Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24
KILL THOUSANDS
REPORT OF THE MASSACRE
NOT CONFIRMED.
TURKS DESTROY TOWN
OVERWHELM AND SACK kASTORlA
NEAR MONASTlR.
OFFICERS ARE RECALLED
slaughter of Such Number at Presen
Critical Stage Most S 'rtous-Mob-
ilizing of Bulgarian Army
Demanded,

Sofia, Bulg Sept. IS The for.
eign Office here has received reliable
iuform ltion that the Turks have de-
stroyed the town Of Kasloria, thitty-
six miles south.of Monastir, and have
masSa red the populations.
The report OF a massacre at KaSt-
oria comes from sources admitting
or little doubt, though the details
are lacking. 1t vas received with
the graveSt concern by the officials
mere. The population of KaStoria
numbers about 10000 persons and the
massacre Of such d number in che
pace, ii the report be true, exceeds
anything which has yet occurred in
Macedonia. At the present critical
moment, when popular feeling is in.
tense, the effect OF the report Of such
StupendUu' Slaughter may be most
serious.
The press is ass lming bellicose
tone. The Dnevnik tJnight com.
plains That the governments pa tial
mobilization of three divisions is ut
terIy in adequate, and urges the i'm.
mediate mobilization OF the whole
Bulgarian army, pointing out tnat
| the expert nee Of other atoms,
france, the United States, and Aus
t ia, has proved that it is always
Ssary t. display strength when
dealiIg with Turkey.
Tne paper advises the government
to act now 'aU a favorable moment,
when the people Of = rope are evil
dencing encouragement to Bulgaria "
The government while steadily pro-
ceeding with the partial mUt liza
ton plans is endeayuIinp to avoid
unnecessarily exciting the people and
consequently has solved not TO mob.
ilize any part OF the Sofia garrison.
The war Office has recalled the Bul.
garian officers who were studying ir
the military s:ho Ills Of Ru STA,
France, Austria and Italy.
The German representative here
has addressed a note to the Bulgarian
government, in accordance with the
declaration OF Russia and Austria say
ing that Bulgaria cannot expect as
siStance from any power in the event
Of war with Turkey and that Austro
hungarian reform plan will be ap
piled.
The Austrian representative, in in
sisting on the necessity for Bulgaria
remaining calm, declared that if th
prinCIpllity was pDwerIesS to pre- ven
the passage Of insurgent baLds int
Macedonia. Austria and Russia wuult
take note of her pOwerlessneSS an
charge Turkey to exercise her rights
defend her territory against fOTcigl
incurSiunS and maiutail order in tn
interior.
Dispatches from USkub annomc
that since the calling out OF The TuI
kiSh reserves he situation in the vii
ayet has grown worse. The Austrian
aud Russian conSnlS are reported /
, have asked their ambassadors at Con
| oNdlllillOlJlC " NlGlll anu lilll lllt y u L
l disband the reserves or maintain dis
cipline among them. Since the IC
l serves we're mustered pillIgiug an
! murders have been reported daily
. The ConsulS are pUwerless.
The AutunOmye publishes the name
OF thirteen villages in the vi ayet {
MunaStir which were re enr y dc
stroyed by the gIlar troops an
r Bashi- BazOlks, and also announce
T. that the monastery If the Hoy o.
{ Holes, near Okhride, has been dC
. = sToyed. At the monastery Turks
- soldiers killed an entire flmi Y, til
Bulgarian priest, his children an
% his grandchildren, thTty-ive pc
sons in all.
Beirut, Sept. l7.-Business is sti
being suspended Notwithstanding II
~ change in the gOvernOrShip, and
y, will take long time to restore COZ
II fidence. RobbeIieS and murders al
No the order of the night if not Of I'll
IT, day, ard the feeling OF inse urity c
o the part of both Europe n and ri
J. tive residents is very great.