The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-11

st<734zt14St& -SoGpt.1lp,---lH con-
ltinugaIs reports of wholesale nlassac res'
of the Bulgarian populati ton and the,
destEl1et ion of Bulgarian villages I'M
Macedonia are Causing considerable
excitement here. Premier Petroff is
said to have Informed the representa-
tives of the powers IN Sofa that neither
the government nor the Bulgarian peo-
pie can witness with Indifference the
annihilatfon of the Bulg arian element
In Macedonia and the devastation Of
the country and unless the powers can
find some means Of restraining Tur-
keys terrible Fepressiye measures, Bull
garia will be foreedsto depart from her
present attitude of strict neutrality
Every day bfifsgs news of fresh mas
sacres and 9utrA ges in Macedonia.
The revolutionary organs today pub
,lished elaboraAe statistics giving the
names of 11lxr villages burned by the
Turkish soldfetysstI1 number. of houses
in each, the aata of the ineendiarism,
and particularly df the number of per-
sons murderedzin; each case.
Official repoEts ARRIVING here are sus-
piciously retic#nt, but no doubt exists
regarding the SertibIe. barbarities prac-
ticed by the RuFidsh regulars and
BaShi Bazouk$ on helpless women and
children in Macefienia. The Sofia gov
eminent has lHtHerto withstood all at
tempts on the4part of the Macedonian
committee to draw Bulgaria into war
with Turkey, Hlka the conditions of af-
fairs Is daily becoming more critical
and the position Of the ministry more
difficult.
The official view Of the situation
continues peSsimiStic, but in some 9TH
er quarters the belief prevails that the
powers viii shortly propose a new
scheme of pacification in Macedonia
and thus counterfeit the possibility of
a Bulgarian Turkish war Confidence
is expressed that the approaching visit
of the czar to Vienna will result in the
peaceful solution of the difficulties.
kilograms from the frontier indi-
cate approaching disturbances in
Northern and Eastern Macedonia. A
telegram from DjouInaia says the rich
Turks are leaving the villages in that
district and that the Pomaks or Bull
garian MohamnedanS would. follow
suit, but do not know where they can
find refuge. The great forest of Pirin
is burning. The Turks set fire to the
forest in four places. Fighting is re-
ported to be taking place near Melnix
and another fight is also going on in
the vilayet OF Monastir. At Bukovit,
between Krichevo and Gostiva, the in
surgents surprised a body of Bashi
Bazouks pillagfng the village. The lat
ter were attacked and many were
killed 49,
2 Near Midesch, district of Kostur. it
is reported that band led by Tohaka-
loroR has defeated a detachment of
Turkish troops who had about sixty
killed. Many wounded Turks are ar
irving at Monastif, filling the hospitals.
The popula ton in the district of Veles
are reported to be In terrible condi-
ton. Nearly all their villages have
been plundered and destroyed The old
men, women and children were brutalIy
logged by the soldiers and many were
killed, the Bashi ,Bazoulzs leaving the
bodies unburied. The Bulgarian inhab-
itants of the town of yeles are terri
fed, fearing tez leave their houses lest
they should be denounced by the
Greeks and east into prison.
A telegram from Burgas states that
1900 Turkish soldiers, with two cannon,
have landed :. near Vasiiiko,. on the
Black sea, and attacked the town,
which is still occupied by the insur-
gents. ba5