The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-08
THE FEROCITY OF
THE RUTHLESS TURKS
Kill Christians Along with Others-Ad.'
miraI Cotton Notifies the Navy De-355 IL
partment Of the Situation at n
Beirut-Turks Destroying e
Villages Near the Greek NJ
All Frontier. lss5
#(By Associated Press,)

l8LONDON,5 Septern Der 1.-THE Ba lkan,A o ts.5It
uation shows no signs OF improvement
Indeed. in Constantinople 1t is now
thought that war between Turkey and v
Bulgaria is inevitable, but the Turkish \
5tilities can only result from an overt act I
on the part of Bulgaria. The Sofia gov a
ernment, on the other hand, preserves
strict neutrality, as advised by Russia
and Austria. The announcement to-day Of
Bulgarias attitude caused an optimistic
tone in the papers and the market for 4
foreign bonds and government securitiss q
became much flrmer. ;sE t5 II NJ SE38
Roumania, too. is enforcing neutrality,
& In compliance with the advice of Russia,
having taken measures to sunpress the n
Macedonian agitators within her borders.Hl
The Pope refusal to appeal to & t he S
Powers to act, save in the direction OF \
stopping the masacres In the Balkans, /, u &
accepted as evidence that even the HOW
See appreciates the Ina dvisa bility Of ln-3s
terventon at this time. 81 IA N
E3$ Turkey Is largely increasing the NUM-
tber OF her troops In Macedonia. In spt to-
OF her depleted treasury 4, and IS deter:
mined to suppress the revolution before
the Powers can tervene. XIX i5 &s; 43af
LIN the vlayet OF Monastir3 the rising
has been ruthlessly suppressed, the Turks \
having burned many villages and corr-#
n1itted grave excesses. ~ 5a;. a 4if7
558 " III. War Inevitable. s558 5s3 l,Sa
CoNsTANTINoPLE,5 September - -
War between Turkey and Bulgaria is now
regarded here as Inevitable. 1t lis even bc-sa
ilieved thtat the outbreak OF hostilitles will II
occur before the end Of eptember, when 4
the relnforcements from Asia will have y
been concentrated In Macedonia, and in 4
the village of Adrianople. It Is not thought i
OF war. In view OF Bulgara's vassal 4
status, but that some frontier incident y
will precipitate hostiltties. L "a
Tho Bulgarlans and Macedonlans ro-S
siding In Constantinople are In terror
OF massacre. A large number OF them
were arrested q few days ago as a a.prS-
ventative measure and they have not yet
been released. THE fear OF massacre
is probably exaggerated. although, in view
OF the present excited State OF Mussul,nan
feeling, an insignificant Incident might
perhaps lead to q massacre. FIJI y is
The terrible accounts received regarding
the conduct Of the Turkish troops have Il
not surprised European circles here, but
many who have hitherto been opttmistio Z
belief that Turkey is on the eve OF q
catastrophe. y 4slsl llS S8g 4l l5si
! 4 consular. dispatch from salonioa says
that according to authentic information
the insurrection In the District Of
Manastlr has been practically STAMPED
out. Bashi-Bazouks assisted the regular
troops In the work OF repression, which 4
is said to have been carried out wltk
aangunary ruthessness. the object OF
the Turks being, apparently, to exter-585
mlnata not only tho Bulgarian inha abl-
tants, but all the Christians OF whatever &
nationality. I'll
Situation at Beirut.
(By Associated Press.)
= WASHINGTON, Sept, 1.-THE Navy De-
partment to-day made public the follow
ing cablegram from Admiral Cotton re-s
gardlng the Turkish situation. dated
Beirut. September Il
". Peace Project Fails. II. IN
(By Associated Press>
f. BERLIN. September 7.-Russla ana e
Austria have proposed that the powers
take coercive diplomatic action at Sofia.
with the aim OF severing the relations now
existing between Bulgaria and the Macs-
donlan insurgents. Germany has as u
sented, but several OF the powers have
objected, and the Russian and Austrian
proposal, the Associated Press Is officially
informed, mas pTUphpIS AaAAo1A stA'o A' tFl5gE
+ Tho Russian and Austrian representa-
tions regarding the necessary actNbo
against Bulgaria reveal the attitude OF y,
those powers towards Turkey and the
whole Balkan question. They affirm that
Bulgaria has been acting In bad faith
In giving secret countenance to the ln-
surgents and giving them hope OF ult'-
mate success. thus rendering Turkeys
task Of pacificatlon more difficult and de-
laying yet longer the execution OF .th0
programme OF reform accepted BY Tur-
key The language of the Joint proposal
assumes that a settlement Of the Balkan
troubled is attanable II Bulgaria Is forced
to cut off all connection between the two
sides OF the frontier.
No official confirm alton Is obtainshle
OF the Constantinople report that Aus
tria and Russia will ask the signatoriss
OF the berlin treaty to sanction thelf
Joint military occupancy Of the disturbed
territories, but such a proposal Is not
considered improbable.
Porte eApprehensiye,
(By Associated Prsss.> E8
/. sALONIcA. EUROPEAN TURKEY.
7.-The latest orders received Il
from the Turkish government are rA-
aarded here as a sure indication that the
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