The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-09-03
REVOLUTION SPREADING
New Uprisings Reported From All
Parts of European Turkey.
ApRIANoPLE PARTLYDEsTRoYED


Turks Said TO Be Committing Whole
sale Massaeres and Inhabitants Are
Panic. Stricken Turkish Priests
Preaching Holy War.
Sofia. Aug. 3l.-A dispatch is pub
lished here 10 the effect that one sec
ton Of the city OF Adrianople, the most
important interior city in European
Turkey. is in ashes. and that three
other sections are burning An uncon-
firmed report says that the insurgents
have blown up the barracks OF the
Turkish troops al Adrlan0ple. The
Turks are committing wholesale mas
saores. The authorities have lost all
control and the inhabitants are panic
stricken.
Adrianople is a city Of $1,000 inhabi-
tants. and is a military and CONNER
cial centre. 10 is situated at the head
Of navigation on the Martha river ari
is on the railroad running from Sofa
TO Constantn0pic. lt is 1870 miles from
Constantiuopie and 90 miles from the
Bulgarian frontier
The rebels have blown up the bar
racks at Dcmetika and the garrison
u,as massacred. -Four thousand Alba
mans are pllaging the VILLAGES in the
districts of Okrida and Krushevo. The
latter district has been deserted by the
popnlation. who have joined the insur-
cents in the mountains. In Okrida the
Turkish forces have been largely in
creased. The insurgents have blown up
the lighthouse at Nesiliko and now oc-
.upy an the principal points along the
Black Sea coast.
tolerram from Leren says the rail-
way station az Ekschi was blown up
number of officials being killed and the
railroad torn up for a distance OF 100
metres
Reports from Constantinople say that
zoo medical and veterinary students
and army cadets have been given their
diplomas and commissions without
having passed the usual examinations.
and have been drafted into the Third
army corps
DISPATCHES received from Constan-
tinonle Salonica Monastir and Adri'
onople reveal an equally unsatisfac'
tory condition OF affairs in Macedonia
From Sal0uica come reports OF new
rlsines. At Monastir the Insurgents
are said 10 De masters of the situation
Teleqrams from Adrianople declare
that the insurgent bands are continu-
ing their ravages.
At the moment that the porte Is ask
Inc Beleium 20 supply officers for the
Macedonian gendarmerie the Swedish
ambassador az Constantinople has no
ufed the Turkish government that I'M
less they receive their pay immediate
Is the Swedish officers now at UskuD /
will leave the country II is said that
the Servian diplomatic agent has noti- .
fed the porte that two divisions OF the /
Sorvian army have been modified /
without any hostile intention as re- .
CARDS Turkey. but they will be sent TO .
the frontier to prevent Albanian in /
cursions into Servia
4 new outbreak is reported to have I
occurred in the enviroHs OF Salonica, /.
and several shrmishes have taken 4
place between Gieygyeli and Salonica, :
and there has also been a fight near I
Edidjeyarda. both sides losing heay- :,
lily. In the district between Kastoria I
and Fl0rina, south of Monastir. the F.
insurgents have destroyed all the for /
tilted residences the Of wealthy beys. 4
A notorious brigand. named Abdul 4
Mediid recently delivered a harangue 4
to the inhabitants of TetoyO, telling .
them to prepare themselves to slaugh- /
ter all the Bulgarlans upon the first !
appearance OF revolutionary bands in .
the neighborhood.
Many wounded Turkish soldiers /
have been taken to Salonica from /
Uskub. Sores and Monastir. The Tur- /
kish troops are reported to be greatly /
discouraged and many deserters have
been thrown into prison.
According TO one report the HodJa /
teachers attached to a mosque) in the /
vilayet Of Kossovo, are preaching that |
the time for a holy war has come and
that the people must be ready to Kill .
the Christians in the vilayet lnsur- /
gent bands are said to be in complete
control of the districts Of Demirhissar
and Kitscheo and the chief mountain
passes in the vilayet Of Monastir.
The total strength of the bands in
the vilayet of Adrianople is estimated
at COCO men. The insurgents have
blown up the barracks at GhiOktope.
near MalkOternOyo. killing 90 soldiers
They also attacked and set fire to the
Turkish camps at Egripalanka. Kra'
900 and Kotcheni. A great panic en-
sued. the troops firing into each other.
Reports are in circulation az Bel
grade. Servia. that the monastery of
St. Prochev, on the Servian frontier.
was attacked Saturday night and en-
tirely demolished by the Turks and
Albanians.
The situation in Macedonia IS said
to be one OF the utmost gravity The
insurgents are everywhere increasing
in numbers and holding their ow-
against the Ottoman soldiers. Anar-
chy reigns supreme. the vast Turkish
army being completely out of control
and eating UP the country. In few
weeks famine must ensue. causing I'M
told misery. Any outrage in the city
of SalOnica now would turn the Turks
into soldiers and the pOpulace into
Wild beasts. The country west of the
river Varda, towards the vilayet OF
Monastir, Is expected to rise daily.
Greece May Help Turkey.
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