The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
TURKISH TROOPS REPULSED.
pEATEN " 4 SEN-HOTR BATTLE
WEAR MONASTIR.
Reports or Massacre at krusheyo Denied
In I'onst ant inOplc Russian Fleet Not
Vet RepnrtP ed Anxiety I'm Vienna
Regarding the Cars Intentions.
,pcr,el ca,,c D-spa,che, to THE SUN.

~pcrift C1htc Dispatches to THE Sun.
InxpoN. Aug ls.--The instruction in
Macedonia has now spread to the Vilayet
AZ AdrlanopIe. and the area Of the first
,sthrcaks bet ween Salonica and Uskub
has become scene of wholesale blood
.bed Until definite details Of the guerrilla
Hchrng. now numbering scores Of actions.
ro,cb the outer world and can be tested.
!, is hopeless 10 say which Of the fat con-
,ra6,rions from Sofia and Salonica ia true.
The Macedonian dispatches from Sofia
declare that the Turks massacred the
entire Christ ian population Of Krushevo,
without exception, including the EN-
,loyccs Of the tobacco reggie. which is
urdcr European control Constantinople
,esratchns deny this, and say that the
fCI;ng at krushevo continued on Monday
The Crock Metropolitan has started
from Monas'ir for kr,ishevo to induce the
Insurgents refugees in the church there
fl, lav down their arms. after which the
Forte promises them liberty TO return to
their hor,cs,
A despatch from Sofa says that severe
fighting is reported from the neighborhood
Of Monastir, Three Turkish battalons
attacked 1000 insurgents and after six
hours of fierce fighting were repulsed,
leaving 2lO dead and wounded on the field,
Til. loss Of the insurgents is not known.
The Berlin correspondent Of the Pail
Wall Gazette, in "A despatch to that news
PAPER. SAYS he is in p position to deny posi-
rvcy the reports that Russia has made
any frosh or unknown demands upon
Turkey
The Russian fleet. which left Sehast opol
Yesterday should have reached its pro-
y,sonoI destination. but it has not been
reported IN I.on1on
Tdhrs is the greatest anxiety in Vienna
rarlrd,ng the movements OF the Russia n
feet
Ma banquet Of The General staff of he
Al.tran army on the occasion Of the En-
p,rors birthday. Baron Beck. Chief Of the
Gcn1ral staff, in proposing the Emperor &
h,arh said Heavy cares are expressing
',s heart Of our noble monarch. May
Almighty God avert still further trouble.
My H. free us from the nightmare which
a. present is weighing down every patriotic
heart
\ report from Uskub states that Michael
otsky. a Bulgarian leader, is said to have
'"en killed at krushevo Boris Sarafoff
he chief Of the revolutionists, is reported
20 be surrounded at Prass, in the southern
part of the vilayet of Monas,r
Fortv-three battalions of Turkish Euro
I"en reserves have been called out.
All the foreign consuls at Monastir go
armed when visiting Hilmi Pasha. Inspect or
General Of Macedonia and Vail Of Monast ir
nd interim Each consul carries bandolier
filed with cartridges, revolver and a
-word They have two attendants each
VINO carry loaded guns.
The soldiers salute the Consuls, but do 50
.cowlngly. No Consul ventures far from
ma consulate. Nobody is allowed on the
streets after O'Clock in the evening. The
hristian residents OF the town are still
barred in their dwellings. The American
missionaries are distributing bread TO
hose who lack food
The Vienna correspondent OF the St1pdcrd
saws it is not believed there that the
Russian squadron under Vice Admiral
Krneger, which left Sebastopol Monday
Intends to force the Bosphorus although
The Vienna papers describe the forti-
fcations there and point out that the
antique coast batteries, meant TO protect
The entrance, would easily be silenCed
hv few well-directed shots from the
Russian ironclads. One Vienna paper says
That The Car is sending his ships to Turkey
not 10 demonstrate against the Sultan
but 70 protect him against conspiracy
10y his Albanian guard.
ROME, Aug 1S,--Orders have been sent
10 the Italian feet in the Mediterranean to
Concentrate in Sicilian waters and hold
itself in readiness TO sail 10 the Turkish
coast
CoNsTANTINoPLF, Aug ls.--The Ottoman
troops appear to be making little Roadway
against the insurrectionary movement,
which is gaining ground everywhere
Repeated attacks on the railways have
compelled the companies to suspend
traffic on the Salonica, Monastir
and uskub lines, although the military
authorities protested against this action on
the ground that it was not justified by the
situation
The authorities hardly seem to realize
The gravity OF the situation. Although the
Turkish troops are nominally commanded by
Eumer Rushdi Pasha. his work is ham
pered by counter orders and Instructions
which are sent from the Yildiz Kiosk
The commissarat is very bad Four
thousand okes. or about 1920 pounds
Of bread are sent daily from Salonica
N Monastir, but the soldiers have not
touched meat for six weeks
According to dispatches received at ono
If the embassies 800 Mussulmans have
been massacred in the district of
Nonastir by insurgents The troops burned
two Bulgarian villages the inhabitants of
which had fed
COLOGNE, Aug ia despatch from Bel
grade TO the Cologne Gazette says that at
The instance of the Turkish Embassy there
arms and ammunition destined for Bulga-
ria have been detained
The forwarder Of the goods was fined
10000 francs for illegal expectation Of war
materials