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that order has been restablished in the
Balkans.

St. Petersburg, Aug. 23.-Tbe Rus
sian Black sea squadron, which was Or
dered to Turkish waters and which ar
rived at Iliada, eastern European
Turkey Aug. 10, in order to support
Russia's demands on the sultan grow
ing out of the assassination of NJ.
Rostkowski, the Russian consul at
Monastir, has been recalled to the
squadron's point of departure.
The recall folowled on notification
from the porte that the sultan had Or
derd all the Russian demands to be
complied with.
The dispatch received from NJ.
Zinovieff, Russian ambassador at
Constantinople, announcing that the
sultan had yielded completely to Rus
sia's demands, was as follows:
''The porte has taken the following
measures to fulfill the demands of the
Russian government. In addition to
the condemnation and execution of
M. Rostkowski's murderers and the
punishment of their accomplices, those
officers who made disrepectful allusions
to NJ. Rostkowski are dismissed from
the service. A careful search is being
made for the persons who fired at the
consul's carriage. All the officials,
"a in number, whose names were
handed to the porte as objects of un-
favorable comment, by the Russian
ambassador, are relieved of their posts
and handed over to justice. All pri-
vate persons mentioned in the same
list as guilty of various offenses like
wise will be tried.
"Ismail Haki Pasha, the chief OF
police at Palanka, province of Uskub,
is restored to his post. The persons
under arrest for accusing Mussulmans
of outrage and abuse are liberated.
"Hussein IHilmi, inspector general
of Macedonia, is reprimanded. The
chiefs of gendarmerie and police at
Salonica are replaced.
"The porte has ordered the appoint
ment in the gendarmerie OF several
foreign officers whose names will be
announced later and finally all the
military, civil and judicial authorities
have received the strictest orders to
take measures to secure order and
tranquility
The news has reached St. Petersburg
from Brussels that the porte mas re-
quested Belgium to nominate four
officers for the Turkish gendarmerie.
THE SQUADRON SAILS.
Constantinople, Aug. 23.-The Rus
sian SQUADRON has sailed from Turk
ish waters.
UNUSUAL PROMPTITUDE.
Constantinople, Aug. 23.-The
porte's reply accepting the Russian
demands was delivered l2 hours after
the presentation of the Russian note
a promptitude most unusual in the
history of Turkish diplomacy. Tewfk
Pasha, the foreign minister, and
Naum Pasha, thereupon called on NJ.
Zinovief, thu Russian ambassador, and
requested the withdrawal of the Rus
sian squadron from Turkish waters on
the ground that its presence tended to
encourage the insurrection.
On the receipt of favorable reply
from St. Petersburg. M. Zinovieff tele-
graphed the order of withdrawal to
Admiral Krieger, commanding the
Russian squadron at Iniada.
A rumor has been current that the
sultan appealed to the German en-
peror to use his good Offices at ST. Pc
tersburg in favor of the recall of the
Russian squadron.
An extraordinary council of ministers
assembled at Yildiz Kiosk yesterday
to consider the situation in the in
terror and discuss the military meas
ures rendered necessary by it. The
sultan on friday had sought the ad-
vice of the French ambassador.
News from Adrianople represents
the situation in that villayet as
verging on a panic. The insurgents
have destroyed telegraphic communi-
cation at several points between
Adrianople and Kirk-Kilise, IS miles
to the northeast and have burned and
pillaged several Greek and Mussulman
villages, including Kavakli and
Kizilji.. Troops have been dispatched
to the environs of Adrianople.
Two sailing vessels crowded with
Mussulman refugees from villages on
the Black sea have arrived at KAYAK,
at the entrance to the Bosphorus. At
Monastir a Mussulman called the
Italian consul "Giaour.' A strong
feeling prevails among the Mussulmans
at Salonica and Monastir on account
of the execution of NJ. Rostkowski's IS
murderers. The remains of the muir
dered consul were shipped to Saionica
yesterday with great posnp On board
the Russian embassy guardship Teritz.
The Turkish civil and military au-
thorities attended the ceremony.
The Teritz sailed for Odessa.
PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Sofa, Aug. 3.-From eastern Ad-
rianople come reports of more fight
ing, which thus far seems to be re-
suIting chiefly in favor of the revolu-
tionists. Many villages have been
| burned and their inhabitants have
taken refuge across the Bulgarian
frontier. After long fight at
Stoiloro. the insurgents defeated a
detachment Of Turkish troops which
lost 20 killed and wounded.
At Chanagasko, near Surovicovo,
the insurgents are reported TO have
annihilated an entire Turkish regi-
ment.
At Buhnlkzera, Is revolutionists