BALKAN CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 199, 4 September 1903, Page 3

BALKAN CRISIS.

HEAVY BULG&BI4N LOBSBB. KB PRK3B ABBOOIATKW. Oobhi«htihopu(, September 2. Fighting at Smilovo has been resewed ; 200 Bolguarians were kill*! on, Sunday and 460 on Monday, The bodies of 180 men and 200 women were found iu the mins of Armensi, in the Dabra district, massacred by Turkish troops. Oolonels Zouechefi and Jankoff have proclaimwl a general insurrection in Northern Macedonia.

The Porte will shortly have 350,000 troops in Macedonia. Insurgents occupied a mountain pass at Chevgheli, commanding the Uskub railway. Beports are current that the insurgents have decide! to murder a British Consul or journalist at Salonika or Monastir, and dynamite the American missions at Monastir in order to compel intervention. Turkish official advices state that 120 Bulgarians were killed in the recent fighting at Klisura, and 30 officers surrendered.

Turkish troops reoccapied the town and pursued the remainder of the insurgents, who lost heavily, northwards. St. PeriKSBOBa, September 2.

The hope is expressed here that the approaching c >ld seasio will interrupt the rebellion and enable Counts Limsjhorff and Oo'uchowski to pave the way to the Sultan appointing independent Christian Governors after omsulUtton with the Powers. - TURKISH ATROCITIES A VEB3EL FIRED BT BOMB 3. HBAVr CASUALTIES.

Received 3, 10 35 p.m. I Oohstastihoplb, September 3. J The Turks burned Smilovo, andi auny of the iub ibrtants sought refuge, at Monastir, and infoi m-d Hilmi! Pasha that-the troops were guilty of atrocities, The Turks also burned a number of villages in tha Monastir, Kos urn, and Prespa districts. Same bombj exploded aboard, and ■at fire to the steamer Vuskopn, running from Varna to Burgos and Constantinople. The vessel beino. ablazs was beached at Merivrit, 3* persons being killed, including the Oap'aio, two officers, six of the crew, and a number of passengers. The mails for conveyance by the Voekopu were 24 bouts late arriving. Had she started to time the explosion would have occurred at Constantinople. KHBASSETa WARNED OF PROJEOTBD OU£BAGES. SAVAGE WARFARE. Received S, 11.45 p.m. Oohstantinoplb, September 3. The Por"» has warned the E übassies that the Macedonians are p ejecting outrages on the Embassies and other buildiDgs at Constantinop'e. Colonel' Jaukoff is operating southwards of Danntiki, with the in'ention of dest-uying the bridge ov-r the M-iritis and rnd Arb* rivers, thu* preventing sending reinforcements to Adrianople. A 1 vice) from Burgas state that 40 Bishibazouks attack d the village tf Penena. An insurgent band arrived and killed 36, but the survivors Aid and returned with 50 more B istibiliuks. Tee band kil ed 30 of these.

Turkish troops arrived at (his stag", but instead of at: acting the band, burned the village and killed the inhabitants.