The Irish standard., 1903-08-22
SLAUGHTER GOES ON.
Mussulmnns Continue t" Stay Chris-
tiunS in Bulgaria and More Com
hicts Reported Daily.

Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. ia fierce bat
tie is reported to have occurred in the
neighborhood OF Monastir. Three Turk
ish battalions attacked thousand in
surgents, and after the fight had ragged
for six hours the Turks were repulsed,
with the loss of 210 men killed or
wounded. The insurgents loss is not
given.
Reports received here from Constan-
tinople, and believed to be authentic,
confirm the previous statements to the
effect that when the Turks recaptured
Krushevo they slaughtered the entire
Christian population, without exception,
and it is pointed out that among those
killed were the employees of the govern
ment tobacco establishments, which
were under European control, as the pro-
ceeds from these establishments were
assigned to the service of the Turkish
debt.
According to advices received at one
Of the foreign embassies at CONSTANT
nople, no less than 300 Mussulmans
have been massacred throughout the
district of Monastir by insurgents,
whose movements continue to gain
ground.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. ia reign of
terror is reported to prevail at Uskub,
where the Christian inhabitants are
afraid to leave their houses. The vail
has issued the strictest orders to the
Mussulman population to remain quiet
and not modest their Christian neigh
bors, but the Mussulmans, meeting in
the mosques, have resolved at given
signal to massacre the whole Christian
population, Immediately the first in
surgent band appears near Uskub or
on any other preteXt. The Christians
are terrorized. The Turkish troops,
who are their only protection, do not
show the slightest disposition to aid
them. The attitude of the Turkish
troops was recently plainly manifested
when a trainload of soldiers, shortly
after leaving Uskub, fired on the Bull
garian workmen who were repairing the
track. Three of the workmen were
killed and their bodies were left lying
on the line.
Rome, Aug. 19.-Private advices from
the Balkan peninsula received here
state that Bulgaria has practically
modified an army, as the troops under
arms in the principally now amount to
more than 10000, which is double what
is considered as the peace effective.
The Bulgarian government, however, is
unwilling to venture for the time being
on any hostile movemnet against
Turkey, as it does not wish to lose the
support Of Russia. 1t hopes, however
that public opinion in Russia will force
the government to help Bulgaria against
Turkey, and the dispatch of a Russian
squadron to Turkish waters encourages
the Bulgarians in this view.
Sofia, Aug. 19.-According to report
from Uskub, Michaeilovski, the Bull
garian leader, was killed in the fighting
at Krushevo, while Boris Sarafoff, the
noted insurgent chief, has been sur
rounded at Prassbalkan. in the southern
part of the Monastir vilayet.
Constantinople, Aug. 19.-The Russian
squadron of warships. which left Sebas-
topol Monday, was expected to arrive
off the Turkish coast Tuesday afternoon
to support the demands made on Turkey
by Russia in connection with the assas-
sination August of N. Rostllovski, the
Russian consul at Morastir The fact
that Russia is about 10 make a naval
demonstration in Turkish waters has
been kept profound secret here, the
public being entirely ignorant of Rus
sia's movement.
The notification received here of the
sailing of the squadron was an unwel.
come surprise to the Turkish govern.
ment, which had pretended to believe
that the Rostkovski incident had been
closed with the punishment of the guilty
parties.
The insursent bands in the vilayet OF
Adrianople are also active. One band
recently captured detachment of GO
Turkish soldiers. near Haskoi, close To
the Bulgarian frontier.
Twenty-four battalions of reserves in
the vilayet of Anatolia have been sum-
moned to the colors.
The repeated attacks made by the in
surgents on the railroads and the mad
equate protection afforded by the Turk
ish authorities have compelled the rail-
road officials to order, in spite of the
protests of the military commanders
the suspension of traffic on the Salonica
Monastir and Uskub lines.