The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-20
TURKEY MAY NOT
FIGHT. B UL GARIAlI
London Diplomats State that Under
No Circumstances VIII the Powers
Permit Turkey to Occupy Bulls
garlan 7 erritory, and She 5al
Can, Therefore, Gain 3S
Nothing by Hostities.

I (By Associated Press.)

SOFIA, BULGARIA, Sept. The revs
olutionarles are now concentrating an
their operations in eastern Macedonia. IN
the latest dispatches from which locality
report a general rising was fixed to begin
to day. Tho insurgents claim to have
accumulated vast stores or arms and am !
munition and dynamite, and to be pre- 4
pared to enter upon q serious cam paisn. #
Fighting IS already proceeding at Melnik, \
province Of Sores. which place is 4 be-S
sieged by bands Of insurgents under the
leadership OF stoyanoff. Yankoff, Zograf- 81
fof and Darvlnhoff, all Of whom formerly
were officers in the Bulgarian army. The 4
town Of Melnlk is avery important strate-B
gle point in the mountains, commanding
the road between Demirpissar and Raj AZ
log. Those besieging It numb 5Oo,sS
while the Turkish garrison Is believed Eto#
consist OF only one battalion. T he result
OF the attack upon the town is not yet i
known, but q telegram from SKetc harlnoyo'3S
says that additional Il Turkish troops are
going thence to- Melnik. N
4 SEVERE FIGHTING. Js8iss 4 33
Severe fighting is reported 5S to II have
taken place at Okrida.a ~ band Of bsreyo.-ss
lutionarles operating near rijenl N sur n,
rounded a force Of Turkish troops and "a
fight ensled, which lasted throug houtE an
entire day. In the evening the insurg gents.
reinforced by bands under sarafoff at AZ
tackled the Turks on all sides and routed
them The Turks lost ninety Kill e. ed.iy e "a
is reported that the troops viii now move
only In bodies OF from three to four hou-8
sand. al V sls3 "a 5s
Turkish soldiers are Saported to have
burned five vilagss in district or1
Kastora. ssSs,5 53 " 3ss
DO Not Expect War.
The Associated Press learns that war
between Turkey and Bulgaria Is not now
re garded as imminent by the foreign of-SS
flee or other diplomatic centers In 4 sl Lon
don. 1t Is stated that under no circuni--S Y
stances viii the powers permit T turkey 4
to occupy Bulgarian terrlteiSSssasan ence 4Iu UT
key has nothing to gain by hostil1ilt =
Regarding the renewed rrnors that
British fleet Is going to Turkish waters,
the Associated Press is officially Informed
that as Balkan ma tiers have been left In v
the danhs OF Russia and AUSTRIA such 4
action Is not contemplated by Great Bri-si
tian,& or, so far as known. by any other
power. In tho meantime. the powers are +
daily exchanging communications with b
tho view Of determining on some poss.-ss
turkey. but so far they. have devised no.
plan that would not be likely to increase.
rather than diminish the gravity OF the
situation. "
Will Hasten Reforms
Z PARIS. Sept. 19.--At the meeting Of tbs Z
council OF ministers to-day Foreign Min
lister Delcasse announced that R,>shia
and Austria had declared that they would
only intervene in Macedonia in order to y
ha stem reforms They had suggested. N. y
Delcasse added. that the other powers
might support the Cabinets In st, Peters,
burg and Vienna to this end ,y35ii
II CONSTANTINOPLE. Friday. Sept. 1s,--8i
Within tho last twenty-four hours a moro 4
feeling has prevailed, due to
the assurances received that the Bulga-B8
rian mobilization is only applied to q |.
few regiments and Is intended for the res 4! 4
Enforcement Of the frontier posts. "A