THE BALKANS.
TURKEY’S PLANS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Constantinople, Sopt. 28. Documents purloined from Hilmi Pasha’s archives show that 63 Christian villages wore destroyed injtfonastir district and 150 in four vilayets. *
London, Sept. 28,
Tho Daily Mail’s Monastir correspondent says that Turkey has displayed wonderful skill in suggesting Westorn military aid. Sho has drawn an iron cordon of 300,000 troops round Bulgaria, and has 170,000 massod in Salonica district, 50,000 in Monastir, 70,000 in Adrianople, and 10,000 in Kossovo. Received 11.35 p.m., Sept. 29. Constantinople, Sopt. 29. BakhskiarPasha.who was concerned with Adamaga, commander of the BashiBazouks, in the bombardment without warning and massacres at Krushevo, has been decorated and transferred to Kastoria.
Tho Porto has assurod Bulgaria that 32 battalions ordorod to mobilise at Adrianoplo will romain at Monaßtir.
Sofia, Sept. 29,
After a roquiom service at Sofia for the Macedonian dead, a proeossion numbering 15,000 stood silent for a moment outside tho British agent’s residence. Subsequently they sent a deputation to Petroff, to ask whothor or not Bulgaria would holp Macedonia. Petroff replied that ho.asPremior, would contiuuo to act in Bulgaria’s bost interests.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1009, 30 September 1903, Page 3
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