The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-12
yALl IS REMOVED
DEMANDS or MINISTER LElsh.
MAN ARE QUICKLY COM
Piled WITH.
NEW VAIL OF BEIRUT TAXES HOLE
COTTON REPORTS THAT A RES
ToRATloN OF CONFIDENCE
RESULTED.
BUlGARIANS ARE RESTLESS
GOVERNMENT MAY BE FORCED
TO DEPART FROM STRICT
NEUTRALITY.
BulGARIANs ARE RESTLESS

Washington Sept - With the
authority Of the state department Nh
Leishman, the United States minister
at Constantinople is insisting that
the Turkish government remove the
vail, or governor, OF Beirut, whose hp,
parent antipathy to Christians Is be.
lieved TO have been responsible to a
great extent for the outbreak In Beirut
on Sunday.
In telegram received at tile state
department yesterday Mr.. Leishman
says he was urging that the governor
be replaced by some one capable OF
preserving order and giving efficient
protection to American citizens and
their interests Mr.. Leishman also
said that the French ambassador al
Constantinople had demanded the
Removal Of tho Governor
Of Beirut and other foreign repre-
sentatives would probably do the
same.
Nothing was said in the message
about the appointment OF Nazim
Pasha, the governor general OF Damas-
Gus, who, according to press dis
patchea, is to take charge OF affairs at
Beirut.
News Of the presence Of Maxim
PaAha Il Beirut WAS, however, re
e4ived II the nhvy department. from
Rear Admiral Cotton, who said that
hin arrival had restored confidence.
Admiral Cotton reported also that the
nov governor general hid warned the
local authorities that he would hold
them reSponsible tot disturbances.
Admiral Cotton added:
CITY quiet Tuesday night Situi-
tion and business are improv4ng."
New oeverrer GOOD Man.
Chehb Boy, the Turkish minister.
called Cd Acting escretxry Of State
Ades yesterday to sssufe him that the
sti,tAn's socvtrnment wa trying 70
prSvsnt lawlSasnssi ana making every
Sndskvot TO protect foreign interests
Il Beirut Ind elsewhere. He laid that
N1x4m pashs, the nSw setting governor
IL 8sifut, va / splendid man, and
tfixt GOOD results would b sure to fol-
NV hfs pfesinoe tnsfs.
Il il apparent from the actton b
Ministsv L9tihman ii usgtnt ~ =
moval Of the govsfnor d Beirut that
The United states government intends
70 show Turkey that any failure q The
part 81 the imperial II local authots
ties to give adequate protection to
American interests will not be over.
looked and must 10 remedied 1T once.
Bulgarian Temper Rising.
London. Sept. L. - The temper q
the Bulgarian people and government,
according to kilograms from Sofa, e
Using to danger point. All indications
tend to show that however Loyalty the
government desires to observe q neu.
trail attitude 1t will be forced ere long
by pressure from the people into q
formal declaration Of sympathy with
the Macedonian Christians Premier
Petrof's informal intimation TO the
diplomats In Soma that unless some
means of restraining Turkeys terrible
measures to suppress the uprising in
Macedonia Is taken by the powers Bull
garia will be forced 20 depart, from
strict neutrality, is regarded as
warning in this sense TO the powers.
Every day brings news of fresh
massacres and outrages in Macedonia.
The revolutionary organs yesterday
published elaborate statistics giving
the names OF all villages burned by
the Turkish soldtery, the number OF
houses in each, the date of the In
cendiarism, and particulars Of the
number Of persons murdered in each
case.