The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-09-11

sSlooics. MAcsdonis. Sept S.-The
rsr cixpatches which are now being
s,srrapAsc abroad contain but a tou-
sntth part OF the truth OF the atroci-
10 xhlch have been psrpstrated In
NacesouiAn Turkey.
n fact. Il u nor possible To write in
- Earlish language. much less to
Fu into type the oUtrages that have
bssr done By the Turks upon the Bull
Farsns-nen. women and children.
Tie American missionaries cannot
p-o,esi .; tbs moment effectively
srzlnss tie Turkish atrocities for fear
a bringing further attacks on their
uisiOrtunes and pupils.
Ths whole region is q charnel house.
IL air smells OF burning human
f.A. o. victims inundated In their
or homes The unburied bodies lie
snoug ne ruias OF countless village
bones.
In ne mountains the black flags OF
hards Of men who are the brothers,
kashsn 5 and fathers Of the women ard
sAaersn Who have met death at the
hEnds OF TIE TUX sh soldiers and
gserillss ar raised.
TIER black facs til the story Of des-
psn-tion AID vengeance surging in
erery heart On one side Of the black
fag are ths initials c. G. standing for
chodata neu CualiU--Liberty CT death.
o. ne other s. 90 are the Bulgarian
sords. meaning. God is with us. Be
O. good cheer. o nation"
Life for Life.
Those who hear The black flags are
rle1Eed 20 exact from the Turks a.
ne boz eyC- ---. Wcmal and child
Ia tae Tu.,s --eLSe.ves have so bar
scaaly h..le1
Tie .usu-geu- rCCiments have near
d Lee 90. l.--i.amelt o. men now.
reaCyn uytsaga hsu.aOseSET
Ihe bu.s-risE y.CaE men il the towns
80 have been delayed are making
base - jo.n their comrsGe unier the
e.ack 1ag % WAGE open war on the
Tu-kA
hy a mutual understanding among
u BulEarians one man in each fam
~ 10 Allowed % STAY at home to save
he women and children. il possible,
MN Turkish rGpine and murder. But
hoH helpless % protect their families
ar ihe handful Of men remaining in
. - y .
Urfes
Turkish tUeachcry vas never more
oarhar1usly shown than at SmilievO.
elere he Turks had encouraged the
hu.gar.au men 20 ~ % the mountains.
ar promised - guard the lives and
bar ct th,.r families as they would
Ner oNn. But when the men had
~ he tOWl. robbery and carnage
hegar
hsrc-r Ct an American Mission Girl.
A FAR yolIg airl who was known
% have made one or the black flags
~ ter fatler and brothers. who had
tlarc. Tered in those fatal letters. Lib
80 o- neafh. ' was selected as the first
MIN af Nl>-u.man hatred. She
Nas Ilrl I'd. tile American mission
49, az N.u4-t.I. where she had
Farr.. ler reI-,,Nork
llf bear Deer. rnre her clothing of
a. ta.r drove le~ through the streets.
hass uf To Turkish larems spat upon
~ poor creature. An Albanian stab
Per MIL a hay0net and finally
'-ofPel q ho- right hand that had
teHfl tae black flag. and carried the
Nefiy a'att ID his upraised bayonet
DO danced through the streets.
~ lie Turks broke mao the Bull
a-ilans houses 40 this Place they seiz-
- ne women. tore the earrings from
.-tr ears. stripped their outer cloth
~ 81. laid -..se aside as plumber, and
m searched for hidden jewels and
mao concealed upon the women. Ia
" end they usually killed the women,
- mut.ste5 their bodies. Girls even
ier ier axe OF IL and l. years shared
- sane fat. in the very presence Of
tlelf mothers.
lae Bulgarian insurgents in the
BORING mus. maddened by the
~ % their burning homes in Smile
mustered regiment under the
80 nag and made an assault on the
They oyerpOwered the Turkish
eiers. killing them in the narrow
e-is ise sheep. giving no quarter to
oestrOyers % their homes.
S'me Bulgarian women in the vii
Ases Of Boine and Krushi. who have
1--WE. now roam about the ruins
-'- hurned homes uttering thu