Canadian Newspapers of 1903 about the Bulgarian Uprising of Ilinden

in FYROM Propaganda, Modern Macedonian History / by D-Mak / on October 11, 2009 at 4:34 am /

THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL: 1903

*” Salonica. Aug 6. -A special messenger from Monastir reports that
the Bulgarian insurgents have dynamited the Governor’s palace in the
town of Krushevo, 23 miles north of Monastir. “

*” Vienna, Aug. 7.- Salonica despatch to the Neue Freie Presse says
that 1,000 young Bulgarians have taken the filed in the neighborhood of

Monastir. The Bulgarian families there have been ordered to prepare
provisions for the insurgents. “

*”Athens, Aug. 7.- Official reports state that Bulgarian bands have
occupied Krushevo, and are besieging other villages in the vilayet of
Monastir. “

*” Salonica, Aug. 7.-Four battalions of Turkish troops supported by
artillery yesterday met and routed a body of 1,700 Bulgarians, near
Serovitch. “

*”Salonica, Aug. 13. -It is reported that the Bulgarian insurgents have

massacred the inhabitants of the large Turkish village of Kenati, near

monastir, only twenty escaping.”

Globe and Mail, August 17, 1903

*” … in the town of Salonica itself, the Bulgarian professors of the

university, the students and shopkeepers, in fact all intelligent
Bulgarians in the city, have been cast into prison. “

*” … In the vilayet of Uskub, the entire Bulgarian population has
been systematically persecuted since last May. The director of the
normal school at Uskub was imprisoned because his library contained
the “revolutionary” works of “Othello” and “Les Miserables”. In

the districts of Palanka, Koschiani,Koumanovo and Gostigar, the
prisonser (sic) are filled with Bulgarian priests, schoolmasters and
merchands. It is difficlut, says the memorandum, to obtain the exact
number of Bulgarians who were imprisoned, mostly on the flimsiest
pretexts, as when they were released others were immediately arrested.

The estimates obtainable give for the vilayet of Salonica 900
prisoners; for Uskub, 500; for Monastir, 500, and for Adrianople,
550; a grand total of 2,800. “