THIS TROUBLED BALKANS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7777, 25 August 1903, Page 2

THIS TROUBLED BALKANS.

ItUSSrA'S DEMANDS TO BE FULFILLED. AUSTRIA -PLEASED AT WITHDRAWAL 01? RUSSIAN FLEET. TURKS TO AVOID EXCESSES. Received i! 4, 10.30 p.m. ST. PWTJSHSBURU, August 23. It is olliciully stated here that the Sultan has ordered the iuunedijaite fulfilment of Russia's demands. The I Czar therefore orders the squadron to J return to Sebastopol. Advices have been received that the squadron has loft. The Komitajis defeated a small detachment of Turks* guarding a bridge between Kupriedi and' Zclcmto. They wero prepared to dynamite the bridge. At the moment, a train tilled with sojdiors was crossing, la-nd the driver, suspecting danger, stopped the train. The Kotnitiajis threw a bomb, killing four soldiers. Advices from Bucharest assert that the Bulgarians .anid Creeks residing- in Roum&iua have been recalled to their homes u'mler mobilisation orders. The. I'oi'te has telegraphed strict injunctions to his commanders to avoid ox-cesses. VILLAGES BURNT. INSURGENTS LOSE HEAVILY. Received 25; 0.56 a.m. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 24. Tho ootvst villages between Bulgaria, and Miada have been burning for tJhree days. Fourteen insurgents and 300 Turks were killed in lighting at various parts of the' vilayet. The insurgents saluted the Russian wars-hips when passing Kuriburum. It is reported at Safonica th|at 700 insurgents were killed' in tho Fiorina and Okrida districts. VIENNA, A/ugwst 24. • Austria interprets the withdrawal of the fleet as a maintenance of the Aus-tro-Russian understanding. INSURGENTS ACCUSED OF MURDER AND OTHER CRIMES. MOBILISATION OF TROOPS. << Received 20, S a.m. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 24. Forid Pasha goes to Macedonia to inspect the vilayets. The Porte declares that tho insurgents destroyed five villages in the Kirki'lissi district, and massacred tho Tho insurgents captured the viUJaiyo of A'asaliko, and killed the garrison, numbering fifty, and about ono huiicsred inhabitants. They afterwards burnt two Greek villaijbs. One hundred and eighty thousand' ti'oops have been mobilised in Macedonia. Twenty-four Asiatic regiments are awaitiag the order to enter Macedonia. 'Hhe Porte has instituted a criminal court at Monastir, the bench consisting of four Turks, two Greeks, and one Albanian. Two captured insurgents and M. Boris Sarafoff. one of the leaders of the Macedonian 1 Committee, have escaped to the mountains. BULGARIANS SORRY AT REPORT OF WITHDRAWAL OF RUSSIAN FLEET. MOSL EM FA NAT] CISM. Received 25. 8.39 a.m. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 24. The withdrawal of the Russian fleet is partly attributed to the insurgents' interpretation of its presence to indiifa*o Russian sympathy. The with-, drawal has disheartened the Bulg-ar-* ian Committees. Moslem irritation towards the Powers is shown by the assault on Russian postmen at Constantinople, and an insult offered to the Italian Consul at Monastir. The British vice-Consul at Bitlis reports the situation in Armenia to be mo'-c tranciuil.