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Show I Soldier Facing; Each Other on Border; Europe Is in r Constant Fear That Trouble V Will Break0ut. 1 " THIRTEEN CHRISTIANS-SLAIN IN RIOT; ; 1 0 rr ' ' ' W . '. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 9. Thirteen Christians were . killed : and .nineteen wounded and three Mussulmans were killed during the recent outbreaks at Monastir. . . r ..'in "an encounter between Imperial troops. and a force of Insurgents . in the neighboring village of Zapari, May 6th, eleven Bulgarians were . killed and seventy-four were made prisoners. ' VIENNA, MAY. 9. A MOSQUE AT ZINPBUIT, IN WHICH 200 -r MOSLEMS HAD ASSEMBLED, WAS, ACCORDING! TO A DISPATCH TO , DIE ZEIT FKOM SOFIA, BTJLCrABIA, BLOWN UP WITH DYNAMITE MAY 2ND. THE WORSHIPERS WERE BURIED IN THE RUINS. THE . f PERPETRATOR OF THE OUTRAGE, A MAN NAMED POPOW, COM- 1 KITTED SUICIDE BY SHOOHNQ. A PAPER FOUND IN ONE OP HIS r POCKETS DESCRIBED 7""M AS A MEMBER OP THE "MACEDONIAN ' - KNIGHTS OP DEATH." ; ' ' . - . ' . ' ; BERLIN, May. The German Government Gov-ernment regards the Turko-Bulgarian situation as being grave, but responsible responsi-ble officials ray that if a collision can be staved off through the summer more sober counsels can get a hearing in the winter, when military action is Impos- Flble.- . : ; - - ' - Ijjagardinar . the mutual recrimination (Tnrkey and Bulgaria in Imputing TtHieose purposes, the officials here say " Turkey" certainly" cannot wish for war, because she Is unable to bear the ex-ptnseTirufknows ex-ptnseTirufknows beforehand" that" ihe powers would not permit territorial expansion ex-pansion as a result of victory. It is "also believed that Bulgaria, while showing show-ing a deplorably weak attitude towards the revolutionary elements, does not desire war. ' Warning: to Bulgaria.. The powers, have , made representations representa-tions to Sofia emphasizing the impossibility impossi-bility of allowing Bulgaria to realize that - fundamental- aim of Its policy, namely: the acquisition of part of Macedonia. Mac-edonia. V " ' . The powers know that the partition of Macedonia in favor of Bulgaria would cause Greece, Servia and other countries to raise cliims for Turkish 1 territory. Hence the powers are united- 1 ly determined not to permit any change in the status quo. Reforms to Be Enforced., v - On the other hand, the reforms In Macedonia, which have unfortunately been suspended through the outbreaks of violence at Salonica, must be. carried car-ried out. f nd Austria-Hungary, and Russia, which are Immediately concerned, con-cerned, will see through their. Consuls that they are carried out t . ' 1 - It is -understood that the powers In their representations . at Sofia, reproaching re-proaching the Bulgarian Cabinet "with ' shqwing weakness toward the revplu-tlonlsts, revplu-tlonlsts, pointed out h necessity for? a more energetic attitude. In addition to the communications made' the Government t Sofia,: the powers have made .representations at Constantinople which have convinced' Turkey of the hopelessness of deriving any territorial or pecuniary advantage from attacking Bulgaria. , v , -? Troops Massed on Border. - Nevertheless,' danger lies in the fact that Turkish and Bulgarian troops are facing each other on the frontier and in proximity to it, rendering a more or less accidental collision possible, which could easily 'grow into uncontrollable dimensions. The . situation, therefore, is having a depressing effect on ' the German bourses, and is preventing any operations on a large scale. |