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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 196, 1 September 1903, Page 2

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Bf KLEOTEIO TBLKQRAPH—OOFTUSFf, Balkan crisisFEB PEERS ASXOOIATIO*. Constantinople, August 30. The rinwapipeis demand stricter measures towi.rds the insurgent* and tbeir inciters. Tho 7'nrkish populntion at Adrian* ople are flying towards Constantinople. The troops Bent to suppress the rising in the Kirkkilise district have been completely defeated. The Turks recaptured Neveeka killing 200 'Bulgarians. Au utihuwssful attempt was made ':o dynamite the Orient izpress. The ongme was derailed, but do other damage done. Son a, August 30. Bulgaria has mobilised the reserve battalions of two frontier regiments to prevent the passage of large bands of revolutionaries into Macedonia, Vixmba, August SO, The opinion is expressed here that the train outrage wa«t the work at Anarchists. London, August 30. The Timed messiges declare that Bulgaria is sincerely intent upon the preservation of peace u long as possible, but the Turks' excesses are iaSamiog the population of Sofia and other centres and the augmentation of the Turkish troops near the frontier does not tend to allay excitement

LARGE ORDER FOR POWDER. ATTEMPT TO BAR THE SETOLUTIONI9TR. BKYERB MEASURES RESENTED. REPORTED ATTACK OK A MOKABTERT. CoBSTAVTIKOPIiB, August 31. Turkey has ordered a quarter of a million kilos of smokeless powder from Germany, stipulating for immediate delivery. The Turkish Government has commissioned and drafted into the army corps 100 medicsl veterinary student cadets without examination. Bom, August 3?. Frinoe Ferdinand has started front Vienna on his return to Sofia. The Bulgarian troops on the fr»ntier» in response to Austria's emphatic Appeal to Prince Ferdinand, have beea ordered to co-operate with the Turk* in preventing the p usage of revolutionary bands across the Bulgarian border.

The populace is murmuring at these orders. They resent the severe DMsure?, denouncing them as unfair and unpatriotic. Despite the stricter watch, bands concinue to cross the frontier. The Bulgarian officials declare the band* have no difficulty in evadiag the Turks. Reports from Belgrade state that the Turks and Albanians attacked and demolished a monastery at Saint Froo* tor in Servia,

KDBOPEANS FKAB A IIASBAOB*. THJC POWERS DEOi-INK TO SBND WARSHIPS. LIGHTHOUBK AND BABBAOK9 DYNAMITRD. THK MISSION OF THB BALKAH STATES. Received 1,0.14 a m. OoHSTANTIKOPLI, AugUlt 81. A feeling of terror prevails amongH the Europeans at Salonika, They fear that the first local Bulgarian outrage will be thn signal for a iua*saore. The Puwers decline to send warships lest such action should be interpreted at encoor >gtmiMit to 'hi insurgent*. The hisur«onta<iyn<>mit*d the lighthouse at Yasileko, and oocupied all points along the coast in the vioiDity. Tbey also dynamited the barracks at Ghiohtepe, near Malkotirnova, and the barracks at Dimotika, near Adrianople, killiug the garrisons of both. Bklorade, August SI,

A mass matting he'e adopted resolutions appuali to the Werviar.s not to depend on t,h<> Eur. pern pjwera for int' rv ntion, am) declaring that Hervis, Bulgaria, and Mo / ought to 00itupy aud rebuild tlii Ttukg'i Empire. It was also r. s jlv ■' urge tb*< Government to inter v ; • iu behalf of tbf Macedonians. SERVIANS SENT TO ''l! FRONTIER. RAILWAY STATION L.NAMITKD. FANATICS STIRRING UP THE MOSLEMS. SEVERE ENGAGEMENT. —— Received I, 0.14 a.m. Athens, August 31.

Five Bulgarian*) were arrested her* for endeavouring to send two kegs of dynamite to Dedeogach. Belgrade, August 31. Two divisions of thn Servian Army have been mobilised and are prooeeding to the frontier to prevent an Albanian invasion. Constantinople, August 31. The insurgents destroyed the Ek> shishu railway station with dvnamite Some fanatics at Tetova Eomiti urge the Moslems to prepare for a Holy war against the Christians. Fresh insurgent risings hava coIcurred in the Salonika and Monattir districts. Advices from Salonioa state that Servet Fasba, with six battalions, stormed a position held by 3000 Maoelonians at Smilovo, 1000 of the latter being kilkd and the remainder fled before the artillery (I.e. MACEDONIANS bUKI'HISE A VILLAGE. FAMINE THREATENED. GREEKS JOIN JNBURGENTH. Received 1, 0 86 a.m. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 31. About 400 Mtcedonms surprised the village of S' tin-i, killing 180 soldiers. A famine is threatenei over an extensive area or ihe dmlubd territory. Many Greeks, in despair, are j rining the ii'sui'g- nts. Mobil *»ti i'! is prow«*ding actively ■•n Epiiua ami Lo*v. r Alb nidi,

SWIZS A RAILWAY BT/.HON. Rrcaiw/i 23. 0.5 a.m. CONSI'ASTIMOPLB, August 31. Some 180 h."z,. I one of 'lie Btaii.ms on the U*-kub Hil '•ay, RDMOURKD COMPROMISE WITH TUhKKY. Received 1,1 a.m. Ix>NDON, Aug'j«t 81. The Standard's ('ongiantioople copr'<?jvw£«nt- itnteH thoi« is norno le-son f-'il ,;mv •> i#liiiig tue uiinpu whwoby i.iio uouiiual buzer-

tinty of the Sultan over all or most cf the autonomous Christian provinces will be lecnred.