Insurgent Attack on Melnik.
Servia and Bulgaria.
Received September 21, 11.2 p.m.
CONSTANTINOPLE, September 21. ' Fifteen hundred insurgents, under an
ex-Bulgarian officer, attacked Melnik. It is likely that' they- will 1 overwhelm the garrison. ■ ' "
■ The Sultan promised M. Zinovieff, Russian AnTbass'ador, that he would punish the perpetrators of excesses. BELGRADE, September 21.
The Servian press advpeates reconciliation with Bulgaria and closer commercial relations with a defensive alliance against Turkey.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11059, 22 September 1903, Page 5
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