The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-11
AN APPEAL BY MACEDONIA.
POWERS ASKED TO INTERFERE,
BUT WILL REFV Sc.
Premier Balfour Outlines the Poiicy--an"
sursents Held Chicfs Responsible for
Present GOnsilt iOns-Riissia Makes Dc.
n,and on gurkey-MOre Fighting.


Special Gable Dispatches 10 THE sun.
LONDON. Aug. TO- Prime Minister Bal
Sour's two statements in Parliament that
the insurgents are chiefly responsible for
the present anarchy in Macedonia, and that
the only policy is answering support Of
the Austro- Russian reform scheme. are lac
cepted as the present common policy of all
the European Powers. They furnish clue
to the apparent moderation of Russia s
present demands over the murdered consul
at Monastir.
A circular which the Macedonian Revo-
htionary Committee has just handed to
the representatives Of the Powers at Sofia
furnishes the occasion for a stern reply,
which will doubtless he forthcoming
In few days The circular asks for
the nomination OF Christian Gov
ernor for Macedonia, who has never
belonged to the Ottoman administration,
and who will be independent of the Porte.
Ii also asks for the institution of "a per-
manent internal collective board of con-
troll, vested with full powers. The atti-
tude of the Powers toward the remainder
Of the circular is Disclosed already by Mr.,
Balfour's statements.
The revolutionary leaders, in their IA
miliar general terms, declare that the acts
of violence by Mussulmens, and system
attic prosecutions by the administrat ion
have driven the Christians in Macedonia to
take I'D arms en- masse. They have resorted
to this after exhausting all pacific means to
bring about the Intervention of Europe,
according to the provisions of the treaties
regulating the condition Of these Christian
populations under Turkish rule. The cir
cular declares that such Intervention is
now the only means Of ending the bloodshed'
Turkeys first diplomatic step in the crisis
is the appointment of Hilmi Pasha. who
few months ago was appointed to super
wise the Austro- Russian reform scheme,
TO take the place of the dismissed Vail of
Monastir.
Hilmi Pasha arrived at Salonica to-day
and proceeded Immediately for Monastir.
A message from Belgrade says that the
murdered Russian Consul flogged the
guard who killed him with whip and that
this treatment provoked the guard to
shoot.
The message adds that there are probably
$4,000 insurgents in the district of Monastlr
and that the revolt extends to the Servian
border Many villages have been burned.
The Mohammedan population is very
much excited, regarding the situation as
intolerable
Severe fghtin occurred Monday between
Turkish troops and a large force of insur-
gents at kaiar near Sorovtch
VIENNA, Aug. lO-According to de-
spatch from Salonica insurgents dynamite ed
the customs depot at zbevche in the Ser
Wan frontier. There was no loss Of life.
COLOGNE, Aug lO.-Mail advices received
by the Cologne Gazette from Salonica state
that a number of bridges south of Monastir
have been blown up by the Macedonian in
surgents. The telegraph operator at Kru-
shevo and his entire family have been muir
dered by the revoiutionists, who have also
blown up tho bridge near Wladowa, killing
the railway signal man and destroying tele-
graphic communication
The military occupation of the revoted
district has been begun. The centre of the
movement is situated in the district of
Muricheff, between the plain of Monastir
and the Tzerna, River All the inhabi-
tants of that district have been ordered to
surrender their arms