New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-04-22
no GENERAL UPRISING.
URONG MEN THE LEADERS
Rulgarians Hill Not Make Trouble
in Macedonia.
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fs,.cisi 80 The Neu-yGFk Tribune by French cahis9
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ssionics. April 21-This is an anti Bulgarian
w, ana II I were Influenced by the spirit OF
.,,s mace I would represent the Turk god
- he Bulgarian as q devil Since have
-ossed and recrossed the Balkans and explored
,.sc.doria with dragomsn and horse, am in
,ostion 10 know what is probable. if not what
:. rrue When one learns the Levant he strikes
,r+ nearly all he hears and supplies an alterna-
1--WE for everything There are four dates, rang
d. <-oro to-day 10 the end Of April. mentioned
g. general uprising My belief is that there
IN not be a general revolt OF the Bulgarians-
w earliest cue. obtained in Vienna. was cor
-, namely that the Albanians. If anybody.
,,orld make trouble This spring
:. is remarkable how the Turks lend credulous
.s-z % the cry Of wolf. Runaors are received
.sst he Monastir district is boiling over with
s,,olr and excitement AMI few regiments are
-en- Cd as reinforcements. Then the cry for
help comes from Roslog. and troops are dis
ratcbe6 there Suddenly all these battalions
,re withdrawn and sent TO Mitrovitza. The
turkish officers here tell me that they could
--i-e ont The Macedonian bands in seventy-two
hours 4 they we're allowed carte blanche They
sav that they would go through three villages
with fire and sword. and the Macedonians
-zould then know how TO choos between Two
evils and would no longer support the prowlng,
--e5atory insurgent bands. which would disap-
-ea- The Turkish officers complain that they
-, DO nothing against the mountain
1o2E as they are held in check even though
regular soldiers may be thick as flies Mean
while the Sultan's ragged troops swarm into
Macedonia. There are more than enough, ten
times over to police the country but they are
1lot here for that purpose, but because the Sui
ian's ministers are suspicious Of the officials
The Macedonian Bulga-ians are yearning for
the eraaacipa ton Of their country, but the right
men are not raising the cry for liberty It is an
honest and earnest Christian race. but some OF
those az the head Of the movement are ad-
,-sn+z,-ers. fortune hunters and intriguers. un-
worthy 10 lead q great and noble cause Some
of these leaders are from the pEncipality OF
Bulgaria, where they could not Become prom
.ne-t II public affairs. The committees are ex-
r9r7tng money by foul means The bulk Of the
money goes 10 purchase arms hut much Of II
does not The reports Of Bulgarian atrocities
ere grossly exaggerated. as are also the &C
counts Of Turkish atrocities The partisans OF
each SIDE strive 20 outdo their rivals in making
hood curdlIng accusations and enlarging tales
OF horror.
The Beshi Bazouks were charged in the Gar
ti-tzi affair with The massacre Of an entire
Bulgarian village, while not over fifty persons
te- 4 the village was destroyed There would
have been a general massacre 10y the Bsshi
Bszouks II the officers of the Turkish regulars
had not held them in check and enforced obeol-
ence to the Sultan'1 orders. Since the holy men
dispatched from Constantinople to Albania have
carried an abundance OF gold with them, II is
hardly probable that they can fail TO convince
me chiefs that they must not sin against the
CfIaph. y the chiefs are not converted there
are enough Turkish troops on the border 10
keep them under restraint An army Of twenty
--ousand troops has been massed in MitroVltza
s.: the last fortnight an ample force for the pro-
-pctfon Of the Russian consulate.
Ny conclusions are that there wih be no gen
eral uprising, that the pacifcation OF Macedo-
"a is Impossible while the Turkish Government
: restricted IN its methods by the powers; that
he Bulgarian committees are doing some dirty
work that the reports Of Turkish atrocities are
Exaggerated. and that the root Of all the evil Is
he atrocious and intolerable Turkish admins