Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-09-02
MORE DEFEATS
FOR THE turks
keDel Troops Co ntinue to Rout Sui
tan's Forces in the Neighbor-
hood Of Adrianople.
PROXIMITY OF REVoLu1IoNISTS TO
CAPITAL ALARMING The PORTE

IhrllAL ALAkMlNG lhE PUklE
AAan1feato Issued Saying They Are
only Fighting for Their Freedom
from a Government Which Has Be-
come Observation-Disclosures of the
Rebels II Shown.
Sofia, Aug. 29.-Fights are reported
from several districts around Adrian
ople. The insurgents are now besieg-
ing the town of Malkoternovo. The
Autonomye states that at Ziknishor,
near Malkoternovo, after an engage
ment lasting II hours, the revolution
lists killed 40 Turkish soldiers and also
burned the village of Hodgetalashnan,
because its Bashi-Bazouk Inhabitants
had.terrorized the Christian population
In the neighborhood.
The revolutionary committee at
Adrianople has issued a manifesto to
the Turkish beys, assuring them that
they need have no fear of attacks on
their property, as the committee is
only fighting for freedom from a gov
eminent (which has become ins6pport-
able to Christians and Mussulmans
alike"
Private kilograms from Constantf-
nople state that the porte is greatly
alarmed at the revolutionary outbreak
In the vilayet of Adrianople, its prox-
Unity to the sultan's capital OCCASION
Ing much more concern than the ex-
tens1ve fnsurrection In the more dis
tant province Of Monastir The Turk
ish guards along the Bulgarian frontier
have fled before the revolutionaries
who are now in possession of all the
villages around Malkoternovo. The
Turkish government is making the ut
most efforts to suppress the rebellion
In the vilayet of Uskub. Every avail
able man has been called out, from the
last lines of reserves to the rawest re-
cruits, indicating the most complete
mobilization possible.
Bad Effect of Train Outrage.
The train outrage near Kuleli Bur-
gas will have, it is thought, a very
damaging effect on, the Turkish gov
eminent, showing at once the strength
of the insurgents and the weakness Of
the Turkish authorities, who in spite
of the warnings received days ago that
the trains would be attacked, have
proved themselves unable to protect
the passengers. Opinion is divided in
diplomatic circles as to the effect the
incident will have upon the Macedon-
ian cause. 1t is thought in some quar-
ters likely to ALLEVIATE the sympathy of
the powers. On the other hand, 1t is
argued that the insurgents do not want
sympathy. but Intervention, which
may come the quicker if they demon
strate that the porte cannot even pro-
:tect it's own railways
The Macedonian leaders here are not
disposed to offer any excuses for the
train outrage. They assert that
state of war exists in Macedonia and
that it is not in their interest that the
train service should be maintained. as
lit would facilitate the movement of
troops employed against them. They
assert that the responsibility rests with
the Turkish government, which insists
upon the railways carrying passengers.
Precautionary Measures.
Considerable forces of troops have
been stationed in the various suburbs
iof Constantinople as precautionary
measure in view of the appearance of
insurgents less than 100 miles from the
capital. A trainload of troops was dis
patched Thursday from this city to
Tcherkeskoi, vilayet of Adrianople,
near which place three Bulgarian viii
I]ages were recently attacked by Cir
cassians and their inhabitants mas
sacred.
The troops sent to reinforce the gar
rison at Kirk ilisseh, 80 miles from
Adrianople, were routed by insurgents,
whose numbers in the vilayet of
:Adrianople are estimated to be 5000.
Forty Turkish officers have been Or
dered to return to Constantinople to
answer for the outrages committed at
Krushevo.
Bitter Feeling of Turks,
!! London, Aug. 29.-According to a
dispatch in the Daily Mail from Uskub,
the Turks are very bitter towards the
Europeans, believing it to be their in
tention to drive the Turks out of Eu-
rope. The correspondent says he is
convinced that any hostile action by
any European power will be the signal
for the massacre of every European in
European Turkey. Another serious
danger is the fear Of rising in Al
bania, where there are now only 10000
Turkish troops left.
Postponenentz Requested.
| st. Petersburg. Aug. 29.-1n conse-
ouence of the inability of DR.. Lardy,
the Swiss minister at Paris, and Prof.
Matz. of the Copenhagen university, to-
serve as arbitrators at The Hague In
the claims Of the allied powers for
preferential treatment in the settle
mont with Venezuela, the foreign ONCE
i, 7. ,nnnested the reinforcement of the