Foreign newspapers of 19th/20th c. about Macedonia
Posted by Admin in Modern Historians, Modern Macedonian HistoryMacedonian Greeks between 1901-1903 from New York Times.


US newspapers of early 20th Century about the ‘heroes’ of FYROM.
Gotse Delchev

Miss Stone was Kindnapped by…Bulgarians.
New York Times : October 12, 1901

Boris Sarafoff the Bulgarian Revolutionary
New York Times – December 13, 1907

Sandansky the Bulgarian Brigand
Washington Post, Aug 30, 1908
| Bulgarian Brigand Sandansky Sides With Young Turks in Their Fight for Freedom
Former Captor of Miss Stone Changes His Tactics and is Now in Lieague With His Old Enemies — Has High Hopes That Autonomy Will Be Established in Macedonia. Other Bulgarians Uphold Movement |
| Chicago Daily Tribune Date: May 7, 1903 Title : BULGARIANS DIE IN FIGHT “Sixty Bulgarians were killed in a fight with Turkish troops at the village of Vanitza. Deltzeff the Bulgarian leader, was among the killed. Four Turkish soldiers were killed and three wounded Thirty houses were burned” |
Lets go to NYT.
New York Times May 7th 1903

New York Times September 10th 1902

New York Times March 5th 1903

Bulgarian revolutionary bands – New York Times February 17th 1903


New York Times – August 26th of 1903
Macedonian Syllogos of Athens – fighting for the Greek population of Macedonia.

New York Times – September 13th of 1903
60,000 Bulgarians are massacred in Macedonia from Turks and Albanians. No sign of “Macedonians”

Macedonian Bulgarians

and are viewed as such either by themselves. Even the head of the so-called Macedonian Revolutionary Committee is clear about the reason of their organization’s existence.
Speech of Sarafof
Keyphrase “The present revolutionary organization came into existence nine years ago when the persecution of the Bulgarian population of Macedonia became flagrant…”

and by others.
The Sultan speaks clearly about ‘Macedonian Bulgarians’

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