BALKAN CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 207, 17 September 1903, Page 3

BALKAN CRISIS.

A TANGLED SKEIN. Per Press Association. St. Petersburg, Sepiembsr 15. Count Lamtidoifl, at a reception of diplomatists, declared that 'ho insurgents hoped to ts'ablioh tin fait accompli in Macedonia, but they were doomed to disappointment. Russia would never consent to granting autonomy under a Christian Governor. j The remark is interpreted in some quarters to mean that, apart from some steps towards self government, any proposal for or exclusively Russian armed occupation will simply be a prelude to a Russo-Turkish war for the possession of Constantinople. The Novoe Vremya recommends the Powers to depute Austrian and Russian officers to attend rigorously to the control of the Turkish repressive expedition with a view to terminating the devas'ation and acts of cruelty, St, Pbtehsbubo, September 15, The newspaper Viedcmiosti advocates a Russian alliance with England with 1 with the object of opposing German rivalry in the Balkans and Asia Minor. Sofia., September 15. The Bulgnrian Premier declares that the Government is unable to suppress 'he insurrectionary organisation in Bulgaria. The hour will soon arrive when the people and army will imperiously demand war with Turkey. REINEORUIKG BUL3ARIA.N ARMY. PROIE3T AGAINST EXCESSES. ALBANIANS RECALLED. GENERAL INSURRECTION AX ' SELIXIKA. Received 16,10.40 p.m. Bom, September 16. The Bulgarians who hive retired from the first three army dm-ions since 1900 have been summoned to rejoin the ranks. This will provide 10,000 to reinforce the troop? on the frontier, Austria and Russia have protested against the horrible excesses of the Turkish troops, especially the Albanians in the Vilayets of Monastir and Adrianople. As a consequence some of the Albanians have been recalled and sent to their homes.

A general insurrection has been announced in the Yilayet of Salinika, eastwards of the Yarder River, and the district has been divided into eight sections, a Bu'garian officer commanding each, and Colonel Z mtcheff being Obmmander-in-Chief