The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
TURK VERSUS CHRISTIAN.
1 Religious Var Raging in Euro
psan Turkey.
Three Turkish Battali0ns Defeat
ed by 1000 Insurgents.
Turkish Lass 2lo Killed and Wounded.
Report Of Massacre Of all Christians in
Krusheso, by the Turks, Confirmed.

Sofa. Bulearia, Aug. 18.-A fierce
bsttle is reported TO have occurred IN
fhe neighborhood of Monastir. Three
Tnrkish batsalions attacked a thous.
and insnrgents, and, after the hgnt
i,a6 raeed for six hours, the turks
ware ,rs., rspulsed with the loss OF 2lO men
killed or, wounded. The insurgents
loss is not given. o..
reports received here from Constan-
tinopie and believed to be aItnenslc
confirm the previous statements 20 6ns
affect that when the Turks recapSuteo
Krnsheyo they slaughtered the ensite
Christian population without excep-
Sion- and II is pointed out That among
thosa killed we're the employees OF tne
government tobacco Establishments
ryb;ob were under European conGrol,
so the proceeds from these estapilsn,
n9ents mi were assigned TO the service OF
the Turkish debt.
reion of terror is reported TO pre-
va;1 ST Uskub, where the Chrlsslan
inba t bitants are afraid to leave their
houses. The vail has issued the seiiIs' Ia
est orders to the Mussulman pop9la.
tion to remain quiet and not molgss
Their Christian neighbors, Dus Ghe
Mnssulmans, meeting in the mosque,
have resolved at q given signal te
r,assacre -. the whole Christian popnia.
s+;on Immediately the first lnsurgent
bsnd annears near Uskab OF on any
o-ateyt The Christians are terrorlzed.
Tba Tnrish troops, who are their only
,.-otect;on. ~ do not show the slig hsest
g:sSssi4;or Ia sid them. The attl-
4nde of the Turkish troops recently
was Mainly manifested when train
load Of soldiers, shortly after leaving
Uskub, fred on the Bulgarian Work-
men who were repairing the s5ack;
Three of the Workmen were kllleo ano
their bodies were left lying on the
line.
RUssIA,s NAVAL THREAT.
constantinople, Aug. 1S.-The Rus.
sian squadron of war ships, wnlcn iel' y
Sebastopool yesterday, is expected te
arrive off the Turkish coast TINS aieer,
noon to support the demands mace or
Turkey by Russia in conneeGlon VIII III
fha assassination August ] OF NJ:
Rosfkowski, the Russian consul Al
Monastir. The fact that Russia Is
ahont to make naval demonstration
in Turkish waters has been kept
profound secret here, the public being
entirely ignorant of the Russian move.
The notification received here OF the
sailing of the squadron was an unwel'
come surprise to the Turkish Govern
ment, which had pretended to bei1eye
that the Rostkowski incident had been
closed with the punishment OF the
guilty parties. o;oa
The most recent advices received
here from Monastir we're forwarded
sunday night,s and announced tnat tne
fighting between the insurgents ane
Turkish troops in the vicinity OF
Kushevo continued, and that many
refugees from neighboring villages hae
coneregated at Monastir. Several
villages Inhabited by Greeks, it was
added, had been set on IRE by the In
According to adyices received at ons
of she foreign embassies at Conssan,
tinople no less than eigth hundred
Musslumans have been massacreo
througbout the district of Monastil
by Insurgents, whose movements
continue to gain ground.