Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1905-10-01
WANTOM MURDER
OF CHRISTIANS
in MACEDONIA
Conditions Now Worse Than
Ever Befoer
MASSACRE Ay] RiLLAGERAhE
UNCHECKED BK ABEpORITIEs

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London, sept ee w. Tdcre seas
retary Of the nailg6n ctAihfftee Whc
has returnea4 4from i two mAnfhs tour
.of Macedonia. said to the Asspciated
Press today:
The wantoW lighter Of CHI ktians
IN Macedoaia qontiRues under tHd ayes
Of Europes REPRESENTATIVES. Crksine
the Bulgarian hbrder, the first hews Il
greet me w;ts 81 pnpar ApnabIe anassa.
ere in the little village Of KohopnItz
which occurred three days before ins
arrival on Visiting Inc Village fotlad
the bodiascf man, 70 womers err
and the children still NinAuried ana
laid out in the Christian chureh. A1'he
woman had been shot, but saw 0me
child whose head had been crushed
probably with the butt OF gun.
The wounded had been taken Il
Egri Palankag aif hours ride distant
and where resides the Austrian officer
In charge Of the district.
The story af the AFFAIR Is 4 repeti-
ton Of the oft-toid fale. An fnsurnent
band visited the village and demanded
food on departing. The Turkish ati-
thofities learning Of the visit. dis
patched body az troops. which. dis
covering no Insurgents III the place
dealt out their revenge an tie Chris
tians. The observation of the Euro
pean officers seldom deters the Mo.
hammedans from staying Christians.
The Austrian oWlfea at K0uihuunNa
district las rhsfge az III villages
whore most l,TutIN nfnFtnfk are If
ssEssiis aenas I'D Es5t 1fusl -
ny the authorities
In the MenastIf district the Italian
officers sleep with the Turkish arms ir
order to observe its methods eftsup-
pressing Insurgents. This, however,
only prevents special detaehments
from perpetrating crime.
The village or MogoIa. in which an
Albanian briHand WIS assassinated
was punished BY Turkish troops Nine
uuarmed peasants were killed and
arms were placed hessae them IN j
eornaeId IN order 10 deceive the Ital-
ian Officers who wers invited to IN
speet the insurgents But the rifles
were ofthe pattern used by the troops
in the MonastiT district
Brigandage continues fagrantly
and life and property are less safe
tHAlt tfStbIG IAAHsId anu sAuStItd WeEt
given he mandate to reform tne. coun.
try two years ago. The gendarmerfe
officers admit their inability 10 protect
the population and several of them
told me they had so reported TO their
governments The Macedonians have
mo hope left.F
Mr.. Moore says the country Is still
swarming with Asiatie troops. which
have not been removed since the mu.
bHization against Bulgaria IN 1908.
James Bryce, NJ. r.. president of the
Balkan committee. Is now touring Ma
eedonia aud Investigating conditions
preparatory to laying the results OF his
tour before the British parliament.
The authorities in Macedonia are
said to be employing every means to
prevent him from gathering informH-
tom aud the Porte has requested the
British government to permit the ex-
.pulsion of Mr.. Bryce from Turkey.
More Mutiny In Asiatic Turkey.
Vienna, Sept 30.--Contrary to semi
official assurances. the insurrectl0nary
movement III the san Jak and Bazaar
districts of Asiatic Turkey Is growing
and the Servian population Is mutiny-
ing against the Turkish authorities.
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