REIGN OF TERROR.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18363, 22 April 1925, Page 9

REIGN OF TERROR.

SITUATION IN SOFIA. CIVIL COURTS SUPERSEDED. ,BY CABLE—TRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTRJOHT.) (RENTER'S TELEQRAJIS.) SOFIA. April 20. A reign of terror prevails. Four hundred people hrive been sentenced to death. King Boris has signed n decree substituting military courts for civil courts. Minkoff. Vice-President cf the Communist Central Committee, who is h lioved to have been one of the authors of the Cathedral outrage, was killed by the police while resisting arrest. FIGHTING REPORTED. REDS TAKE TWO TOWNS. (Stdket "Sck" Service.) (Received April 21st, 7.15 p.m.) LONDON, April 20. The Sofia correspondent of the '•Daily Mail'' says Minkoff wan hiding in a friend's house when the gendarmerie arrived. Minkoff and five comrades violently resisted arrest, throwing grenades. The besiegers took cover, and a pot-shot killed Minkoff, whose supporters then surrendered. Belgrade advises that sixteen thousand Bulgarian Communists have been arrested. Fighting is occurring throughout the country. Four thousand people have been killed. Tho Communists have captured Tcrnova and Tsuribod. The Intcr-Allicd Commission has reported that Bulgaria's request for an increase in her Army is justifiable.