THE BULGARIAN BANDS IN MACEDONIA, August 4, 1903.
- "The more correct the attitude of Turkey is in this respect the more sharply will the excesses of the Bulgarians be condemned."
- "A despatch from Hassan Hilmi Pasha reports that a Bulgarian band, about 150 strong, attacked and set fire to the Turkish villages of Dollindje and Ramna, in the Caza of Monastir."
- "The revolutionists also set fire to all the granaries belonging to Turks and Greeks, and forced the Bulgarian population of the villages they traversed to join them on pain of death."
Conclusion:
- In first text (BERLIN, Aug. 4) are referred words as "Macedonian Committee", "Macedonian cause" and "Macedonians bands". These words have a geographical significance, not ethnic. (For more info read whole text).
- Third underlined quote show to us IMRO's terror over the Greek population (from the villages near Monastiri).
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The Bulgarian Bands in Macedonia
The Situation in Macedonia
THE SITUATION IN MACEDONIA, August 3, 1903.
- "There was some fighting near Kilkish to-day, in which seven Bulgarians were killed, while the Turks lost four killed and five wounded."
- "...at the railway junction at Demirbeyti, near Drama, yesterday, fell into an ambush laid by Bulgarians. The Turks lost seven killed and the Bulgarians three killed."
The London Times about Ilinden Uprising.
Greek Origin of Slav-speaking fighters
"...It concerns the resettlement in South Serbia, near the Greek border, of a large number of former Greek Communist rebels (about 5,000 to 8.000 according to Greek sources) who took refuge in the Soviet Union in 1949. These Slav-speaking Greeks were divested of their Greek nationality and refused entry to Greece."
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Conclusion:
- In 1957, current teritory of FYROM was mentioned as South Serbia, not Macedonia.
- Slav-speaking fighters from Civil War of 1949 were of Greek origin, who were refused to entry in Greece, because of political affiliation (Communists), not ethnicity.
Greek Province of Macedonia 1962
REDUCING FRICTION OVER MACEDONIA, The London Times, November 16, 1962.
"...Greek province of Macedonia"
The following article disproves the FYROM claim that we didn't used to refer to our province as Macedonia, before 1988. We know how ridiculous that claim is but we can disprove it in a second through this article found in a 1962 London Times article.
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