River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-08-27

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rived at Iniada, Eastern European Tur-
| key, August 10, to support Russia's
| demands on the sultan growing out OF
the assassination of M. Rostkowski,
Russian consul at Monastir, has been
recalled to Sebastopol, the squad
ron's point of departure. The recall
| followed a notification from the porte
that the sultan had ordered all Russian
| demands to be complied with.
Sultan Yields Completely.
The dispatch received from M. lin
ovioff, Russian ambassador at Con-
stantinople, announcing that the sultan
had yielded completely to Russia's de-
mands, was as follows:
'"The porte has taken the following
measures to fulfill the demands of the
Russian government: In addition to
| the condemnation and execution Of M.
Rostkowsl1i's murderers and the pun
ishment of their accomplices, those Of
fcers who made disrespectful allu-
sions to M Rostkowski are dismissed
| from the service. A careful search is
being made for the persons who fired
ficials, "a in number, whose names
were handed to the porte as objects of
unfavorable comment by the Russian
ambassador are relieved of their posts
and handed over to justice. All private
persons mentioned in the same list as
guilty of various offenses will likewise
| be tried.
To,o o1 lob nch nj of (1f n
| lice at Palanka. province of Uskub, is
restored to his post The persons I'M
der arrest for accusing Mussulmans of
outrage and abuse are liberated.
Hussein Hilmi, inspector general Of
Macedonia is reprimanded The chiefs
of gendarmerie and police of Salonica
are replaced. The porte has ordered
the appointment of the gendarmerie of
several foreign officers, whose names
will be announced later, and finally all
the military, civil and judicial authori-
ties have received the strictest orders
to take measures to secure order and
tranquility"
The news has reached st. Petersburg
from Brussels that the porte has re-
quested Belgium to nominate four Off
GERS for the Turkish gendarmerie.
Slaughter by Turks.
Salonica European Turkey, Friday,
Aug. 21.-The villages of Boufi, Rakoro
and Armesko, near Florina, have been
bombarded and their insurgent garri-
sons anihilated. At Boufi alone 500 Bull
garians are reported to have been killed.
The women and children escaped to the
mountains. In an engagement at Ostro-
rot August 10, Ia Komitajis were killed
and 81 were wounded. During another
fight near Okrida PIT Bulgarians were
killed An important action is proceed
ing near Florina. The commandant
there demands immediate reinforce
ments Twelve battalions have started
for Florina from Monastir.
Made Prompt Reply.
Constantinople, Aug. 24.-The porte's
reply accepting the Russian demands
was delivered II hours after the presen-
tation of the Russian note-a prompti-
tude most unusual in the history of
Turkish diplomacy. Tewflk Pasha, the
foreign minister, and Naum Pasha
thereupon called on M. Zinovieff, the
Russian ambassador, and requested the
withdrawal of the Russian squadron
from Turkish waters, on the ground that
it's presence tended to encourage the in
surrection. On receipt of favorable re-
ply from st. Petersburg, M. Zinovieff
telegraphed the order of withdrawal to
Admiral Krieger, commanding the Rus
sian squadron at Iniada.
Horrible Atrocities.
Rome, Aug. 24.-Private news from
the Balkans contains horrible descrip-
lions of massacres committed by Turk
ish troops in REFRESHING the instruction.
Whole villages were set on fire and
sacked, and men tortured in the worst
manner before being killed. Not only
women, but even children of both sexes.
were brutally assaulted by bashi-bazouks
and other cruelties committed, so repug-
nant that they cannot be described
Massacres Reported.
Sofia, Aug. 24.-Persistent rumors.
partially confirmed, are circulating of
alarming massacres by the Turks at
Monastir. Officers of Russian war
ship, which called at Burgas, in Bull
garia, north of Iniada, for provisions,
have reported that all the villages along
the coast of Adrianople, from the Bull
garian frontier to Iniada, have been
burning for the last three days. Iniada
is deserted.
dispatch from Dubnitza asserts
that the situation on the frontier is ex-
tremely critical, the insurgents having
killed several Turkish soldiers at Dnev-
mix.
Fighting is reported at Is places in the
vilayet of Adrianople, during which
the insurgents are said to have lost IA
and the Turks 300 Heavy fighting is
reported at Sreborne, where the troops
destroyed the village, and where the
Turks are said to have lost heavily from
the explosion of dynamite bombs. From
elsewhere throughout the disturbed area
come continual reports of slzirmishes
and heavier fighting. resulting in the
destruction of several villages.
RECREATIVE INTERESTS.