BULGARIAN CONSPIRACY

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 182, 4 May 1925, Page 9

BULGARIAN CONSPIRACY

BRITISH LABOUR M.P. ON ITS CAUSE ■) STATEMENT OFFICIALLY DENIED NO PRISONERS EXECUTED 1 ) Colonel Wedgwood’s declaration regarding the cause of the Sofia Cathedral outrage is officially denied by the Bulgarian Legation in London. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright (Rec. Alay 3, 5.5 p.m.) London, Alay 1. The Bulgarian Legation at London has issued a communique denying Colonel Wedgwood’s statements/ ) The document states that the number of persons arrested throughout Bulgaria do not exceed two thousand, and six hundred have been liberated. None have been tried yet. still less executed. Regret is expressed that Colonel Wedgwood and his friends had spent only three days at Sofia. If they had remained longer, _ the communique declares, they would have learned that the rumours to which they had given credence had no foundation in fact. The Agraro-Communist conspiracy did not come from the Constitutional Opposition. The latter, including the Socialists, Democrats, and Liberals, enjoy full political liberties and a free Press. —Reuter. (Colonel Wedgwood declared that the Sofia Cathedral outrage was the sequel to a long course of agitation and repression, in which the peasants’ and the Alacedonian insurgent movements eventually joined hands.l

I LABOUR PROTEST IN LONDON STORIES OF OPPRESSION DENIED (Rec. Alay 3, 5.5 p.m.) London, Alay 1. At the conclusion of the Alay Day demonstration a procession marched to the Bulgarian Legation, where, amid the singing of the “Red Flag,” a protest was presented against the alleged persecution of Bulgarian workers. The crowd outside was regaled with speeches by leaders, including one from Air. Ben Tillett. A slight melee resulted in the police clearing the pavement amid booing. A Bulgarian official, replying to the protest, declared that the stories of oppression were maliciously spread and were unworthy of credence.—Reuter.