INSUBORDINATION AMONGST TURKISH TROOPS. MURDER OF MACEDONIAN WORKMEN. ITALY TO ACT WITH THE OTHER POWERS.
CONSTANTINOPLE, 20th August. The telegraph line has been cut between Adrianople and Constantinople. A bomb which was thrown into a merchant's shop at Philippopolis, the capital of Eastern Roumelia, lulled three persons. There are many signs of insubordination amongst the Turkish troops. While eight Macedonian workmen were proceeding to repair the railway at Zeleniktt soldiers shot three of them dead and pursued the rest to the station, where they killed them in cold blood, notwithstanding the declaration of the stationmaster that they were his employees. SOFIA, 20th August. Bulgaria "has ordered fifteen million cartridges from Vienna, stipulating for prompt delivery. ROME, 20th August. The Italian Government has decided to act in common accord with the other Powers, and a squadron will be sent to Turkish waters if the other Powers adopt that course.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1903, Page 5
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148INSUBORDINATION AMONGST TURKISH TROOPS. MURDER OF MACEDONIAN WORKMEN. ITALY TO ACT WITH THE OTHER POWERS. Evening Post, Volume LXVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1903, Page 5
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