Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-09-28

trict, and chiefly from his native town.
Unlike many coinitaJi" now in ac-
tiyo iAsurrcction, reto was not driven
ln,o outiawry b. wrong inflicted upon
\ Gls family or hinse.s. Like Siam
honlOn. whose adventures "a a com
tali' have been forgotten in the fame
OF ais achievements al a statesman,
10 Gnleu was made u rebel by his
horror and indignation OF mis- fellow
eountrymen sunerings. At this
point let me ask she reader to mark
An Important distinction In the dis
rict which 1 have defined above. the
oppressors OF whom the Macedonian
bulgars had most Co complain we're
not Always, or even principally. the
Turkish civil aud military authorities.
ihCy thu Albanian chiefs OF the bor-
deriand; men OF whom even the Turk
lsh authorities themselves stood. and
at this hour stand, in awe. Petos
earliest recolleations are of mutila-
-ions inflicted upon persons whom he
anew by Albanian chiefs. us a means
OF cNtorung money IRON the sufferers
relatives. The Turkish authorities.
oven II they had the Will had not al
ways the power 10 protect the Christ
ian population against tho Albanlans.
whose religiuus innaticisms equal
ehoir ruthlcssness. In western and
southwestern Macedonia Christians
nave been forced into insurreetlon as
much by the inability OF The Turkish
government 10 protect Thorn as by
hat gOvornments own terrible mis-
,oeds. Only by CHANTING them con-
sessions. by humoring and tlatterlng
hem can The Turkish government
maintain It's influence over Che savage
Amauts and other unruiy Inhabitants
Ot the Albanian highlands.
while stu bog at school Peto Gu
ed vowed that when he grew up he
would betake him TO tho mountains.
and devote his lie TO the liberation
Of Macedonia. In after he had In his
aauds many OF his old schooliellow5.
Who IN bOyish enthuaiasm had taken
die same oath AT the age oil 10 peto
duled. without saying word to his
parons aud relatives, slipped away
from the old home in l(rucheyo, and
iuiEed haimllaoff's band. then lurking
IN the mountains To the south OF U.s.
sub. kalmiRon's band contained sew
tnty men. 1t had been formed some
SIX years earlier. during the first bit
.er pangs OF the disappointment and
grici that followed the restoration TO
he Turks OF the Macedonia which had
Ocen freed by the treaty of san STE
lanO. Soon after peto joined IL, Kahn
kois band was defeated In hght
With the Turks. Forty of Its members
We're killed. The rest took 10 1ight
N different directions. hnlmikoff and
ave men, while about To cross into
bulgaria, were intercepted by the
Turks. Kalmikon and Two OF his fol-
overs were killed, three were taken
prisoners. Among the three WAS
young peto Cullen. They we're trans
ported to the prison of Diarbekr. in
hurdistan--where also, as is probable.
many OF The suspects" now impros-
,ned ia Altcedunia viii ultimately be
3onilned. fashion, one OF Petos
comrades In the Diarbekr prison. lost
mis- life there through an accident that
vas characteristic OF life in Turk
sh Jail. lie was goaded to fury by
n insolent Turk, who next dashed out
ais brains with an iron pot. Bulgar-
ian patriots who have known the hor-
iors OF Turkish prisons have OFTEN
told me that the warders seldom In
teriered in a brawl. The warders
were afraid; they quietly looked On.
When they reported a murder they
might-and sometimes did-say that
the dead prisoner had blasphemed tho
prophets name. The lying expiana-
lion Justified the murder After some
months imprisonment In Diarbckr Pc
% gave his jaiiors the slip. He wand
cred over Asia Minor. passing for a
turk, as he spoke the language iiu-
onuy. He reached Bulgaria Tor the
drst time in his lie.
Even since then--for the last seven
teen years, that is to say--Peto Gu
ieff has been one OF the most active
agents in the Macedonian revolution.
II has been his duty 10 propagate rev
dictionary ideas, To devise plans for