The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
CAPTURED
BULCAR|ANS
TO Be SHOT
Abdul Hamid Is Said
to Have Issued
This Order.
Great Britain Makes Futile
Protests Against Mussul-
man Excuses.
Sofia Government Regards the Out
look for Peace as Brighter, but
Populace Clamors for
War.

LONDON, Sept 29.-The Times learns
from a trustworthy source that the pal
ace committee at YiIdiz Kiosk has recon-
mended that all Bulgarians captured in
the future shall be shot. 1t is said that
the Sultan holds the same view and that
the necessary orders have been issued.
The Constantinople correspondent OF
the Times telegraphs that Great Britain,
through her ambassador, has made Wig
orous and constant protests against the
excuses committed by the Turkish
troops, but that she apparently does not
feel herself strong enough to break down
the opposition of Germany. Russia and
Austria and insist upon real instead OF
paper reforms in Macedonia
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 29.-The situa-
ton here is much brighter to-day and the
war clouds appear to have lifted. The
Porte's assurance that the thirty-two bat
talions recently ordered to proceed from
Monastir to Adrianople will not be moved
has lessened the apprehension of the Bull
garian Government. Further satisfaction
is derived from the fact that NJ Natoho-
witch is going to Constantinople in the ca
pacity of Bulgarian diplomatic agent. He
conducted the negotiations with the
Porte last June and after their failure re-
turned to Sofia.
The committee appointed for the pur-
pose, at the time of yesterdays demon
stration of $1,000 Macedonians in this city,
waited on Premier Petron to-day and
asked him if the Government intended to
do anything to help the Macedonians.
Petroff replied that the Ministry was act
ing in what it conceived to be the best
interests of Bulgaria, and would continue
the same policy. The spokesman of the
committee told the Premier that his re-
ply would not be satisfactory to the peo-
pie and the committee thereupon with
drew. The Dnevnik, commenting on the
situation. says:
Although the Bulgarians remain quiet. it
is not true indication of the national feel
ings but it is owing to the approaching cleo
tions.
The paper adds that it will mot be long
before everybody will try to force the
Government to take action"
MONASTIR, Macedonia, Thursday, Sept
A.-It is estimated that 50,0 900 villagers of
the viiayet of Monastir are now refugees
in the mountains most of them in a ter
ribly destitute condition. They escaped
from the Ill villages which have been
wholly or partially burned by the Turks
and which contained 1892 houses, of
which 1858 were burned. At Malkairnovo
only hundred Bulgarian families remain
of 1900
Two hundred families fleeing toward
Bulgaria from villages in the Losengrad
district were surrounded by Turkish
troops in the mountains and all Of them
are alleged to have been slaughtered.
SALONICA, European Turkey, Sept. Is.
-BakhZar Pasha, who was responsible
for the massacres at Krushevo and Smi-
levo, has been decorated with the Order
of the Medjidie of the first class. He has
been sent to the district of Kastoria,
where six villages have been burned al
ready and many insurgents killed.
BERLIN, Sept. 28.-According to dis
patch to the Lokal Anzeiger, prominent
Macedonians are urging the revolutionary
leaders to discontinue the uprising.