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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 205, 15 September 1903, Page 3

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BI ELEOTHIO TIXEGRAPH—COPXIiWHI. BALKAN CRISIS- — • FRENCH PREPARATIONS. MS PRESS ASSOCIATION. Constantinople, September 11. The prisons of Constantinople are crowded with Bulgarians and Mace- | donians, who were arrested on the eve of the anniversary of the Sultan's accession. Eighty-four Christian villages in the Monastir district were destroyed during the recent operations. The Turks are preparing a big drive throughout the Ye< idg« district. In a recent fight at Eeaud 103 insurgents weie killed. Paris, September 14. Admiral (iuiberry ii in readiness to take a French battleship and three cruisers to the Levant to protect French interests. RUSSIA SUPPLIES ARMS TO MACEIMA lA. UNDERMINING AUSTRIAN INFLUKNOE. Receive') 15,1.28 a.m. Btjda Pesth, September 14. The well-informed newspaper Neves Pester journal says th it whole shipments of Russian arms and ammunition have repeatedly reached the Macedonians with the object of depriving Austria of her influence in Balkan developments. Bulgaria acted as middleman. Count Goluecbouski l ecame uneasy and asked Count Lamsdorff whether he was protecting the d'. ?p itch of weapons. DISCOVERY OF DYNAMITE. DEFEAT OF ALBANIANS AND MACEDONIANS. BULGARIAN'S DESERTING. Received 14, 10.45 p.m. Constantinople, September 14. A quantity of explosives was dis-j covered in a Bulgarian merchants office at Salonika, supposed to be connected with intended attempt* on the British and Austrian Post Offices, and the Bank of Salonika. The Albanian forces were defeated near Yaeiliko, losing 100 men. The Macedonians were defeated in the Kirchevo Hill?, 90 being killed. There is increasing uneasiness in Bulgaria owing to the proximity of Turkish troops. Many Bulgarian soldiers are deserting under cover of darkness, and joining the insurgents. HORRIBLE CRUELTY BY TROOPS, DEVASTATION OF VILLAGES. AN UNHEEDED WARNING. Received 15. 0.1 a.m. Vienna, September 14. An official Stamboul telegram read here mentions an incompletely verified report that the troops beheaded 220 Macedonians and Bu'gariansat Alm-id-zik, near Kirkklisse, in the presence cf their famili s. It emph iriz s the I Albanian <xc ss s nrd he devastation {at Er kler, Almadz;k, and other villages. London, September 14. Tho Times' Vienu* coi respondent states that Ku<t*<a and Austria have repeatedly w«me-l h-Sultan against using Albanians for repres:ing the rising. BIBHOP3 APPEAL TO END OUTRAGEB. AUSTBO-BUSSIAN INTERVENTION Favoured. Received 15, 1.28 a.m. London, September 14. Tke Bishops of Durham, Hereford, Worcesier, and Gibraltar urge Britain to take action to stop the outrages in ihe B.lkans. The limes expresses a hnpe that the western Powers will support any fresh Austro-Rutsian scheme to mitigate the evils of Turkish rule.