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Show I MACEDONIANS WITHOUT HOPE Horrible Scenes Daily Enacted Under the Eyes of the Officials. Wanton Slaughter of Christians by Turkish Troopers Who Murder Women and Children as Well as te Heads of Households. London. W. A. Moore, secretary of tho Balkan committee, who has returned re-turned from a two months' tour of Macedonia, said In an Interview on Sundaj: "Tho wanton slaughter of Christians Chris-tians In Macedonia continues under tho eyes of Europe's representatives. Crossing the, Bulgarian border the Brat nows to greet mo was an unpardonable unpar-donable massacre In tho little villago of Konopnttz, which occurred three days before my arrival. On visiting tha villago I found the bodies of a man, two womon, a girl and tho children chil-dren still unburicd and laid out In the 'Christian church. Tho women had boon shot hut I saw ono child which had been crushed, probably with tho jbutt of a gun. "Tho wounded had been taken to lEgrl Palanka, an hour's rldo distant and where resides tho Austrian offlcer in chargo of Uio district. 'The story of tho affair Is a repetition repeti-tion of tho oft-told tale. An insurgent insur-gent band visited tho villago and demanded de-manded food on departing. Tho Turkish Turk-ish authorities, learning of tho visit, Idlspatched a body of troops, which, 'discovering no Insurgents In tho 'place, dealt out their vengeance on !the Christians. The observation of tho European officers seldom deters the Mohammedans from slaying Christians. The Austrian officer at Kounmanova district has chargo of 119 villages, where murders are of dally occurrence nnd nro not noticed by tho authorities. In the Monastlr district tho Italian officers sleep with the Turkish arms In order to observe Its methods of 'suppressing Insurgents.' Insur-gents.' This, however, only prevents special detachments from perpetrating perpetrat-ing crime. Mr. Moore says the country Ib still swarming with Asiatic troops, which have not been removed since the mobilization against Bulgaria In 1903. |