DISORDERS IN MACEDONIA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1933, 7 March 1885, Page 2

DISORDERS IN MACEDONIA.

v. .The reports of disorders in Macedonia ■ ;published by the foreign-Press 'have, the .Constantihoble'correspondent of: the • r! ' '•'Times".telegraphs, caused the Porte to . .. .inajie.. a' serious investigation into '"tie .' ; -'. : piatter.... Replies from'the Governor- f General and the district authorities have '.v been received which categorically deny the existence of any disorders beyond the "., • • incursions of bands of brigands from Bulgariaand Eastern Roumelia. The bands, • it is added, are regularly organised in these two countries, and when pursued find open countenance and protection ■ from the authorities over the border. Complaints are also mado that schools. ostensibly designed for. educational • 'pur-" •poses; and exclusively Bulgarian, are . mado. the hotbeds of agitation, whence' . ' ... ; .emissaries are sent about the country to ; istir up the'inhabitants and propagate rumours concerning Tutkisli oppression of ■ the Christians. In tlio localities where murders and acts of torture and incendiarism are stated to have beon committed, no traco can bo found of such oeeur-' ronces, nor have thby, I may add,' 'been \ so far 'heard of here from private sourecs. The Varna correspondent of the "Dajly News" telegraphs ; that tl\e Auatrimj, Italian, and Russian Embassies have sent "''■ . v • ! , representative into Macedonia to report on the condition,of the province. All •accounts speak of the anarchy in Maoa,- 4$ doniaandthe almost complete'want of WP projection to property aud life,

In a northorn town in Victoria, a certain clergyman., well-known for his scrupulous views on the sin of the sabbathbreaking, is accustoniQd to get-a good example by having his Sunday dinner cooked and laid out on the' Saturday. Tho servants are then released, and the whole family go to church with Berene consciences. On a recent Sunday they - left tho well-spread board in the usual way, for family worship. On thoir return with appetites that not even the most scrupulous would expect to rest on the Sunday, they were dismayed to find thatthe house had been burglariously entered; tho plates and other unconsidered trifles, 1 to use tbe Scotch phrase "lifted" and the"-' Sunday dinner demolished. Thin ■■was"' • trying to the moat'Christain'frame'qf mind. But insult was added to injury for / the thief unable to resist the opportunity ■ of moralising on the situation, had 1 eft a ; - ■ r • sheet'of paper on tho table,, with tho > \ amended Scriptural injunction 'lWatch as well as pray." This is considered by the parson to be about the best example onrecordofashortsermon and a'larg'a .- collection.