Arizona republican., 1903-09-13
Described as Prevailing in
 Bulgaria.
AN OUTBREAK EXPECTED
Suspicious Information Leaks Out From Sofia Telling How Anxious That Country Is to Avoid War.

Sofa. Sept 12-With the arrival of new and sensational reports of th2 wholesale massacre of Christians in Macedonia, the situation here is hour ly becoming more alarming. If the latest messa ages, ,NSieh state that SIX usRa,Si61 Dls have been siaugh- kle districts of Okrida and I.erens, should be confirmed, no doubt the government will be forced to order a mobilization of the army.
 According to information brought to the revolutionary paper, Autonomye, . force of Albanians, assisted by Turk ish regular forces acting under orders direct from Yildiz. Kiesk. massacred the entire Bulgarian Christian popula- tion of the Okrida and Lerens dis tricts. Fearful descriptions are given Of the sights seen there, the soldiers slaughtering men. women and children in every direction, displaying q bar barism never before witnessed. The number of Killed is not stated in the courier's dispatch. but according to re- ports from other sources the total number of the victims will reach six thousand.
 Official circles are so far without
 
 massacre, but in view of the character of the latest advices from Macedonia, it is feared that the news is only too true. Rumors are current that a q council Of the ministers today it was decided to mobilize immediately the First and Second army divisions.
 This is officially denied, but well in- formed persons do rot doubt that the cabinet. which is meeting in council daily is seriously considering such q measure.
 A Gsputation of leading professors and representatives of the professional classes yesterday waited upon the mir isters and urged the government to or der immediate mobilization. Premier Fretoff replied 60 the delegation that the ministry was unable to admit the necessity for such q step at the pres ent time.
 The Turkish government is believed to have at the present moment no less than 60.000 soldiers in. the vilayet of Adrianople. large bodies of them with in 100 to 150 kilometers Of the Bulgar- ian frontier. Confronted with such a situation, it is argued that Bulgaria would be amply justified in mobilizine the First and Second divisions, the headquarters of which are at Sofia and Philippopolis. The government appears to be firmly resolved to avoid giving Turkey the slightest pretext for de- claring hostilities and is doing it's ut- most to restrain the war fever.
 Sofia and the country generally are outwardly as calm as in the most peaceful times but the Bulgarians say this calm is more to be feared than at any other time.
 An engagement is reported to have occurred between force of insurgents and Turkish troops at Suipindol, in which not a single revolutionary was killed, while the Turks lost heavily Telegrams from Burgas say the Bull garian population is fast disappearing from the district of Losengrad and that every one unable to reach the Bulgar- ian frontier is killed. Five hundred fugitives who have arrived at Burgas from Tekengea report that two men one 100 years old. the other S5, were impaled by the Turks. The war office here is greatly concerned over the in creasing number of deserters who gC tD join the insurgents