The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-18
MACEDONIA RED WITH BLOOD.
PEOPLE or FIVE VILLAGES NEAR
WONASTTR SLAIN.

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| ROdies OF Bashi-Raz0uks' Victims Chok
Ing the River Drin--Famane Adds ia
the REORGANIZATION Protest Against
Movements or tho Russian Squadron
Special caole Dispatcher to Tue SUN.
LONDON, Aug. l7.-English writer's regard
the movements of the Russian fleet at the
present juncture with the greatest mis-
giving, and want to know what purpose Is
intended to be served.
They point out that the Sultan has very
promptly complied with the demands
In connection with the murder OF the Rus
sian Consul ut Monastir and say that the
object of the squadron cannot be to
bring pressure on the Sultan to
carry out the Augtro-R Russian reform scheme,
for 1t is mapifestly impossible to do any
thing In the way Of improving the civil
administration In the Macedonian prov
inces, now that they are all In open re-
bellion.
Nothing, they say, Is more likely than
that the proceedings Of the squadron will
excite the fanaticism Of the Turkish populace
on the one hand and encourage the Bull
garian revolutonists ON the other.
Great impetus will be given to the revo-
lutionary movement by the menacing ap-
pearance of the Russian ships in the Bos-
phoros. There are signs that the Greeks,
Servians and Roumanians are ready TO join
the Turks in restraining Bulgarian am
billions
II these nationalities openly join with
;a hal hat ho al
most impossible for the great Powers not
to become involved.
Private dispatches from Monastir show
that the conditions there are horrible.
The inhabitants are killing their domestic
animals for food. Probably a hundred
have died from starvation In their cellars.
fearing to leave their homes.
Iashbazouks have murdered the in
habitants of Ave surrounding villages.
Consuls and foreign correspondents are
not allowed to enter Macedonia. Only In
the large towns like uskub. Monastir and
Salonica is there a show OF civilization
maintained.
The Odessa correspondent Of the Standard
quotes the Ourto Gazette as saying that in
view of the imminent general massacre of
Christians in Macedonia the great Powers
should forthwith despatch their military
attaches from Constantinople to the chief
centres OF disturbance.
A despatch to the Central News from
St Petersburg says that the squadron
of the Black Sea deet which has been
ordered to Turkey consists Of four large
warships. five destroyers and six torpedo
boats.
According to the Berlin correspondent
of the Pail Mall Gazette there can be no
doubt that NJ. Rostkowslsi, the Russian
Consul who was murdered by Turkish
soldier at Monastir on Aug. 7, subjected
the soldier to unnecessary provocation.
The Consul used language which, to Turk,
is OF the most insulting kind.
When the Turk swore at him in return
the Consul struck him on the head, ex-
Just wait few weeks. The
Russians will be here then" The soldier
replied: II shall not wait as long as that"
and shot the Consul forthwith.
For months past, says the correspondent.
the Russian Consuls have distinguished
by their sympathy for the
revolutionists and by their brusque be-
havior toward the Turks. They think
nothing of using their riding whips upon
them, and they treat the Mussulmans like
dogs
BERLIN, Aug. 17.-According to despatch
TO the Frdnkfurter /eaung, the River Drin.
near Monasir, Macedonia, is red with
blood and nearly choked with tho mutt
lated bodies OF women and children who
have been massacred by Bnshi Blzous
CoNsTANTINoPLE. Aug. l7.-It is stated
that an trade has been issued calling out
ffty-two fresh battalons of troops from
the European provinces Of Turkey
BUCHAREST Aug. I'm Bratino. the
acting Minister OF War OF Roumania, has
issued an order for the immed ate manu-
facture of large quantities Of ammunition.
VIENNA, Aug. l7An outspoken article
on the Russo Turkish crisis in the Neue
Freie Presse asks what object can be gained
by sending warships at the moment when
he Porte has fulfilled the chief requirement
Of Russia and offered full atonement for
the murder of the Russian Consul at
Monastir.
Are a few miserable fishing villages on
the Roumelian coast to be bombarded, or
does Russia intend to send her ships through
Lne DO5pnOruS untll Ulle lLQlZ hlOSK
itself lies within range of their guns? Would
not such action induce more than one Power
TO send other squadrons through the OAR
daneiles to protect the Sultan, or does
Russia mean to show her war flag on the
Asiatic shore Of the Black Sea and exas-
perate still more a population already
irritated by the calling out of the reserves?
In any case, argues the Ncue Freie Presse
The appearance of a Russian squadron
In Turkish waters would encourage the
and Buigarians, who would
soc therein a fact more weighty than all
The words Of Count Lamsdorf's despatch
10 the Russian agent at Sofia.
The action Of Russia against Turkey,
the paper, has reached the ex-
sreme limit of what is permissible between
TWO States which maintain diplomatic
relations with each other.