Word: belitza
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Frequently attacked and suppressed in Sofia, the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization has had things very much its own way in the southern districts, collecting its own taxes, electing mayors and other local officials. Raiding parties moved on those towns last week searching for weapons. In Belitza the IMRO Mayor himself fired on the gendarmes who returned his fire and killed him. The whereabouts of Bulgaria's best known Macedonian leader, Ivan Mikhailoff, was unknown. Varying reports had him fleeing to Italy for safety or hidden away inside Bulgaria plotting revolt...
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