The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-09-10
CRISIS IN ORIENT
Turkey Prepares to Swoop
Down Upon Little Bulgaria.
An ULTIMATUM PROBABLE
Lives of Foreigners in constantinople
in Great Peril and Situation Is
Crave-Horrors in Balkan
States Continue.

A dispatch to The Tageblatt (Ber-
Iin) from Constantinople, dated Sat
urday, says:
! "War with Bulgaria Is In sight.
The council of war has recommended
sending an immediate ultimatum TO
Bulgaria. but the sultan has decided to
wait It is rumored that Turkish
troops have already crossed the Bu.-
garian frontier without declaration
of war.
"The members Of the council OF War
were up all last night at the Yiltiz
Kiosk and designated Edheim Pasha
as commander in chief.
"The Turkish press is printing in-
fammatory articles against Bulgaria
Legations in Danger.
The Turkish government, according
to information received from the for.
eign office in Berlin by the Associated
Press, has notified the powers that the
porte cannot guarantee the safety OF
the legations at Constantinople.
| This extraordinary statement was
communicated, without explanation or
Qualifying details, in response to an
inquiry as to whether German marines
were among those United States Mn
lister Leischman reported as having
been landed at Constantinople.
It is inferred. however, that the con-
ditions at the turkish capital are not
so grave as the sultan's ontifcation
would imply, but that the legations
have been warned to look out for their
own safety, the porte dlsclaiming in
advance responsibility for any disor-
derly act. ...
The porte's inability to take ener-
getic hold of the Macedonian insured
ton is the worse feature Of the situa
ton.
| Powers Forced to Act.
A London special says: So threat
ening is the Macedonian situation that
the powers are being forced to ta1ie
action sooner than it had heretofore
believed would be necessary. Before
adopting any definite scheme for the
pacifcation of the Balkens it was IN
tended to wait until the cars visit to
Vienna, when the matter was to be dis
cussed fully with Emperor Francis Jo-
seph, but it is learned recent ex.
change of views has brought the pow
ers to stage where decision is about
to be reached regarding the character
Of the Intervention which should te
adopted. While the proposed plans
are not divulged, it is authorttativeiy
denied that the Intervention contem'
plates the occupation of Macedonia by
tAustria and Russia. l. is equally cer-
tain that the powers have no intention
of acting so as to in any way encour'
age Bulgaria to declare war.
Atrocities on the Increase.
Advices from Sofia under Sundays g
date state that the Autonomye pub
fishes the names of fifty villages burn
ed by the Turks in the following dis
tricts: Resen, thirty villages; Kostur,
fourteen; Krushevo, six, and one MOI
tastery. The Turks burned four vii
lagos In the district OF Strushkopoi:s
and murdered the priest. The popula.
ton fed to the mountains.
The Turks have destroyed all the
-four mills in the district Of Resen and
also every church.
Reports have reached the revolution.
larry headquarters in Sofia Of atrocities
by the Turks in the village Of Vilo.
kosti, in the district OF Debce. The
troops and bashi bazouks are said to
have surrounded the villages and part
of them entered and began plunderiug
the houses and assaulting the women
The other soldiers remained outside
and killed those inhabitants who tried
; to escape The Turks then set fire to
the village in four places, burning
twelve women and children. One child
Twas hanged. Altogether sixty peas
ants were killed and their bodies were
eft lying in the streets.