THE REVOLT IN MACEDONIA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5088, 27 July 1895, Page 3

THE REVOLT IN MACEDONIA.

Tho London Ghroniclc publishes a ternblo list of Turkish official outl'agos in Macedonia,■ In nearly every caso (ho culprits havo not been punished tit all, or if nominally punished jtho sentences bavo been eoinniitteil to wjro detention for a brief period. Sro givo Bomo samplo cases:— At Blatjse, also in tho co of Kotobani, somo women and maidens holiday-making 011 the Feast of St. Erias, were suddenly attacked by a band of Turks of tlio same village, who abducted ono of tho women, "ho villagers coming to her rescue, they decamped, leaving tho poor woman half dead from their violonco. Tho wholo of the Christian portion of the village complained to the prefect of Kotchani, but to 110 purpose. Au attempt to outtagc the Bulgarian schoolmistress in this village of Blatetse was happily frustrated by tho unexpected arrival of some of the villagers, On January 21st, 1894, the village of (10) —, in the same casa of Kotchani, was visited by a Government official, whose name lias not transpired, with a military escort and a couple of his own Albanian servants, The official, who had conic to enquiro into the complaints of the inhabitants, stayid with his companions at the house of a Bulgarian. the hospitality of bis Jfst by attempting to outrage one of the female inmates, but luckily the man's sons were aroused by lier screams, and after a hard stiuggle; they succeeded in rescuing her. The complaints made at Kotchani by the family were unheeded, In tho village of Tersino (Kotchani) there lived a well-to-do But-,

gariau, the father of four daughters find one son. Two of Iho elder girls were abducted mid forced to become Molmmcdansin ISH3, and last year the third daughter nearly shared the same fate. A party of armed Turks tried to carry her off, but were defeated by the desperate resistance of Iter father and brother. Tho Turks lied without their prey, bat not until thoy had killed the father, andseverely wounded the son. The Mayor of Leskovitse, ca;a of Istib, having learned that some Turks ivore planning to abduct his daughter, took counsel with the village priest and schoolmaster, and with their help managed to send the girl awuy by night to Jstib. Two! * later the priest was seized and n by three Turks and publicly insulted. He complained at Istib, but the accused were not punished. On January 27th last,some Turks, taking advantage of the absence of the four sons of Z , garroted the father and abducted his only daughter, It is not yet known where she has been taken to. About the same time a Turk, named (11) —, entered the house of X—, of St. Nicholas (Sveti-Niiole), Istib, where the Bulgarian cchoolmistresslodged. (11) endeavoured to abduct one of tho two women in the house, but was unsuccessful, and' the schoolmistress fled in terror to Kouprulu (Kuprili). Last Christmas Day a Turk violated the only daughter of Y—, a child of twelve. On the father complaining, lie was arrested for daring to demand the punishment of an honorable Jlaliomed.il),

The notorious brigand (12) —, who is the scourge of the district of Bfeflievo, recently canied olf the ujSghter of a Bulgarian peasant of lagol, and he still keeps her in his mountain retreat.

At Keuprulu there is a rich Turknamed (13) —, notorious for his assassinations and abductions. On being foiled iu one of his recent exploits, an attempt to abduct the daughter of —, be revenged himself by killing her father at his mill. He has not been punished, either for this murder or for numerous other crimes committed by him at Jlavtoltai.

In February last, the village of Konopitsa was the scene of a horrible tragedy. A Turkish Bey of Kafadnrtsi entered the house of a peasant whose daughter's beauty had unfortunately attracted his attention. After garroting the father, he outraged tlio daughter. Tho unhappy girl seized a knife to avenge herself, but sho was killed by her brutal assailant.

Last July, a villager of Bania, ma of Raglaz, working in tho fields with his wife, was attacked by two Mussulmen of the same village, (M) — an( i (lo)_L jpey succeeded in garroting the Husband, and then violated his wife. They have not been punished.