Thousand Macedonians Killed - 1903
1000 MACEDONIANS KILLED.
HOLY WAR SUGGESTED.
LONDON, Monday.
Prince Ferdinand starts immediately for Sofia from Vienna, where he has been staying on a visit.
It is reported at Belgrade that a number of Turks and Albanians demolished a monastery at St. Prochov, on thn Servian frontier.
Advices from Salonika report that six battalions of Turks and 3000 Macedonians met at Smilovo. The Turks killed 1000 Macedonians, and the rest fled.
It is reported that fanatics in the towns of Tetovo and Kossovo urge the Moslems to institute a holy war against the Christians.
SOURCE: The Hamilton Spectator (Vic. : 1870 - 1918) Tuesday 1 September 1903, Page 3