Fear of General Massacre.
Manawatu Times, Rōrahi XXVII, Putanga 7806, 21 Hereturikōkā 1903, Page 2
Fear of General Massacre.
Consuls Ask For Warships. A Piteous Appeal- Fighting and Slaughter. Received August 20,11.12 p.m. Sofia, Yesterday. Bulgarian official despatches state that fear is prevalent in Salonika of a general massacre. The Consuls are afraid to leave their residences, and. have asked for the despatch of warships for their protection. Two. hundred women from the village qf Bal{oyo. not spiritually subject to the Exarch but to. the Greek patriarch, have arrived at Monas-tir and petitioned for the protection of Russia, Austria and Hihui Pasha, declaring that Bakovo has been burned and all the inhabitants massacred. The revolutionists at the Krushevo fight lost 60 killed and 12 wounded, and then left. The Turkish casualties totalled 250. Seventy insurgents near Kojip, in the Uskub district, fought the Turks for a whole day. The Bashibazouks next day entered the village and- slaughtered ail the men and women. '