Year: 1875


tyrant who has kicked bastnadoed sabred his
nearly 400 years Messengers sent through all
the land, into the mountain passes along the foamng
Narenta and down the smoothly flowing Save, through l
forests and TO the monasteres the cliffs letters
describing the massacre OF the Herzegovinans were
sent to Liubobratich in Belgrade


The day after the receipt OF the letters Liubobratch
purchased simple outfit and left Belgrade for the Her.
2egoyina In the wild mountain passes he rallied
around him little band, and tho
began to make noise in Europe Liubobratich has
since that time been thoroughly satisfactory the in
surgents as leader, but mainly because no has not
been able to furnish them with and munitions.
They need something beside leaders; they need good
guns and plenty of cartridges.
Lubobratich and Pope Larcho arc the two leaders |
who have thus far done most to give the nsurrection
force and prospect of continuance than any one ese
The prests in Bosnia nearly all interested in the
rebellion. They of extraordinary VIII and
much learning. They have succeeded in infusng con-
siderable courage into the trembling rayah
Larcho and his made curious beginning. They
'boted y the English would say with cannon
belonging TO Servia from point the frontier and
made q Of reckless attacks the Turks where
they found them. The Bosnian Mussulmans arc
nearly all Serbs In reay-that is they, like the Chris
tians 'rayahs, speak the language spoken IN
Servia, and have other points of resemblance with
their neghbors They arc nearly all renegade Chris
tans, and besides being great fanatics they great
towards Pope Larcho and his little army created ter
ribe sensation among them. Their frightened imagina
tions pictured the war-inspred priest followed by
horde of boodhrsty peasants bearing down upon their
villages and they at huddled together for protec-
tion in the large towns Larcho has not allowed any
Of prisoners to occur although the Turks
whenever any priests taken, put them to death
with the most cruel tortures Let give you ex-
ample which have had from the mouth of eye
witness.


TURKS TORTURE MPALE PRIEST.


Two priests in a monastery not far from Berblr,
which a Turkish fortress opposite Alt Gradiska, in
Austria convicted by the Turks Of participating
in the insurrection. force the monastery,
and one of the priests captured The other
ceeded in escaping to the mountains The priest who
was taken had his hands and feet OF while he
alive after being allowed suffer the horrible tor
lures consequent mutilation for some time he
impaed on a sharp stake and left a warning to all
others. troop sent into the hillside forests in
pursuit of the second priest but he not found until
day two after, when hunger forced him to
stray into a neighboring village There he was
recognized denounced by Bosnian Mussulmans
and at once arrested guard was sent for and the
unfortunate priest brought into Berbir half dead
from wounds and with huge IRON collar around his





was not given food He seemed likely to starve
before his tormentors should decide to kill him.


AT this juncture the Austrian Consul at Berbr heard
Of the priests horrible treatment Now the Austrian
Consul there is man. and his blood boiled he saw
the ignorant and degraded Turks day by day abusing
who in everything their betters When the
fate OF the first priest and the danger of the second
related to him he straghtway the local unc-
tonary and SAID something very like ths:-'You mis-
cradle old cur it possible that you human
beings, and above all ministers OF God, you have
treated this poor priest? Are you not that
intelligent Europe, which despses you is looking %
The Consul whatever he sad used very strong language
and demanded that the collar be at taken from
the priests neck and that he be given decent
food and some kind Of protection against the bowling
mob that surrounded the Jail Perhaps there
tnge OF clavonc blood in this Austrian Consus veins
and that there beneath his earnest pleading for tho
priest the feryor of dangerous menace which even
the dull Turk could discern At any rate, the consular
suggestions Needed and the life OF the priest up
been spared, although he is still prison
The Consul merits medal from his government for his
Intervention in behalf of humanity. The story goes
that he threatened to pull down his flag and retire if
tho Turks did yield his request but that not
confirmed


The stories of Turkish cruelty indisputably true
and there enough OF them condemn forever the
administrations of the oppressed provinces Servia
herself has ample cause to-day for making
Turkey, for she has received provocatons which
almost incredible because of their audacty AT the
very moment that the Turks their intention
of interfering with Servian affairs during
the progress OF the present struggle their troops pene-
trate frontier Servian village and kill women
and children and impale alive One could almost
believe for the testimony OF such
dnfro ctahI with a briaf
of the Turkish troops and the Bosnian Mussulmans
who aiding in suppressng the insurrection can
believe anything. Such men as have seen would do
anything, and they certainly well provided with
weapons for the carrying out Of any bloody design
which they may desire to undertake.


LARcHo.


Pope Larcho one Of the main stays OF the insurrec-
tion now II he falls the troubles both in Bosnia and
Herzegovina will be considerably abated not entirely
quelled He is kind of Peter the Hermit preaching a
crusade with such eloquence the force of his own
example. BY the way it is only short distance above
Belgrade, the Danube, where Peter, the renowned
hermit, actually did preach his famous sermons to the
soldiers Of the nrst crusade. The rock whence phi
lippcs were Illuminated against the inGdel now
serves the foundation OF a huge State prison and
garrison Of 1000 soldiers which the gov
ernment finds it convenient to maintain tho mill
tary confines of Sclavona To return to Pope Larcho
there IS no doubt whatever that he receives both aid
and comfort from servia and hardy volunteers
now leaving Belgrade will flock in great numbers
around his standard He is Of the apostles of Ser
Wan unity. He has dimly conceived In his own mind
the idea OF great State in which all the peoples OF the
general type including the Bulgarans shall
be joined for mutual protection. Larcho knows that
the Turks will kill him If they catch him. and he will do
his best engage in any general battle either in
Bosnia Herzegovina but to harass the Turks and
cause them grievous loss perpeualy. This is tho
main object of the insurgents They will do their best
to keep up the struggle in irregular and desuitory
fashion until the sympathies Of Europe really
aroused and the arms which they bitterly need are
furnished them Then the fugitive rayahs may DO
induced to return from their refugees in Austria and
strike the crownng blow.


Perhaps the servian government may find itself In a