New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
DYNAMITE HORRORS.
That an Adventurous Correspond
emf Learned an SaIonicd-
SaIonica, MAY =.

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ton OF the building tunnel was partly cut 10
the Imperial Ottoman Bank from htiie ~"
store which my window overlooked diagohaiis
across the street Then the word was on every
hodv's Ups-and for that reason generahs ois
credited-that the Macedonian revoiutioflists
intended blowing up the government ueasuiS'
Suspicious as the Turk is, il is mar'ei 'i'a
s,,e-r house in the neighborhood was not
searched from roof TO cellar: but the plan was
700 hold for even him to credit All aS'
statesman said: Fools lie: wise men deceive
by telling the truth" Never were those "
more cleverly put in practice. Even the report
that the Bulgarians had rented the upper Aooi
Of a building on the opposite corner from the
hank was spread fully two months ago. ano
.xcsT. IN minor details st true. Easter was
secretly mentioned as the day appointed LOT
fhe deed; and, Of course, the casters OF oo'i
calendars passed without more disturbance 'ldh
extraordinary military precautions on the par
Of the Turks and close confinement OF al ci'-
tzens TO their homes. voluntarily or oy 1oroe'
After the last of many appointed days OF siaush-
Ter had gone by quietly IL Salonica' ana 'he
,-oons from Asia Minor. held for time in the
CITY had marched TO join the army OF Al
hantan invasion: while the officials were tossing
80 raoas scof7nglv in true Turkish style
over the revolutionary movement then suddenly
ana ,,-st,, r,recsion of action and execution be-
,olxen,ns AZ once remarkable ability and lack
of good judgment. bravery unsurpassed anu
cowardice unequalled, came fulnilIneht Oh inc
rnenaces and predictions with dire a1ternla'h'
which has unnerved the most courageous MUS
x,,,,,,a, and the most desperate Christian with
q sense Of insecurity and dread hardly con-
ceivable so long after the Middle Ages
A DANGEROUS JOURNEY.
reached salonica with companion after ex-
citing adventures and after narrowly escaping
q shower of bullets. and persuading with dlf-
fcultv the soldiers 10 approach and take US
prisoners Il was a night when soldiers reared
20 approach strangers suspected of carrying
dvnanojte bombs. and when. if a man moved
after the cry Of Halt a bullet was sent
through him. when I left Uskub there were
only two points from which correspondents We're
not debarred. One Nish the door out OF
she country. the other was Salonica. The news
Of the blowing I'D of the Salonica branch OF the
Imperial Ottoman Bank reached uskub SUD
deniv about noon. At O'Clock the daily tram
was TO pass through from Nish, oound 10 lhe
coast town I suggested TO the managing al
rector of the Ottoman Bank. with whom / was
conversing III regard TO the affair, that thought
Of making an attempt 10 reach Salonlca- ne
gave little laugh of cruel significance ana
oa,oi+ted that I did not believe that 1 could get
Between
nas.ed my hotel in his state carriage four
,,ou,+e5 soldiers accompanying him; and 1
hoped that ne would not return to his ONCE IN
,,r,a n Issue an order prohibiting correspond
erts from attempting TO go TO Salonica. Most
Of them preferred to await developments; out
with a representative of The LONDON MoIhliis
Post" purchased a ticket and got on saiely'
About half way down the line a Turkish onlceF
asked for our permits. This led me to oeheFe
that an order had been sent along the line 10
stop US The demand for our Turkish interior
passports was merely the ordinary precaution
SAXON On the massage OF the line dividing the
yillayet of SaIonica from Uskub. and we arrived
safely at the railway station outside Of Salonica'
where ve were informed that no one would be
allowed TO move for the town was in state or
revolution
STOPPED By TURKISH SOLDIERS
7. Was not attractive. at least for a journalist,
the prospect of being herded with all sorts and
,ond,t;ons of Nussulmans from dervishes 70
-r,,rlisf, soldiers while the city was in the
+broes OF q revolution and news was every
where. The night not totally DARK LOT
which We were sorry when we left the tram
hut in ten minutes most devoutly thahkIui'
While the Mosiem passengers were engrosslhs
the attention of OF soldiers on the s'atloh
side of the train my friend and / discovered
Of il unnoticed by the guard that side and
started down the yard to a distant exit five
huvdred yards off. hoping that il would not be
r7-a-ded We had covered about four hundred
vols of the distance when a sharp challenge
fn vicious Turkish rent the air. My companion
knew n few words Of Bulgarian and used them
This. with other suspicious conditions, nearly
brought upon us shower of bullets I was so
busy shouting ''Inglese. "Angleterre," with
as many variations could recall on the in
slant that 7 DID not discover the mistake which
he was making. Finally he realized it himself
and changed his tune to mine. The shouts of
our discoveries and ourselves brought up sew
eral other pickets who We're posted about the
railway ward They united in fiinging Turkish
at us Fortunately we We're standing in
open space with all the light from quarter
moon upon us. We had dropped our valises
and held UP our hands signal of willingness
10 surrender: but the soldiers, who now num-
terea Eve were afraid TO approach our rnysteri-
Gus boxes. OUR hands almost fell from sheer
exhaustion before they finally ventured close
enough to push the bags cautiously with their
feet to ascertain their weight and TO bind our
hands.
CORRESPONDENTS NARROW ESCAPE.
Il was not pleasant to have loaded and cooked
rifles pointed at our heads! My companion had
three. with the fingers of Asiatic fanatics
the triggers for at least ten minutes. 1t took
that time for captors to decide what TO do.
Two arguing in favor of killing us on the
spot. for they expected the bags TO go off every
minute with fearful explosion. One drew In
ferences from eur attire and seemed 10 under
stand that the English flag hung over us. 1t
does not wave me. but I know how few
OF the sultan's Asiatic troops. with whom Sa-
lonica is now patrolled. have heard that there