OF the con-
suls, gives confirmation of the wholesale
determination carried out in Mace
donia- 1t records that ninety-three vii
lagos have been destroyed in the vilayet
of Monastir alone and that the total
number destroyed reaches Ill. Reports
from other reliable quarters represenc
that much larger number of villages
have been destroyed.
The correspondent continues that the
attention Of the humane and charitable
should be directed to the starving pop
ulatson-
The American missionaries. who have
addressed appeals to the United States
and England for the dispatch of a con-
tiEgent of the Red Cross, are prepar-
ing 10 assist in the distribution of re-
lies.
PhillippopOlis. Bulgaria Sept 2S.-A
visit to the base camps of this division
OF the Bulgarian army at Tirnovo and
Seimen today showed that the sappers
and miners are rapidly preparing for
war. Work on the bridges across the
Martha river and the roads and forts
i'll the vicinity is in active progress.
About 10000 troops are at the base
] C9mn and in fhQ xririnitN
sand paraded today for divine service.
Shanghai. Sept. 2s.-Viceroy Tsen is
huIrying back to Canton from KWangsi
province in response to an urgent tele-
gram from the local authorities to the
effect that the rebels and secret So
cletles III kwangtung province are pre-
pairing a rising.
Pathetic dignity ana the utmost
peacefulness characterized the Mace
donian demonstration here today Aft
er the celebration of a requiem in the
cathedral. which was crowded. $1,000
MacedOnians and their sympathizers
Joined in procession which marched
| through the principal streets of the
city. Bands played funeral marches
and carried aloft were black flags and
black framed pictures, representing the
dead leaders of the movement burning
villages. etc. Outside the cathedral,
Michaelovsl~i, the president of the
NaceuOnlan OrganlzatlOnS, addressed
the demonstration. Other speakers also
urged the maintenance of peaceful con-
duct A committee of three was ap-
pointed delegation to call on Pre-
mier Petroff and ask him whether the
government would help the Macedon-
ians.
Prince Ferdinand. after going to
church Sunday, did not return to the
palace, but departed unexpectedly for
his hunting box al Kostenetz. His de-
parture is much commented on and is
thought not to be unconnected with ru-
mOrs of an intention on the part of the
procesSionistS to demonstrate in the
gardens of the palace. 1t is reported
that the Turks are building forts along
the entire frontier line, commanding
large areas of Bulgarian territory.
Fortifications have been constructed
for artillery Three thousand Turkish
troops have arrived on the frontier at
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