Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-09-24
FLEET MIGHT SAVE LIFE
Correspondent Thinks Its Presence
Would Have SaIutary Effect.

New York, Sept. 21.-A special to
the Associated Press from Sofa, dated
the 10Th, says: l am prevented by the
Turks from going to Monastir. Only
two correspondents are remaining, and
they are not allowed to see anything,
the Turks hoping thereby to prevent
the press from reporting anything. |
have today conclusive evidence that
although the Turkish officers abstain
from the orgies, the soldiers are loot
ing. They have young boys and girls
forcibly brought and retained at their
quarters. There Is much anxiety
about the missionaries in the interior
long unheard of. A group of university
professors and prominent men have
issued an appeal for the pity of the
- civilized world in behalf of their Mace
DOMAIN brothers, instancing the village
of Bratoutchino, where hundred
women and children, driven by hunger
from the forest in despair, sought ref
uge in the village, where they were
massacred. Today is the festival of
the Bulgarian union, equivalent to the
American Fourth of July. Silence, as
if after funeral, reigns. 1t is usual
to celebrate the anniversary with
gaiety, but today the shadow of the
Macedonian horror overcasts ALL
Gloomy foreboding for the future
depresses the hearts of the people.
Their solemn thanksgiving mass
crowded the cathedral. The grave
chorus sounded more like a requiem
than tie deum.
The crowd streamed out of the basil
Mt "a
background of the purple Balkans in
oppressive silence. / have just receiv-
ed news that the whole valley CT
Stramma is rising in instruction. The
Turks on the left bank were attacked
by the insurgents. The greatest fight
ing is expected in the district on the
left of Stramma. Minister Tzokow,
with other prominent Bulgarians, ex-
pressed to me their gratitude for the
sympathetic helpful attitude of Ameri-
can newspapers in placing the woes of
the kinfolk before the world. l, am
convinced the presence Of an Ameri-
can feet in Turkish waters would
have most salutary effect without
firing one gun, and might save the
lives of thousands of men, women and
children.
The revolutionists are now concen-
trating all their operations in eastern
Macedonia, the latest dispatches from
which locality report that genera
rising was fixed to begin today. The
insurgents claim to have accumulated
vast stores of provisions, ammunition
and dynamite, and to be prepared to
enter on serious campaign. Fight
ing is already proceeding at Melnik,
province of Sores, which place is be-
sieged by bands of insurgents under
the leadership of Stoyanoff, Yankoff,
Darlington and Zografoff all of whom
formerly were officers in the Bulgar-
ian army. The town of Melnik is a
very important strategic point in the
mountains, commanding the road be-
tween Demir-Hissar and Raselog.
Those besieging it number 1,500, while
the Turkish garrison Is believed to
consist of only one battalion. The re-
suit of the attack on the town is not
yet known, but telegram from Ket-
charinovo says that additional Turkish
troops are going thence to Melnik.
In the Demir-Hissar district the lead
ers, Stepancheff, Asgreloff and Kort-
chovaly, have 1000 men ready to be-
gin operations.
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