BALKAN CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 206, 16 September 1903, Page 3

BALKAN CRISIS.

INDISCRIMINATE MASSACRES BY TUBES. BRITISH INDIGNATION. Per Press Association. London, September 14. Commenting upon Bulgaria's latest warning as regards the Balkans, the Standard's Vienna correspondent says that warnings from Bulgaria are no novelty. Bulgaria's acrion mu3t remain dependent upon whon the signal is given ber to let looso. If Russia secures Austria's consent, for a consideration which will only be known in the remote future, the word wilhemanate from Russia and next spring may see a ftuseo -Turkish war Constantinople, September 14. The Turks are massacring indiscriminately, guil'y or innocent, Bulgarians, Wallachs, and Greeks. Foreign officers witnessed the surrounding, sacking, and burning without provocation of the Greek village Aramensko. Every villager was killed and many buried alive. The sympathy wbiih up to now Greece has shown towards Turkey is disappearing. London, September 14. A feeling of intense indignation is arising in England. Vienna, September 14. The Austrian Government stopped the transport of ten million cartridges for the Bulgarian Government ordered from a Buda Peutb firm. Bulgaria complains that Austria has left her short of i mmunition, despite Turkey's menacing attitude. SITUATION GROWING WORSE. FURTHER BULGARIA"? NOTE TO THE POWERS. GREECE DAM4NDS PUNISHMENT OF TURKISH OFBIOML. , FRONTIER ENGAGEMENTS, Received 15,10.10 p.m. Sofia, September 15. The situation in the Balkans is daily becoming worse. Bulgaria, in a fresh note to the Powers, declares that the action of Turkey in mobilising the whole army, cannot be solely aimed at supressing the revolution in Bulgaria, ard appeals to the humane sentiment of Europe to prevent a systeajaic m •■eacre of Christians, and stop the Turkish uiobi-: lisa'ion. Thy note concludes: TJn'ess the Powers interf re in Sim*, Bulgaria will bri forced to tike such msasu es as she deems ntce stiy. Athens, September 15. The Premier has formulated a demand for the punishment of the Turk-; ish officials responsible for the mas- i sacres in tha Greek villages of Macedonia. Constantinople, September 15. The Servians complaio of Albauian incursions, while oo the other hand the Servian bands have been headed off at various points of Turkish territory. Rumours are current that regular engagements are proceeding cn the TuroServian frontier, WARNINGS Td TURRET AND BUL3ARIA, Received 15,10.40 p.m. London, September 15. The Powers have agreed to warn Bulgaria that the scheme of reforms will be maintained unmodified. Austria and Russia have warned Bulgaria that they bold ber responsible for the prolongation of the insurrection. They also propose that the Pjwere, unitedly, shall warn Turkey and Bulgaria that neither will be helped in tha even'J of a Turco-Bul-garian war. GUERILLA WARFARE. THREAT TO DYNAMITE FRENCH AND RUSSIAN BUILDINGS. I Received 15,11.54 p.m. Constantinople, September 15. There are arm d insurgents, total- | ling 2000, in Eistern Macedonia, rej stricting themselves to guerilla opera- ! tions.

Now bands of Bulgarians, aggregating 1600, are proceeding to the frontier. Moslem fanatics smashed the windows of the French Consulate at KirkKilisse. The Macedonian committees have sent letters to the Frencn and Russian Ambassador? fh-care ji>g to Hynumi'e the French and Russian i« üblishmeuts at Ocnstaminople.