Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-15
HOW REVOLT WAS NURsED.
Turk Governs Macedonia BY Day
Rebels BY Night.

Turk Governs Macedonia BY Day,
Rebels BY Night.
| 1 have been asked to describe the
Macedonian juntas in various cities of
Europe and America and briefly to tell
the story of the mysterious Macedonian
committee, their parent stock in the
Balkans, writes Vladimir Andreieff
Tsanoff in the Boston Transcript. In
view Of the extent which the present
Macedonian revolution Is assuming and
of the magnitude of the battles re-
ported to have taken place during the
last fortnight there exists a widespread
curiosity to know the nature Of this
committee which can successfully defy
and repulse the trained regiments of
the Turkish army. 1t appears that the
Turks did not suffer such heavy cas-
ualties during the whole course Of the
Graceo- Turkish war as the Macedonian
insurgents inflicted upon them in two
battles already fought.
First, I shall give an account Of the
Vutreshna Organizatsia, the organiza. .
tion which declared the rebellion, and
then of the Macedonian juntas outside
of Macedonia. Imperium In imperio Is
the only word which adequately de-
scribes the control Of the Macedonian
committee upon affairs in European
| Turkey. There never existed a more
powerful revolutionary system, on a
larger scale. in the face Of greater OBJ
stacles. When compared to 1t, under
ground Russia, about which so many
| volumes have been written, was a mere
| undergraduates play performed by
students Of Russian universities. When
compared to 1t, the Taeping rebellion
was but a huge and formless mass:
even the Cuban and Filipino insurrec-
tions, with Aguinaldo thrown in. are
outclassed by the Macedonian commit
tee.
When 1 speak of the Macedonian
committee, I mean the Vutreshna Or
ganizatsia. 'the Organization Of the
Interior" which has existed for the
last seven years. which. although 1t has
branches in Bulgaria, is entirely inde-
pendent Of any Sofia committees, and
which, having foiled the plans Of the
Sofia committees and resisted the over :
lures Of Prince Ferdinand, has now
achieved supreme command over the
revolutionary situation and Is fighting
for the creation Of an autonomous
| Macedonia.
Two governments rule over the des-
tines Of Macedonia, two armies, two
systems Of secret police, two tribes Of
tax gatherers, two kinds Of courts-the
Moslem and the Christian. BY day,
from dawn till dark, 1t is the Turk who
carries on his atrocious misgovern-
ment. BY the aid Of an army Of 250,000
he executes the sultan's orders. But
at night the Turkish zaptieh retires to
| the konak: the; Turkish soldiers retire
to the shelter Of their barracks and the
government passes into the swift
hands of the Vutreshna Organizatsia-
Only In the few populous cities, and
when in the company Of comrades,
does the Turk in Macedonia dare to
stir abroad at night. The committees
bands sweep quickly across country
stealing their way. They hold meet
ings in the purely Christian villages
calling out the peasants to drill. The
members Of the band lend their rifles
to the villagers, instructing them how
to handle them, teaching them the
rudiments of tactics, teaching them
above all that God is not on the side
of the biggest battalions. Before dawn
one more village has been won to the
revolution. A supply Of arms Is sent
it as soon as the committee has Install
ed a properly constituted local branch.
The band passes to another village,
and to a third, travelling and drilling
by night, hiding on the hills by day.
The sultan would turn pale at the sight
of the newest repeating rifles, ammuni-
tion and dynamite that repose under
the haystack and in the roots Of the
pine trees OF the stupidest and most
submissive dog Christian" VII
lage in Macedonia. The total number
of rifles Is estimated at $4,000 modern
weapons, all smuggled within the last
seven years; all destined to reappear
from their hiding places when the sig
nal Is given. The principal object In
the existence Of the Macedonia COM
mittee has been to arm the defenseless
Christians; It's second object to per-
feet a standing army Of insurgents.
The standing army of the Vutreshna
Organization numbers some 10000 In
surgents. in companies Of about 100,
each band under its voyvoda. what
this rebel army does not know Of war
the Turk. at least, cannot teach. Every
lesson of the Polist revolution Of 1863,
not to mention earlier revolutions; ev-
cry device of General Aguinaldo's. ev-
ery lesson of the South African war,
has been carefully mastered. Tactl-
cally the insurgents have not accom-
plished what was expected of them
Moving about in the dark, they nave
not always picked out the strategic
positions: they have allowed them
selves to be surprised by the Turk too
often. But the number Of officers OF
the Bulgarian army who have forsak-
en- their sheltered life in exchange for
the restless activity Of the Macedo-
nian revolution has been so large that
the tactics of the insurgents have
steadily improved. The recent en-
gagement above Monastir, in which the
rebels routed the Turkish army in
a,cting q loss of 210 killed on the bat