New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-09
BURNING OUT FUGITlVES.
Turks Campaign of determination
Many Thousands Perish.

Sofa. Sept. S.-The Macedonian interior
ganization estimates that 10000 women. chill
dren and old men are hiding in the mountains
and forests 81 Macedonia. The Turks are burn
ing the forests in the districts Of Leren and
Kostur. and killing fugitives who attempt to
escape to the plains The vlach village Of
Gopesh. not far from Monastir has been burned
by the Turks. who are reported 20 have thrown
several Of the inhabitants into the fire. The
bashibazouks have destroyed the village Of
Stofovo. near Malkoternovo.
Thirteen thousand Turkish soldiers are
sembled on the frontier at Palanks, Karatova
and Gotscheni. and are plundering the sur
rounding villages The population has not com
planned fearing that it may be murdered. In
the district ~ Debritsi. vilsyet OF Monastir, the
soldiers are reported to he naked and hungry.
The general stan Of the insurgents has Issued
= circular ordering the bands not TO modest the
peaceful Turkish and Albanian villages. The
order concludes. There viii always he plenty Of
time TO take such measures"
Famine prevails in the district Of Krushevo
and the population is going into the adjacent
districts.
FIFTY THOUSAND MAssACRED.
All reports from the vilsyet Of Monastir agree
in describing the situation appalling Be
tween thirty thousand and fifty thousand Bull
garian inhabitants are believed TO have been
massacred ny the Turks. and every Bulgarian
village in the viayet has been destroyed The
refugees in the mountains and forests are dying
from starvation by thousands.
At the revolutionary headquarters It is es-
mated that thirty thousand Bulgarian men,
women and children have been killed. while at
least the same number of refugees are slowly
perishing from hunger. In official circles these
figures are regarded as underestimate. and
officials incline 20 the belief that the number
az those massacred exceeds fifty thousand
The Turks are apparently determined to exter-
inmate the entire Bulgarian population Of the
vilayet. The foreign representatives at Monas-
tir are dependent on information furnished 10
them from Turkish official sources.
In government circles here the situation is
viewed with increasing alarm It is reliably re-
ported that the Turkish forces in Macedonia
number three hundred thousand. II is consid-
cred impossible thst such a force has been as
sembled merely 70 crush the rebellion.
According 70 2 Telegram from Constsntinople
/ the Porte has issued an unconditional order
that al European correspondents must leave
Macedonia because they are circulating false
/ news The ambassadors have been informed OF
this decision
sARAFOFF REPORTED WOUNDED.
The latest reports regarding Boris sarafoff.
! the Macedonian leader say he was wounded I'm
fhe leg near Dairene
! Private letters received here from European
residents 81 Nonsstir give narrowing details
OF the sitsls tto1 there Destitute Bulgarian
refugees who arr arriving daily AZ Monastir re-
late almost incredible tales Of Turkish cruelty
Sixty families recently arrived there from
Srlnero which was totally destroyed. The
refugees saw husband and wife sitting in the
ruins n their home when Turkish soldier
slashed of rhe mans head and threw it in the
v-orlan's lap. The soldiers found servant girl
and several children hiding in ditch. They
outraged the girl and slaughtered all the chill
dren
Numerous Bulgarian prisoners have been
brought - Nonastir They were mostly I'M
armed rea SAINTS Vho had not been connected
with the insurrAction. Twenty BUgsrians who
had been eKiled were marched of connected
b,- heavy chains about their nAcks and ankles.
The elections for the Sobranje National As
ser,blyD have been fixed for October -.
The ministerial organ here replying to the
criticism hz- the opposition OF the governments
action IN, dissolving the Sohranje in the present
critical times. makes the significant remark that
il .,supposes the government would gladly have
POSTPONED the elections. but. in view of the I'm
portant time approaching it must have the sup
MORT of the majority OF the chamber" The
paper adds:
II cannot work with hostile Parliament. The
elections might have been postponed until a
m o-1th later hut IL is better TO embrace the
,,resenf oprortunity. when the danger is perhaps
not vet So close After few weeks we cannot
tell what may come. BY holding the elections
now We show Europe that regard the Mace
DOMAIN trouble as an internal affair Of Turkey,
while We look after our own business.