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Show TURKS' MASSACRES H ON SERVIAN BORDER H News of the Butcheries Causes Great Excitement at Belgrade. H Belgrade. Scrvia, Aug 25 The vmM massacres by Turks have extended to BBJ tho Servian frontier Telegrams re- H ceived here last night from Sientthoa IB on the southern boundary say Tnrks ftVB attacked the town yesterday and H butchered many of the inhabitants. BBK News of the massacre caused great BBJ excitement in the capital and tho IK newspapors issued special editions H demanding that the Servian go-ern- BBJ ment protest vigorously to tho porte. BH This afternoon 5,000 persons marched H to the palace, where they shouted IBBJ their demand that war be declared BBB against Turkey. IHH No Confirmation of Report. IK London, Aug. 26. There is no con- H flrmation of the report that Monte- H negro is mobilizing her army and that H tho San Jak of Novipazar has been H occupied by Austria. BBJ Both rumors apparentlr &ro untruo, BBJ but the Turkish massacre of Servians H at Seltenza 1b another threatening BBJ cloud on the Balkan horizon. BB Massacre of Bulgarian!. BBfl Constantinople, Aug. 25. The Ot- BBfl toman government has received tho BB preliminary report formulated by tho BB commission which inquired into the BBB massacre of more than 140 Bulgart- BBJ nns, August 2, nt Kotschana near Usr BBJ kup. sbowlncr that the civil and mill- BBBl tary officials of the town failed in BBKJ their duties and that Turkish troops IBK participated in the attacks on Bulga- KBB BBB As a result of the report the gov- BB ernment has ordered that a state of BBB siege bo proclaimed at Kotschana and BBB that guilty persons bo courtmartlaled IBB without distinction. The Constant!- BBB noplo authorities havo dfBpatched IBB $5,000 to Kotschana to bo distributed nBBj among the sufferers. IBBB Tho porte has requested Montene- IBVB gro to discontinue her military prep- IB arationB on tho Albanian frontier and JBBB the government is in receipt of ad- BBBJ vices that King Nicholas has assured BBJ representatives of the powers Rt Cot- BBK tinjo, the Montenegrin capital, that BBBJ no Montenegrins will be allowed. BBBJ |