The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-09-11
THE ITALIAN VESSELS.
Held in Readiness to Be Sent to
Turkish Waters.
,Rumored That the French Ambassador
at Constantinople Intends to Re-
sign Owing to the Apathy of
His Government.

London, Sept. 9.-Everything seems
TO point to new and terrible develop
ments in Macedonia On top of the
appalling accounts of the results of
the Turkish methods of restoring or
der" in the vilayet of Monastir comes
the threat by the insurgents to resort
to reprisals on the same scale. The
portes anxiety to suppress news by
eXpelling newspaper correspondents
from the area of the operations is held
to have but one meaning. Wednesday
mornings papers comment upon the
significance of the news that Russia
and Austria are seeking to persuade
the powers to coerce Bulgaria as show
ing belief that war is inevitable.
A dispatch to the Standard from
sConstantinople dated Sunday says:
<'The Turks are much disturbed by the
presence of the American warships at
Beirut, which arrived there Friday by
order of the United States govern
ment, and are making every effort to
have them recalled. In spite of all as
SertionS that the United States only
intends to be there for the simple pro-
lection of the rights of her citizens. it
is quito possible that the dispatch of
the warship may initiate action lead
ing much further"
Beirut. Sept 10..Adm Cotton is on
the alert. Signal men and a guard
slept at the United States consulate
Tuesday night. The men on board
the warships are under arms and
ready to disembark on a signal from
the consulate.
The crews Of the Brooklyn and the
San Francisco have recOnnoitered the
coast below the property of the Am
erican mission in order to select land
ing places in case of need.
The Sofia correspondent of the
Morning Leader says by the end of the
week the insurgents will have received
a large accession of weapons Thirty
thousand rifles are being smuggled in
to them from all sides, and when these
have been received the real fighting
will begin.
London, Sept 10.-Except that the
consuls in Salonica are again asking
for the protection of warships, there
was little direct news Thursday morn
ing from the seat of the Macedonian
troubles, but there is a plentiful crop
of startling statements impossible Ell
Their to confirm or to deny. Among
the latter is the assertion made in a
Sofia dispatch to the Secolo, of Milan,
to tne effect that it has been decided
to mobilize the Bulgarian army. This
is contrary to the avowed policy of the
Bulgarian government, but can not be
regarded as unlikely with Turkish
troops concentrated at Goektepe, five
miles from the Bulgarian frontier
In Paris there is persistent rumor
that M. Constans, French ambassador
at Constantinople, intends to resign as
"a protest against the apathy shown by
mis- government
According to a Sofia dispatch to the
Daily Express the British agent there
has already advised Bulgaria that
Great Britain insists that she prevent
the passage of bands into Macedonia.
Count Golouchowski, the Austrian
chancellor, had a long conference with
Emperor Francis Joseph at Buda Pest
"Wednesday, and commenced diplomat
lie action 0y the powers against Bull
.garia is again said to be in prepare
ton.
The Italian feet is held in readiness
at Sicily, SO that it could reach Turk
ish waters within 4S hours, but Italy
will not take any action except in &C
cord with the powers.
The Daily Telegraph's correspond
ent at Varna reiterates the determina-
ton on the part of the Bulgarian gov
eminent to hinder every manifestation
likely to lead to war. He adds that
Prince Ferdinand is in daily receipt
OF menacing letters. and as a result
the palace is strongly guarded.
1t is learned from Philippopolis that
the Macedonian committee is actively
organizing new revolutionary bands Of
which 10 have been formed in East
yern Roumania and Macedonia since
Boris Sarafoff assumed the direction
of the Adrianople committee. The
leaders of the bands during the last
six months have imported 1870 kilo-
grammes of dynamite mostly from
Austria, together with large stores of
rifles, which have all been warehoused
in the suburbs Of Philipoppolis.
From Vienna it is reported that Bull
.garia is trying to contract in Hun
gary for 100000 Mannlicher cart
ridges.