The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15
THE DANGER POINT
EUROPE is STANDING on THE EDGE
OF a PRECIPICE.
People May Compel n Declaration OF
Sympathy With the christians
BULGARIAN Government Will be
Forced from Neutral Attitude.

London. September 1.-THE temper OF
the Bulgarian people and government
according to kilograms from Sofia IS
rising to danger point. All indications
tend 10 show that however loyal the
government desires to observe a neutral
attitude. it Will be forced ere long by
pressure from the people into a formal
declaration of sympathy with the Mace
DOMAIN Christians.
Premier Petroffs informal intimation
to the diplomats in Sofia that unless
some means of restraining Turkey
terrible measures to suppress the up
rising in Macedonia is axe by the
powers, Bulgaria Will be forced TO de-
part from strict neutrality, is regarded
as a warning in this sense to the pow
ers.
Europe is standing on the edge OF
a precipice," said, a diplomat who IS
participating in the international ne
gotiatiOns in connection with he Bal
a question, and no one can tell but
that tomorrow may see Turkey ana
Bulgaria plunged in war in spite OF all
the efforts made TO prevent it, and
though the powers separately have
uIdUc SIEOllS representations ~ Dui-
garia to desist from aiding the insur-
gents and are on the eve of making a
joint demand for the observance Of a
policy Of strict neutrality; in the mean
time, Turkey is becoming encouraged
by the attitude of the powers towards
Bulgaria and there is a strong feeling
among the Mohammedans hat the op-
p~ortunity is at hand to take summary
Vengeance on the Bulgarian people
The porte has been warned against en-.
gaging in war and we believe it hest.
tates to embark upOn q move which
may result in the armed intervention
Of Europe"
All the advices, official or otherwise
received here agree in saying that tht
Turkish government has now restored
quiet at Beirut and that the Porte ap
p~reciateS the necessity for taking &C
ton in the matter as shown by the re
moval of the vail of Beirut as demand
ed by United States Minister Leish
a
THE POWERS MUST RESTRAIN
TURKEY.
Sofia. Bulgaria. September 10Th,
continuous reports of wholesale masSa
ores of the Bulgarian population anC
AOAA AANA6N L
Macedonia are causing considerable ex
element here. Premier Petrof is SaiC
to have informed the representatives O
the powers in Sofia that neither the gov
eminent nor the Bulgarian people cal
witness with Indifference the annihlia
1on Of the Bulgarian element in Mace
donia and the devastation of the
try and unless the powers can find some
means of restraining Turkeys terribl,
repressive measures Bulgaria will b,
forced to depart from her present atti
tude of strict neutrality.
Every day brings news of fresh mas
Eacres and Outrages in Macedonia. TIL,
revolutionary organizations today pub
elaborate statistics giving tn,
names of Ill villages burned by tn.
Turkish soldiers. the number of house
IN each, the date of the incendiarisn
and particulars of the number of per
sons murdered in each case.
Of1cIal reports arriving here are sus
piciouSly reticent, but no doubt exist
regarding terrible barbarieties practic
ed by the Turkish regulars and Bashi
BazoukS on helpless women and chill
dren in Macedonia. The Sofia govern
ment has hitherto withStood all at
temptS On the part of the Macedonian
committees to raw Bulgaria into q wa,
with Turkey. but the condition of affair
is daily becoming more critical and tn,
position of the ministry more difficult.