Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-16
HUMAN SLAUGHTER GOES ON
5000 CHRISTIANS IN MACEDONIA
MURDERED BY TURKS.
Will Be Forced to Mobil.
ize for War-Such Barbarian Never
Before Seen-Sultan Has Over co..
900 Soldiers on Bulgarian Frontier
One Engagement Reported.

arrival OF new anu SonSaIlOual Auu
wholesale massacre of Christians in
Macedonia, the situation here is hour
ly becoming more alarming. II the
latest messages, which state that 5000
Bulgarians have been slaughtered in
the districts of Okhrida and Leren,
should be confirmed, no doubt exists
tnat the government will be forced to
order the mobilization Of the army.
ACCORDING to information brought to
the revolutionary paper Autonomyc,
a force of Albanians, assisted by Turk.
ish regular forces acting under or
ders direct from the Yildiz Kiosk,
massacred the entire Bulgarian Chris
uan population of the Okhrida and
Leren districts.
Fearful descriptions are given Of the
sights there, the soldiers slaughtering
men, women and children in every d.
rection, displaying barbarism never
before witnessed. The number of
killed is not stated in the courier's dis
patch, but according to reports from
other sources, the total number Of the
victims will reach 5000.
Official circles are so far without
information regarding the reported
massacre, but in view of the cbarac
ter of the latest advic,s from ldace-
donia, it is feared the nows is only too
true. Rumors are current that at a
council of the ministers it was decided
to mobilize Immediately the first and
second armJ divisions.
This is officially denied, but well in
formed persons do not doubt that the
caplnet, which is meeting in council
daily, is seriously considering such a
measure.
A deputation of leading professors
and resident professional classes wait
ed on the ministers and urged the gov
eminent to order immediate mobiliza-
ton. Minister Pretoff said the minis
try was unable to admit Of such mea
sure at this time.
The Turkish government is believed
to have at the present moment no less
than 10000 soldiers in the village u
Adrianople, large bodies of them with
in 10 to Is kilometers Of the Bulgarian
frontier. Confronted with such a stu
alton, it is argued that Bulgaria would
be amply justified in moulnzing the
first and second army divisions, the
headquarters of which are at Sofia
and Philiopollis, and which comprise
the forces nearest the Turkish from.
tier.
The government appears to be firm
ly resolved to avoid giving Turkey the
slightest pretext for declaring hostili.
ties, ard is doing it's utmost to restrain
the war fever. Sofia and the country
generally are outwardly as calm as in
the most peaceful time, but the Bull
garians say this calm is more to be
feared than at any other time.
An engagement is reported to have
occurred between a force of insur-
gents and Turkish troops at Suipindol
in which not single revolutionist was
killed, while the Turks lost heavily.
kilograms from Burgas say the Bull
garian population is fast disappearing
from the district OF Losengrad, and
that everyone unable to escape to the
Bulgarian frontier is killed. Five hun
dred fugitives, who have arrived at
Burgas from Tekengea, report that two
men, one 100 years old and the other
IS, were impaled by the Turks. The
war Office here is greatly concerned
over the increasing number of desert
ers who join the insurgents.
Later Reports.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 15.-The Al
bantam and Turkish troops contained
in the vilayet Of Adrianople appear to
be pursuing their usual tactics>of burn.
ing and plundering the villages and
killing the peasants instead of making
an attempt to break up the insurgent
bands. Very little news is fltering
through from Monastir, but all reports