THE POWERS AND TURKEY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11690, 17 September 1903, Page 5

THE POWERS AND TURKEY.

RUSSIA OPPOSES MACEDONIAN AUTONOMY. PRELUDE TO A RUSSO-TURKISH WAR. THE CRUELTY OF THE TURKISH EXPEDITIONS. United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. ST. PETERSBURG, September 15. Count von Lamsdorff, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a receptibn of diplomatists, declared that the insurgents hope to establish a "fait accompli" in Macedonia, but they were doomed to disappointment, as Russia would never consent to granting autonomy under a Christian Governor.

This remark is interpreted in some quarters to mean that apart from some step towards self-government, any proposal for a Russian-Austrian, or exclusively Russian armed occupation will simply be the prelude to a Russo-Turkish war for the possession of Constantinople.

The "Novoe Vremya" recommends the Powers to depute Austrian and Russian officers to attend rigorously to the control of the Turkish repressive expeditions with a view of terminating the devastation and acts of cruelty. ASSAULT ON AN AMBASSADOR. VIENNA, September 15. Djevded Abdullah Bey, a physician attached to the Turkish Ambassy in Vienna, after accusing the Ambassador, Medim Pasha, of preventing his promotion to Constantinople, suddenly beat Medim in the presence of the staff and then fled. ANGLO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE SUGGESTED. TO OPPOSE GERMAN ARMS. ST. PETERSBURG, September 15. The newspaper "Viedomosti" advocates a Russian alliance with England, with the object of opposing German rivalry in the Balkans and Asia Minor. BULGARIA'S HELPLESSNESS. SOFIA, September 15. The Bulgarian Premier declares that the Government is unable to suppress the insurrectionary organisation in Bulgaria, and the hour M'ill soon arrive when the people and the army Mill imperiously demand war with Turkey. BULGARIANS SUMMONED TO THE COLOURS. ALBANIAN TROOPS RECALLED. (Received September 16th, 10.6 p.m.) SOFIA, September 16. Bulgarians who have retired from the first three army divisions since 1900 have been summoned to rejoin tho ranks. This will provide 10,000 men to reinforce the troops on the frontier. Austria and Russia protested against the horrible excesses of the Turkish troops, especially Albanians, in the vilayets of Monastir and Adrianople. In consequence some Albanians have been recalled and sent to their homes. A GENERAL REVOLT. A general insurrection has been announced in tho vilayet of Selinika, eastwards of the Vardar River. Tho district has been divided into eight sections, a Bulgarian officer commanding each. Colonel Tzontcheff is commander-in-chief.