The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-28
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Vienna, Aug. 22.-Among the sensa-
tionaf reports circulating here, it is
stated that all the guard houses along
the Monastir.Salonica railroad line
have been destroyed; that 10000
Turks under Marshal Omerrushtt
Pasha have surrounded and annihila-
ted 1900 insurgents in the Monastir
district; and that at Constantinople
Thursday Turkish soldier insulted
and attacked an official of the Rus
sian postofice. who was severely
wounded and had to be taken to the
Italian hospital.
Revolution ls SPREADING.
Sofia, Aug. 22.-All the dispatches
received here yesterday Indicate that
the revolution in Macedonia is
spreading. The situation is causing
intense anxiety in official circles. The
most alarming news relates to the out
break covering considerable area in
the eastern part of the Adrianople
vilayet, where the insurgents have
captured the town of Vasiliko. They
took the chief Turkish officials pris-
oners and brought them to the Bull
garian frontier, where they liberated
them. The Turkish officials, fearing
to return to Vasiliko, sought refuge of
the Bulgarian authorities, who sent
them to hotel in Burgas. where they
are at liberty to- remain or depart.
The insurgents burned the villages be-.
hind Vasiliko and attacked a Turkish
military post at the monastery of
Elijah, south of Tirnovo.
Danger Long Dreaded.
The peculiar danger of the latest
outbreak lies in its proximity to the
Bulgarian frontier, thus creating a
situation long foreseen and dreaded
by, the Sofia government. The Turks
are now certain to send considera-s
BILE force. to this territory to suppress
the ,outbseak, which will necessitate
the STRENGTHENING of the Bulgarian
troops YaIbng the frontier With the
two armies close to each other under,
the present strained re1atiJns, the
situation beccn IS extremely desper-
ate. The: Bulgarian government is
taking every possible step to prevent
calamity, but the officials express
the greatest concern. In addition to
the. danger of a collision between the
military forces there is the no smaller
one Of popular excitement
81. Getting Beyond Control J.
and forcing the government to adopt
a belligerent attitude. ~
Severe fighting is reported to be
proceeding near Gehgele, with heavy
losses on both sides.
The Sofia Dnevjnjk declares that all
the Turkish vilayets in Macedonia will
be in full revolt Aug. % and that the
revolution fs spreading from Salonica
into the districts toward Sores. Sew
eral new bands have appeared in the
district Of Voden, southeast of Monas-
tir.
Destroy Many Villages.
London, Aug. 22.-According to q
Belgrade dispatch to the Daily Mail
the Turkish troops, under. the pretext
of pursuing revolutionary bands, have
destroyed the villages of Armonska
Stpeboni. Letschani, Peckopanje, Mel
kazi, Zelinich, Patele and Banitza,
massacreing the women and children.
The male inhabitants fed to the noun.
tains and joined the insurgents, who
are especially numerous in the Cho-
game mountain range, where there are
also many women under the leader
ship of a female teacher of the name
of Lenkanaumof.