THE BALKANS.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 967, 13 August 1903, Page 2

THE BALKANS.

FIGHTING IN MACEDONIA^

60 INSURGENTS, 100 .TURKISH TROOPS,

PANIC AND THREATS,

MR BALFOUR’S STATEMENT.

By] Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 11.

Saraloff, leader of the Macedonian Committee, lias warned the Oriental Railway not to issue tickets, inasmuch as the revolutionists .would destroy all lines. A band of revolutionists dynamited the. Customs office at Zibevche.

Sixty insurgents, in a sharp fight, killed 100 Turkish troops, and then fruitlessly, attacked Kitchevo, but destroyed the .village of Drongovo for assisting the garrison. Owing to the Rostovski incident, the Vali of Monastir and chiefs of gendarmerie and police in Salonika have been dismissed. The Porte is almost panic stricken. It lias expressed deep regrets to the Consols at the murder of the Russian Consul.

The Sultan begged the Czar to he indulgent, promising to punish the guilty with the utmost severity. BELGRADE, Aug. 11.

All the Servian officers studying in Austria and Russia are repatriating by Austrian and Russian orders, .with a view of marking their disapprobation of the military situation in Servia, especially the attitude of King Alexander’s assassins. ATHENS, Aug. 11.

Reports hero state that many Greeks at Monastir have been killed on suspicion that they have inform' ed the Turks of the movements * o; insurgents

-LONDON, Aug, 11

Speaking in the House of Commons, in regard to the diplomatic Consular services vote, Mr Balfour, the Premier, declared that insurrectionary. bands were one of the chief obstacles to the success of the modest Austro-Russian plan which it was the duty of Europe to support, as long as they were convinced it was directed by no ambitious spirit. The balance of criminality lies rather with the revolutionary bands than the Turkish troops. Great Britain would do her utmost to urge the Porte to keep the troops in hand. The Porte was keenly alive to the political necessity of repression of military excesses. The task Was difficult, , as the revolutionary hands deliberately, avowed that their object, ait jwhqikever cost to the general peace, was to make the condition of Macedonia so intolerable that there must be some interven. tion on the part of Austria or Russia, or both. That was not the policy Great Britain desired to foster. What she desired to do was to aid Austria and Russia in introducing the elementary principles of sound Government, as the best plan of dealing in the immediate future with deep-seated evils.

THE REVOLT SPREADING.

INSURGENTS DYNAMITE A RAILWAY BRIDGE.

By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. Received 11.10 p.m., Aug. 12. SOFIA, Aug, 12. The insurrectionary movement has spread to Adrianople and Uskub. Insurgents dynamited the Gievgels railway bridge. The Bulgarian Premier and Minis•ter for Foreign Affairs are inspecting the frontier posts. They are anxious to prevent insurgent bands entering Macedonia,;