Mr. Eddy to Mr. Adee.
Constantinople, October 11, 1901.
(Mr. Eddy reports the receipt of the following telegram from Mr. Dickinson:
Commandant at Salonica has asked instructions from Constantinople. Some brigands write that they will kill prisoners and disperse if ransom is not paid this week. Brigands seen yesterday at Taxouronda, near Gultepe.
Mr. Eddy states that the above information shows the failure of the plan reported in his telegram of October 9, and that the lives of the prisoners are in immediate danger. He urgently advises the withdrawal of Bulgarian troops from the neighborhood of the brigands, and has already requested Turkish Government to withdraw Turkish forces. When this has been done, he states, negotiations for payment of ransom may proceed, which will be impossible as long as brigauds are pursued.).