The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-09-18
BULGARIA APPEALS
TO THE POWERS
To Prevent the Continuance of the.
Massacres and Devastation.
A PLAIN STATEMENT OF FACTS.
Declares the Porte IN systcmnticAiiy'
Devastating Macedonia and Kill
Ing Christian r'opuintion->p-
penis To Humane Sentiment.

Sofia, Sept. i5.-The Bulgarian gov.
eminent. through It's foreign reprcsen.
t~ativcs. has addressed a note TO tho
great powers declaring that the porte
Is systematically devastating Mace"
donla and m%assacreing the Christian
population.
Further, II says, Turkey has mobll-
lied her whole army. which can o
possibly be for the sole purpose Of sup.
pressing the revolution. Therefore, tn,
Bulgarian government appeals to the
humane sentiment Of Europe to preyenh
the continuance OF the massacres ane
devastation and TO stop the mobiliza'
ton Of the Turkish army. The mem
orandum concludes with the plain
statement that unless the powers inter.
vene Bulgaria will be forced TO TAX,
such measures as she may deem neces.
sary.
WIN Adopt Guerilla Tactics.
Warned by previous disastrous expe
rienoes. the revolutionary leaders have
decided TO adopt only guerilla tactlct
in eastern Macedonia. The policy OF
occupying towns and villages has
proved a mistake, ms II has usually re-
suited in Turkey re-occupying the VII.
lagos. destroying everything and killing
the inhabitants. the insurgents heing
hampcred In their operations by tho
woman and children. 4 guerilla war.
fare Is expected to exhaust the TURKS
much sooner, while the unhamperct
bands can move more easily and more
rapidly. II Is hoped that the new tao
ties will result In the women and chill
drcn being spared unnecessary dangers
Peasants It-ndy to join Insurgents
The insurgents o have nearly two
thousand men armed with rifles Ia
eastern Macedonia, and thousands OF
p,Osants are ready to join their foTcei
wien n general rising has been pro.
claimed. This step Is being delayed
until the supply Of rifles. cartridges ant
dynamite Is received. New bands ar.
grcgating 1900 men are reported to b,
on their way to the frontier. The
Turkish forces now In eastern Mace.
donia. are estimated Mt II 600.
Insurgents Welcomed Everywhere.
In the conflicts in the mountains al
pirin the Turks are reported 10 have
lost heavily In dead. while n great
many were wounded. The revolution
aries had only one slightly wounded.
The peasants are welcoming the insur-
gents everywhere with the greatest on-
thusiasm. Tho bands are experiencing
great difficulty In obtaining arms. II
Is believed that not a single rifle can
A.. g...AI - G.lu ANaNgtIa tho M Wlgnn
The bulgarian government Is report
ed TO have protested against Austria's
action In intcrccpting the 10000, O00i
cartridges ordered Ia Hungary for
which Bulgarian money has been paid
10 the contractors.
Eatirc villages wiped out.
A panic prevails In the town OF
Velos. The soldiers permit no one %
leave Velos and the peasants In the sur
| rounding villages have all been killed.
and their villages destroyed. Com
plants made TO the civil and military
authorities have been without avail
Severe fighting has occurred neal the
town Of Okrida, In which the Turks
lost heavily, but the bands were forced
To retire, An engagement between the
Turks and insurgents has taken place
NJ Ribartli, near Kitschevo and there.
again the Turks had many killed and
wounded while the insurgents casual
ties amounted to three.
Fupi,i,cs ricc to Ruignrin,
The villages OF Tzetina and skotohi-
vir, In the same district. have been de-
stroyed and their inhabitants massa-
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