The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-09
$1,000 DIE BY TURKISH SWORD.
~ Many More Bulgarians Said 10 He
Dying or Hunger.
speetol CabIe Despatch to TEE SUN

A. Many More Buigarians Said 10 He
Dying or Hunger,
Special Cable Despatch to TEE SUN
LONDON, Sept. eff the news despat ches
cent from Sofa and other pro- Macedonian
centres yesterday to London newspapers
are reliable, the struggle in the Balkans
Is being carried on not only with Oriental
rWhleesnefs, but the situation Ia becoming
more and more serious as regards the out :
look for future developments.
A despatch from Sofa to the Daily Moil
says that the Macedonian Revolut ionary
Committee will send circular 10 the Powers
to-day wednesday, warning them that
it lis contemplating the making Of reprisais
on its enemies.
In justification Of this action. it alleges
that the Turks have made homeless o., 900
persons. who are practically starving and
that unless they are stopped they will ex-
terminate the whole Bulgarian race in
Macedonia.
1t is, therefore. necessary that the same
atrocious means be used against the Turks
and, according to the circular, the re-
sponsbility for such measures will rest on
the Powers.
Another correspondent quotes the Mace
DOMAIN organization "a stating that $50 900
women. children and old men are hiding
in the forests and mountains Of Macedonia.
The Turks are said to be burning the
forests in the districts Of Learen and Kas-
toria. When the fugitives attempt to
escape from the flames they are killed.
The insurgent general stan has issued
an order to the various bands not to modest
peaceful Turkish or Albanian villages.
Reports from the villayet Of Monastir
agree in describing the position there as
appalling. From thirty to fifty Thousand
Bulgarian inhabitants are believed to he We
been massacred. and every Bulgarian
village in the villayet has been destroyed
or the Bulgarians who saved themselves
by flight TO the untains and forests
thousands are dying OF starvation. 1t Is
impossible to obtain precise figures, but at
the revolutionary committee headquar ters
it is estimated that between 80 1000 and 20 OOC
Bulgarian men, women and children ha We
persisted by the Turkish sword, while at
least as many more who fled to escape
nassacres are now slowly dying of hun ger
In the district of Debetsi the Turkish
troops are reported to be naked and hungry
and robbing the people right and left
There is also serious famine in the district
Of Kritchevo.
1t is impossible. however, to obtain the
actual details Of what 10 going on outside
tho towns. The foreign representatives
at ,Monastir are abse to obtain only The
most scanty information outside that
which is derived from Turkish Official
sources.
In Government circles at Sofa the situa-
ton Ii viewed with increasing alarm. It Ia
reliably reported that Turkey now has
800 900 men in Macedonia
1t il considered impossible that force
Of this number would be assembled simply
feared that the Sultan is meditating an
attack on Bulgaria.
According to stories giving details Of the
sacking of Smilevo, a week ago, which
have been received at Sofia from Europeans
in Monastir, the place was surrounded by
mixed force Of soldiers and BASH bazouks
All the houses were burned. The soldiers
shot those residents who attempted tc
escape. while the bashi bazouks went OF,
with ,hs work OF plumber. Many persons
however, made their escape and reached
Monastir.
These say that children were torn from
their mothers arms and thrown into the
flames. A number OF women were placed
in house which had been soaked with
petroleum and set afire. but the BASH
bazouks, who came from neighborinR
villages, rescued them. Altogether 2O(
persons were murdered
The refugees tell various stories Of hor.
rors Ono is to the effect that they saw
man and his wife sitting near the ruins
Of their home. Turkish soldier came
it into his wife's lap.
In another place the Turkish soldiers
found woman with several small children
hiding in a ditch They killed her and the
children.
One correspondent at Monastir says the
Turks will not allow doctors TO give medi-
cal attention to the wounded, and that
many are bleeding to death or their wounds
are notifying.
The British Consul, who made a tour
ofthe Bulgarian quarter Of the town. not iced
many wounded and starving refugees from
Smilevo. The Turks expressed indigna.
ton at the visit of the Consul and the efforts
Of American missionaries to relieve the
sufferers.
Inspector-General Hilmi Pasha told the
Consul that the Porte had received threat
from the Macedonian committee that i,
would murder a British Consul, British
journalist or an American missionary
The Consul replied that he would hold ths
Turkish authorities responsible for any
murder by Turks or Bulgarians. 1t 10 be.
lieved that Hilmi Pasha's communication
was intended as a hint to the newspaper
correspondents who are reporting the
massacres.
A telegram received in Sofia from Con
stantinople says that the Porte has issued
an unconditional order that all European
correspondents must leave Macedonia be.
cause they are circulating false news ano
that the foreign Ambassadors have beer
notified.
H. h Understood that Russia and Austria
have submitted q proposal 20 the Powers
that Bulgaria be urged 10 sever her con
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