The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08
SITUATION
IS SERIOUS
Turkish Troops, Supported by Ar
tillery, Rout Body Of 1,700
Bulgarians.
The Insurrection Is Spreading and
War Is Feared Between Tur-
key and Bulgaria.

Constantinople, Aug. s.-The insurrec-
tionary movement in Macedonia appears
to be widening. Bands are reported to
be active in Uskub and the district Of
krushevo, where the government tele-
graph offices have been dynamited while
in the district of Dibra. four Bulgarian
villages have risen, provoking CORE
spending rising in the neighboring AL
bantam villages. According to the state
ments Of the porte, however, the authori-
ties have succeeded in calming the Alban-
ians and inducing them to return to their
homes. ... ... ...... #..
The diplomats here are uneasy, fear
ing that the trouble may spread outside
the bounds of Macedonia. So long as the
trouble Is confined to the usual skirmish
ing bands and occasional dynamite out
RACES it is not believed that there will
be any serious cause for alarm. Up to
the present the action of the embassies
has been confined to advising the porte
to prevent the Mussulman population from
engaging in fights with the insurgents.
Twelve battalions of Redifs in the San
Jak of Serfije and the Viayet of Monas-
tir have been called out . ...rs, -,
-Four battalions Of Turkish troops, sup
ported by artillery, have met and routed
body Of 100 Bulgarians near sorovitch.
A band Of 300 insurgents has appeared
near the railway bridge over the River
Vardar, two hours distant from this city.
The great fodder depots at Shamnli,
Aydirli and Harmanli have been burned.
The Bulgarian Attitude.
Sofia, Bulgaria. August S-The fresh in
surrectionary outbreak in Macedonia,
which was believed to be impossible, has
produced a; sensation everywhere. 1t is
believed. that the latest provocations- by
the Turkish troops drove the Instruction
iet- IS L., D,,11-
ment is resolved to. maintain friendly re-
latlons with the porte and to prevent
bands from crossing the frontier, but a
popular movement is feared in the event
Of massacres of peaceful Macedonians by
the Turkish soldiers. ..+&.
80 Insurrectlon Is Spreading.
London, Aug. s.-The Times this morn
ing prints dispatch from Sofia, Bulga-
ia, which says that the instruction Is
spreading. The Bulgarian exarch, being
invited by the grand vizier of Turkey to
pacify his Macedonian flock, declined to
accede on the ground that his dmonitions
were certain to be disregarded. The Bull
garian government has asked the powers
to induce the porte not to employ Bashl
Bazouks In the suppression of the rebel
licr.
The Times this morning prints dis
patch from Athens which says that off,
cldl ESpOflS there are 10 TIE elISCt.F ltit
the Bulgarian bands have occupied Posi-.
def, and are besteging other villages near
Monastir. The situation Is growing worse
and the military action is slack. The re.
suit has emboldened the insurgents, who
are helped by the peasants. Troops are
concentrating near, Krushevo.
Rumors Of War.
Vienna, Aug. 8.-One Of the gravest fea.
lures Of the situation as seen here Is the
danger that it may lead to war between
Turkey and Bulgaria. The feeling Is 81
strong in Bulgaria that it Is feared tina
Prince Ferdinand might be faced will
the alternative Of declaring war or abdi
eating. The recent rumors of revolu
ton at Sofia, Bulgaria, are quite unbound
ed, but, nevertheless, Ferdinand's posi-
ton Is difficult as regards his relation
not only with his own people, but witt
Russia and Turkey also.