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Show TELEGRAPHIC THE C Z1K TO Itl 1,J VUI V. ClirfHliitnM to bo l'roif cl?l An Ktiil ol Turkish Goveru-uiunl. Goveru-uiunl. Bucharest, 29. The czar has issued the following proclamation to the Bulgarians: My troops have croaaed tho Danube. To-dtiy they enter your territory where they have alrendy several times fought for the amelioration of tho Christian inhabitants o( Turkey. Russia still bears the same love and solicitude towards all Christians in Turkey as when she secured the liberation of Servia and Roumania. I have confided to my army Hie mission ol securing the sacred rights of your nationality, which you havo acquired by centuries ol sulleringa and the blood of the martyrB which has soaked your Bail. The Russinn mission is to build up, not to destroy; she is cilled by the decrees of providence- to conciliate and pacily all races nnd denominations in those parta ol Bulgaria inhabited by a mixed population. Henceforth Russian arms will protect every Christian against all violence. Not vengeance, but strict equity will guide our acts. The proclamation promises aluo equal protection to Mussulmans, but impartial justice upon the known participators in atrocities and urges tbe abandonment of intestine dissensions dis-sensions and nnounces as a act that as the Russians advance Turkish rule will be replaced by regular organizations organiza-tions in which the native inhabitants will be summoned to take a part under supreme direction of special authorities, and Bulgarian legions will be formed to serve as a nucleus of the local armed force destined to maintain order and security. The proclamation concludes: Follow faithfully tbe instructions of the Russian authorities. Therein lies your strength and aecurity. Willi humility I pray tbe Lord 10 grant us victory over the enemies oi Christianity and to send down his blebsinn upon our just cause. |