The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-14
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Bulgarian Government VIII be Forced
to Mobilize the Army If Re-
port is True.

Sofia, Bulgaria. Sept IA With til
arrival Of new and sensational reports
Of the wholesale massacre Of Christians
in Macedonia the situation here Is be-
coming more alarming hourly If the
latest messages. which say 10000 Bull
garans have been slaughtered In Tie
Glstricts Of 0krida and Leren, shall BE
confirmed no doubt exists that the gov
ernment will be forced to order the
mobilization Of the army Immediately
According 10 information brought by
a courier to the revolutionary paper
Autonomye, a force OF Albanlans, as
sisted by Turkish regular forces, acting
under orders direct from the Yildiz
! kiosk, massacred the entire Bulgarian
Christian population of the Okrida and
Leren districts. Terrible descriptions
are given OF the sights seen there, the
soldiers slaughtering men, women and
children in every direction, displaying
a barbarism never before Witnessed
The number Of killed is not given in
the courier's dispatches; but. according
10 reports from other sources, the total
number Of the Victims will reach go,
600.
Official circles so far are without in.
formation regarding the reported mas
sacre, but III yiew> OF the character OF
the latest adyices from Macedonia h
is feared the news only Is too true.
Rumors are current that at a council
Of the ministers It was decided to mob
ilize Immediately the First and Second
army divisions. This is denied official
". but well informed persons do not
doubt the cabinet, which is meeting in
council daily, Is seriously considering
such measure a deputation Of lead
ing professors and representatives OF
the professional classes has waited
upon the ministers and urged the GOV
ernment to order immediate mobiliza
ton Premier Petrom replied 70 the
delegation that the ministry was an
able to admit the necessity for such j
step at the present moment
Turks swarm Frontier.
The Turkish government is believed
to have at the present moment no less
than 60000 soldiers in the vllayet Of
AdriHnople. large bodies of tSem with.
In ten to fifteen kilometers OF the Bul.
garian frontier Confronted with such
4 situation, il Is argued that Bulgaria
would be justified amply In mobilizina
the First and Second army divisions.
the headquarters Of which are in Sofia
and Philippopolis and which comprise
the forces nearest the Turkish frontier.
The government appears to be firmly
resolved to avoid giving Turkey the
slightest pretext for declaring hostii-
ties and is doing its utmost to restrain
the war fever. The situation, however,
is rapidly becoming worse, aud popular
excitement is increasing The Bulgari
ans are singularly undemonstrative and
self restrained and are not accustomed
TO give vent to their feelings In popular
demonstrations and noisy professions
Sofa and the country generally are out
wardly as calm as III the most peace
ful times, but people WHO know thr
Bulgarians say this calm is more TO be
feared than any outward evidence that
they realize the fearful condition Of
their brethren in Macedonia
A special dispatch received here from
Ria says the insurgent chiefs intrust
ed with the leadership Of the outbreak
in eastern Macedonia have met in plr1n
and completed their plans
Soldiers Join Insurgents.
An engagement Is reported TO have
occurred between a force OF insurgents
and Turkish troops in suchindol, in
which not a single revolutionary was
killed, although the Turks lost heavily.
kilograms from Burgas say the Bui
garian popu ton is fast disappearing
from the district Of Losengrad and that
every one unable to escape TO the Bull
garian frontier is killed Five hundred
fugltives hive arrived In Purgas from
Tekengea They say that IN the sur
rounding villages the Turks search the
houses for guns. failing to find which
they force the peasants 10 buy guns.
These fugitives report that two men,
one a hundred years old and the other
eighty-dve, were impaled by the Turks
IN the course Of their search