The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-20
MURDER AND ARSON
WOMEN OF BULGARIA. TELL OF
 HUSBANDS MURDER.
Twenty-one Villages Have been De- stroyed-Russian Warships Will Anchor in the Bay of
 Miadia.


 Sofia. Aug. 1s.-Reports from Monastir say 200 women who have arrived there from the Bulgarian village of Rakovo have presented petitions to the Russian and Austrian consuls and to Kilmi Pasha, the Inspector General, setting forth that their village has been burned and that all the males of the population have been massacred
 Fifteen villages in the district of ohrida three in the district of Leerin and three in the distrct of Reesn have been de- 'stroyed.
 A band of seventy insurgents near Ko- tle in the vilayet of Uslxuh fought a de- tachment of Turks all day. Nine of the insurgents were killed. The Turkish losses are not known. On the following day a party of Bashi Bazouks entered the vil- lage and slaughtered all the inhabitants.
 COnstantinople, Aug. B-(Tuesday)- The Russian squadron is expected this af ternoon. It will anchor in the bay of Nadia. off the coast of European Turkey. between Burgas and the entrance of the Bosphorus eighty miles from the latter.
 The attitude of indifference now as- stunned by the Turkish officials towards Russia's action is giving way to one of marked concern. The porte fears that Russia contemplates making still more important demands than contained Tn the TGCSlI nOlc Ol AllcnONleIl. IIG EtuSSidn ambassador. such as the appointment of a Christian Governor General of Macedonia. This idea, however, does not find support in diplomatic quarters. where the convic- ton prevails that Russia is working in full agreement with Austria.
 No difficulty is anticipated on the part of Turkey to the acceptance of the Rus sian demands with the possible exception of the appointment of European officers to command the gendarmie. It is likely to arouse opposition and it is thought that Russian anticipation thereof led to the dispatch of the squadron the presence of which was hardly required to enforce a sulh;lment of the other terms.
 Ths ambassadors of the powers have again drawn the earnest attention of the porte to the fears of massacres at Sa- lonica and have demanded the adoption of immediate and effective measures tor the protection of the foreign consulates and the subjects of the various powers. Let ters received here from Uskub say there Is evidence there of great feeling of un1 rest. The mosques are guarded by troops and 1t Is feared they may be attacked
 The Monastery of the Holy Virgin near Kitcherc has been burned by Albanians, after a determined struggle between the defenders of the monastery and the in- surgents, during which both. sides lost heavily Servian refugees are arriving at Uskub from Dibra, having fled from the place owing to the fear of massacre. The AIabanians in that district have burned a number of Bulgarian villages.
 Tho Russian demands of Turkey, grow ing out of the reent murder of the Rus sian consul at Monastir. M. Rostkosski, were formally presented at the Yildz pal- ace today.
 Notwithstanding the warning which Russia addressed to the Bulgarian Gov fu TTrrk ka1ta ka-. the Russian naval demonstration in Turk ish waters will dangerously encourage the Macedonians who, 1t Is asserted, will in- terpret Russla's action as being the first step toward intervention in their behalf.
 The insubordination of the Turkish troops Is regarded as being one of the gaFeatest dangers of the present Balkan crisis. The lack of discipline among the soldiers is marked.
 It is found necessary to humor them in order to prevent conflicts between the soldiers and their officers.
 For instance a regiment, while on the way from Uskub to HIonastir demanded that the train be stopped at Salonica for twelve hours instead of for the scheduled half hour, so that the soldiers might amuse themselves in the town. After fu- tile endeavors to prevail upon them to allow the train to proceed, the officers were obliged to grant their demand. The killing of Bulgarian workmen who were repairing the railroad track near Uskub is another instance of the insubordination of the Turkish troops.
 Details of the affair show that a train load of Turkish soldiers soon after Ieav- ing the railroad station at Uskub not only fired on and killed three Burgarians, who were at work on the road and left the bodies lying on the line, but some of the soldiers left the train and pursued other Bulgarian workmen to neighboring sta tion where the Turks murdered them all in cold blood. Consular reports received here from Salonica continue to empha- size the danger of an outbreak of Moham- medan fanaticism there.
 The consular representatives have asked for protection and the question of again dispatching waFships to Salonica Is being discussed by the representatives of the powers.
 Dispatches from Turkish sources say the insurgents have destroyed another vil- Iage in Macedonia.