Arizona republican., 1903-08-22
The Very Thing Dreaded by
 Bulgaria Coming About
MACEDONIAN SUCCESSES
Drawing the Turkish Forces to the Frontier Where tie Proximity of the Armies Will Almost Certainly Result in an Outbreak.

Sofia. Aug. 21.-All dispatches re- ceived here today indicate that the re- volution in Macedonia is spreading. The situation is causing intense an- Xiety in official circles. The most alarming news relates to an outbreak covering a formidable area in the east ern part of Adrianapole vilayet where the insurgents have captured the town of Vasiliko. They took the chief Turkish officials prisoners and brought them to the Bulgarian frontier, where they liberated them. The Turkish of ficialS, fearing to return to VaSiliko. sought refuge with the Bulgarian authorities, who sent them to ho- tel in Burgas, where the yare at liber- ty to remain or depart. The insur- gents burned the villages behind Vasi- liko and attacked a Turkish military post at the monastery of Elijah, south of Tirnovo. The eastern part of Adri- anapole vilayet is a mountainous re- zion and the villages are few and scat tered. The strength of the insurgents is unknown. It is thought that the outbreak is now an organized move ment, but is intended as a diversion to draw Turkish troops from other dis tricts.
 The peculiar danger of the latest out break lies in its proximity to the Bulgarian frontier. The Turks are now certain to send a considerab ble force to this territor yto suppress the outbreak, which will necessitate the strengthening of the Bulgarian troops along the frontier. With the two arm ies so close to each other under the present strained relations the situa- tion becomes extremely desperate. The Bulgarian government is taking every possible step to prevent calamity but the officials express the greatest | concern.
 1 In addition to the danger of a col 1 lision between the military forces therJ 1 is no smaller one of popular excite ment getting beyond control and fore i ing the government to adopt bellig- erent attitude. Meanwhile the com munity remains quiet even the Mace donian part of the popu ation showing no particular anxiety and enthusiasm | The insurgents completely burned Nasiliko and also twelve villages in tn, neighborhood. The Bulgarian officials arrested the insurgents who brough l the Turkish officials at Vasiliko to tn, | Bulgarian frontier.
 
 proceeding near Gehgele, with heav, l's jes on both sides.
 The Sofa DnevJik declares that al the Turkish vilayets in Macedonia vii be in full revolt by August 2S, and tha the revolution is spreading from Salon ica into the districts toward Seres Several new bands have appeared il the district of Voden, southeast iron Monastir- A genera panic prevails il the vilayet of Uskub where the inhab bit ants are hiding their property. Tn Turkish and Christian inhabitants d KumaDoVo have agreed to mutual, support each other in the event of al attack by insurgent bands or Turkis soldiers. At Kratevo half of tn Turkish garrison has deserted, the me saying that they had enough to do a home. The Turkish authorities hay mobiliZed their whole forces n Mace donia. numbering 1S,0O0 men. A larg body of Asiatic troops is ready to nov; } Twenty-four regiments are only await ing their mai ching orders.
 } The Macedonian revolutionary or l eanizations are levying heavy assess ments on the rich Macedonians resi- , dent in Bulgaria. They have draw upon a complete list of names, with tn amounts to be demanded against eacl Russia's move in sending warships t
 Turkish waters has caused surpris
 in diplomatic circles and disapprovS and regret in government quarters The feeling expressed here is tha
 it can only do harm in inclining tn
 insurgents. who are ignorant of tn 2 complications of European politics, t
 the belief that Russia is supportir
 their cause against the Turks. It
 also conjectured that, Russia havin I apparently acted without first consult - ingAustria, some rift has occurred i
 the concert of the powers. Whateve F may be the true explanation, the fee
 ing here is that Russia's move ca
 only have the effect of giving a grea
 impetus to the revolutionary move I ment