Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-10
SULTAN W!THDRAWS TROOPS.
Complies with Bulgarian Request
General Macedonian Rising
Reported.

Burgas, Bulgaria, Sept 80. = Dis
patches received here from the insurgent
Chief Gerdjikoff, who has been conduct
ing operations in the Kirklisse district,
announce that the Turkish troops have
been withdrawn from Zabernovo, Kar-
lovo and Gralaticoco, three points on the
Turkish frontier. 1t is understood that
this movement was in accordance with
the request of the Bulgarian government
that Turkey withdraw her troops from
the frontier, as a sign of the sincerity of
her pacific declarations. The positions
vacated by the Turks are now occupied
by insurgents.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 30-A telegram
Zontcheff, the commander in chief of
the Macedonian insurgents at Razlog
(55 miles from Sofia, announces that
general rising was proclaimed Septem-
Der 81 in the districts of Razlog Nevro-
rkOp, Demirhissar, Melnik and Sores, and
that all the insurgent bands in eastern
Macedonia had received orders to begin
operations. The chief hope of the rev.
dictionary organization now centers in
lu0 OuIDl0dh III eastern NudC6uOUld,
which is expected to assume consider
able proportions, as the leaders there
are all officers of the Bulgarian reserve.
This, the sympathizers with the Mace
DOMAIN cause hope, will arouse war
feeling in the Bulgarian army and force
the government to espouse the Mace
DOMAIN cause.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. IA dispatch
from the Ria monastery gives a report
that the whole population of the district
of Razlog has been massacred or has
fed Three thousand women and chill
dren, fugitives from the Turkish SOL
diery, have arrived at Ria. Many vii
lagos around RaZlog are said to be
burning. The town itself is surrounded
troops.
Paris, Oct 2.-Oficial advices from
the Balkans show two distinct signs
that war will be averted at least until
spring. First, the Bulgarian revolution
airy committee, through Gen. Sarafoff,
has made overtures to the Bulgarian
government and unless hostilities are
fortnight all preparations will be sus-
pended until spring. The purpose of
this, it is understood here, will be to per-
nit the decimating of the Turkish forces
through the winter and the completion
of the preparations for a decisive move
early in the spring.
Second, M. Natchevics, Bulgaria envoy
OF TO Mi hoe To toJy
the negotiations. He at first refused to
act on the ground that Turkey gave no
assurances of desire for adjustment.
His present decision is considered to in
dictate that Turkey has given ADEQUATE
assurances.
One of the chief features NJ Natche-
vics will insist on during the negotia-
tons is that Bulgaria shall have a ma
jority of the members and the presi-
dency of the mixed commission having
charge of the pacific adjustment of the
Macedonian questions
Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 3-The Macedo-
MAN revolutionary headquarters assert
that they have positive information that
the whole Christian population of the
town of MehOmia (Razalog), province
of Sores was massacred September 28
with the exception Of ten men who es-
capped with the news.
According to the fugitives, when the
general rising was declared in the Raza-
log district on Sunday, the Turkish
troops in the Pirin mountains hurried to
Mehomia and surrounded the town, rem
dering the escape of the Christians i'm
possible The Bulgarian population was
prepared to join in the rising, several in
surgent agents being in the Bulgarian
quarter of the town at the time. Des-
perate fighting occurred in the streets,
bombs and dynamite being freely used
After fighting for five or six hours, the
Turks gained the upper hand and pro-
ceeded to massacre every Bulgarian they
encountered.